Almost 4 years after its launch as a PlayStation 5 demo, Astro Playroom finally added a nostalgic nod to Gran Turismo in the shape of a brand new “Special Bot” challenge.
For the past few months, the parents at Team Asobi have been promoting the upcoming Astrobot a title with a series of side quests in Astro PlayroomThis compact title was each a technological showcase for the DualSense controller and a cheeky celebration of PlayStation's heritage.
If you aren’t aware of Astro Playroomwe now have no say within the matter until you play the sport. Aside from being free and included with every PS5 console, it’s an ideal little platformer that’s absolutely filled with references to PlayStation history.
There’s actually a dedicated area that progressively fills up with PS hardware you collect throughout the sport, from consoles to obscure add-ons just like the PocketStation and PSP GPS receiver. Despite being the best-selling PlayStation franchise in history, though, references to GT are few and much between. There’s a gold trophy called “A Grand Tour,” but if you consider there’s one other, silver trophy called “Omega Booster” — a nod to Polyphony Digital’s non-racing title — that’s not much.
This has modified with the brand new Special Bot Challenge, which is the third of 4 such monthly events leading as much as the launch AstrobotThe first two, in June and July, referred to Bloody AND Maneuverableand September might be The Monkey's Escapebut we’re fascinated with the discharge of the Gran Turismo bot in August.
To unlock the Gran Turismo bot, as with the previous two games, you might have to finish some special steps and it's a fairly complicated matter.
To start, head to the Bot Beach section of the Cooling Springs area. From there, you'll have to step on several stars unfolded on the beach and within the water, but only on a few of them and in a selected order. This will reveal a trapped Special Bot and a clue that appears like an arrow drawing a sophisticated path.
Then head to the opposite side of the beach and smash the shell to disclose the peripheral steering wheel, which looks much like the old Logitech GT Force wheel. Then you want to press the pause menu and slide the selector over the extent icons in the identical pattern because the arrow within the tooltip.
This will release the Special Robot in an easy animation, and also you might be awarded the bronze “Grand Tourist” trophy, in addition to placing the robot in a small corner of the “Secret Labo” area contained in the PlayStation Labo.
But this isn't just a pleasant addition. Astrobot will involve rescuing special robots from different levels. If you collect these 4 robots now, you’ll unlock them in the sport at launch.
Astrobot might be released on September 6 for PlayStation 5, priced at $59.99 for the usual edition and $69.99 for the Digital Deluxe version.
