Astrobots it's just what PlayStation needed. After ConcordPlayStation's sadly disastrous launch needed it Astrobots to earn critical acclaim and sell like hotcakes, and it seems to have exceeded even those lofty expectations. While one of Astrobots's main selling point is that it feels like a complete package, developer Team Asobi has already confirmed that free DLC is on the way and fans have just been given the first trailer.
Shown during Sony's recent State of Play, AstrobotsThe free DLC will be available in the game this fall, although the exact date has not yet been confirmed. Thankfully, Team Asobi has been a little more forthcoming with the DLC content, with the recent trailer showcasing pretty much everything fans can expect to see.
Astro Bot's upcoming free DLC explained
Five new online speedrun levels
The real meat and potatoes of Astrobots', players will soon have access to five new levels, but they are different from all the levels that can be found in Astrobotsthe basic game of. These five new stages are all fast-paced levels that encourage the player to reach the finish line as quickly as possible.
Based on the trailer, it appears that players' speed will determine whether they can save the level's two bots. Throughout the level, players will be accompanied by a blue and a red bird. If the birds reach the end of the level before the player, they will apparently light a firework attached to a Bot, launching that character into deep space and preventing the player from saving them. To save both robots, players will have to finish the level before the two birds do.
Astrobots's DLC trailer has apparently already teased four of the five new speedrun stages. Fans can expect to see a frozen stage that has them wielding the elephant's backpack that can shoot platforms, a construction stage set in the clouds where players use the rocket-powered dog's backpack, a stage where players explore a series of watery waters. ruins with frog gloves and a trap-filled level that sees the player climbing with monkey gloves.
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Upcoming speedrun levels will feature online leaderboards.
10 new robots to save
AstrobotsThe free DLC will also come with 10 new bots to save, presumably split in two per speedrun phase. The two Bots confirmed during the trailer were Star Blade's Eve and a titular veteran of Super Earth Helldivers 2. Unlockable items associated with these characters have also seemingly been confirmed, with Eve arriving with a vending machine referenced Star Bladewhich increase the player's inventory and the Helldiver which comes with a Super Earth flag referencing Helldivers 2the box art.
The identities of the other 8 unlockable bots have not yet been confirmed, although it seems likely that they will also be cameo characters. While many fans continue to hope to see it Final fantasy characters inside Astrobots – since none appear at all in the base game – it seems much more likely that the game's credits have already teased who's coming.
Second Astrobotsend credits, those of Ubisoft Assassin's Creed, Beyond good and evilAND Rayman they could all be referenced in the DLC, as it could Rise of the Ronin, Wormsand even a mascot platformer Crocodile. Given this, these apparitions seem even more likely Star Blade was thanked Astrobotsand Eve appears in the DLC.
