Astro Bot DLC: Everything we know so far about future updates

Sep. 10, 2024

The first Astro Bot DLC featuring speedrun levels, online leaderboards, and new VIP bots is now live

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The much-anticipated first Astro Bot DLC has now landed, bringing new speedrun levels and online leaderboards to this cute PlayStation mascot adventure. What’s more, this expansion is available completely for free, although the content included with it is being drip-fed out over the next month or so. You’ll need to have travelled the universe and collected the relevant parts to rebuild the Mothership before you can tackle these fresh levels, so if you haven’t done that already then now is the time to crack on and wrap up the storyline. For the lowdown on what’s included with the first Astro Bot DLC and potential plans for the future, here’s everything we know so far.

What is included in the first Astro Bot DLC

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The first Astro Bot DLC launched for free on October 17, and adds a newStellar Speedwayregion to the universe map – note that you need to have completed the main game in order to access this area. Inside you’ll find speedrun levels, where you can compete against friends and the wider player base for the best course times via online leaderboards. There are a total of five speedrun levels to be added, which will be released weekly at 6am PDT / 9am EDT / 2pm BST via the following schedule:

In addition to the timed challenge, each speedrun level will also have two VIP bots to rescue, adding furtherAstro Bot collectiblesto track down as additional PlayStation icons in bot form. From the initialBuilding Speedlevel, it appears that you unlock one VIP bot by clearing the course for the first time, while the other is awarded when you beat a certain target time marked by the blue and red birds flying through the course alongside you. We know thatEve from Stellar Bladeand aHelldiverfeature in the first level, and whileSonyare staying tight-lipped about who else will appear in the rest of the stages we are aware that the “Special thanks to our long-time friends” section ofthe Astro Bot credits hint at missing Assassin’s Creed, Stellar Blade, Worms, and Rayman cameos that might come as DLC, so that provides an idea of what’s to follow.

That’s everything we know about the Astro Bot DLC for now, but I will update this guide with any new information as and when it is revealed.

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