Playful ‘Astro Bot’ shows what PlayStation lacks, fans say

The dolls for the upcoming game ‘Astro Bot’ during a media event by the Team Asobi studio at the offices of Sony Interactive Entertainment in Tokyo. Team Asobi spent three years on Astro Bot, a 3D platform game featuring the new adventures of a little robot which will be released on Sept 6. — AFP

TOKYO: Cute and colourful Astro Bot, a hotly anticipated game released by Sony on Sept 6, shows how PlayStation has become too reliant on dark cinematic titles, fans and critics say.

The 3D platformer pays homage to three decades of the Japanese console in a "magic" universe "inspired by the games I grew up with", its creator Nicolas Doucet told AFP.