7/24/2023 0 Comments The playroom ps4 2018![]() ![]() The first area, Cooling Springs, is filled with waterslides and glaciers, implying that it’s keeping the heat down to a manageable level. The game is themed around the idea that you’re running around inside your working PlayStation 5. Astro’s Playroom manages to integrate these features naturally into the framework of an extremely good platforming game.ĭue to embargo, these impressions are limited to covering the first of four areas of Astro’s Playroom, but even within that first zone, there’s a lot that shines. While some of these features, like a built-in speaker, were in the PS4’s DualShock 4 as well, there are major leaps in vibration and trigger adaptivity that make the DualSense an obvious upgrade. Image: Asobi Team/Sony Interactive Entertainment via PolygonĪstro’s Playroom is a platformer ostensibly designed to show off the features of the PS5’s new DualSense controller. When Astro’s Playroom was announced as one of the two PlayStation 5 exclusives, I expected something similar to the minigame collection of 2013. ![]() And while it was a shockingly excellent platformer, its exclusivity on PlayStation VR meant that the audience for it was extremely limited. It was a series of minigames designed to show off the features of the console, and one of those games featured adorable little bots that you could “capture” in your controller using augmented reality and motion controls.Īstro returned in 2018 with a stand-alone title: Astro Bot Rescue Mission. Its ilk were first introduced in The Playroom, a pack-in game for the PlayStation 4’s launch in 2013. It may be the best pack-in game since Wii Sports.Īstro the robot doesn’t have a huge fan base. One of them, the Demon’s Souls remake, has gotten the bulk of the attention and enthusiasm, but it turns out that I’ve been vastly underestimating the other one: Astro’s Playroom. For the Xbox Series X, there are literally no games that you can only play on that platform. We will have to continue to wait and see how this new acquisition makes its presence known.The new consoles launching this fall have a comically small list of exclusive games. "Now, as a first party studio, we know we have the full support of PlayStation in furthering our heritage of combining creativity and technical innovation to offer some truly unique experiences for PlayStation fans." While we don't know what the team has in store, they were recruiting for a multiplayer shooter and "dark narrative blockbuster adventure." Whether these games take shape and when we will get a chance to see them is currently up in the air.ĭespite this new announcement, no word on any games coming from them were present at the recent PlayStation 5 Showcase event. "PlayStation also gave us the opportunity to create our own IP, The Persistence, and we were given the creative freedom to explore, innovate, and release a survival horror game we are immensely proud of," said Anker. Graeme Ankers, Managing Director at Firesprite, had a statement attached to the blog post that the announcement of the studio's acquisition was made. RELATED: PS4-PS5 Upgrades Will No Longer Be Free, Announces PlayStation Firesprite is also the third studio that Sony has purchased this year, with the studio behind the Roguelike title Returnal, Housemarque, being acquired back in June, and Nixxes Software, a team that specializes in PC ports, following shortly after in July. The team’s technical and creative capabilities will be paramount to growing our stellar catalogue of exclusive games, and I think you’ll be excited for what’s to come."įiresprite is the 14th studio to be brought under the PlayStation banner, joining the likes of Insomniac Games ( Ratchet and Clank, Spider-Man 2018), Naughty Dog ( The Last of Us, Uncharted), and Guerrilla Games ( Horizon series). Firesprite is a creative and ambitious studio that is exceptional at building incredible experiences that truly showcase the potential of our hardware. Quite a few members of Firesprite come from SIE’s Studio Liverpool and we’re thrilled to welcome them back. ![]() "I couldn’t be more delighted to welcome Firesprite to the PlayStation Studios family as our 14th studio. Head of PlayStation Studios, Hermen Hulst, said: In a post on the official PlayStation Blog, it was confirmed that the developers behind the on-console game The Playroom and The Persistence is now a PlayStation studio. Sony has announced that they have acquired the Liverpool-based studio Firesprite. ![]()
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