Astro Bot will receive free DLC later this year that focuses on speedruns. More VIP bot cameos will also be added for players to rescue.”You know it’s not going to be like, you know, a huge, huge amount, but it will be focusing on one of the features that people enjoyed in Astro’s Playroom. That was the speedruns,” said game director Nicholas Doucet in an interview with Quest Daily. “You know, there were some speedruns, and the levels were quite short, but it was the fact that you could replay and keep shaving time off with some new VIP bots to rescue, so some characters we didn’t include yet will appear.”He also confirmed that the speedrun content will also include leaderboards. Additionally, the team is creating more challenging levels as well as considering content that feels more “…

Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days sale happens October 8-9, but there are already a bunch of early deals cropping up before the event goes live, including a big price cut for one of the best PS5 exclusives, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2. For a limited time, you can grab physical copies of the game for just $50. This matches Spider-Man 2’s lowest price yet. This deal is also available at Walmart.

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Despite the recent failure of Concord to reach an audience, Sony has a library of original PlayStation games and intellectual property that few in the video game industry can match. However, Sony chief executive Kenichiro Yoshida believes that the company is lagging behind in IP, and wants to devote resources to creating more originals.While speaking with the Financial Times, Yoshida indicated that Sony won’t stop providing content for the various streaming services including Netflix and Max. But he believes that the company has to focus on making new IP in order to better compete in the entertainment industry.”Whether it’s for games, films, or anime, we don’t have that much IP that we fostered from the beginning,” added Sony’s chief financial officer Hiroki Totoki. “We’re lacking the earl…

EA has confirmed that a rumored death-based expansion pack for The Sims 4 is indeed in development, and it’s set to arrive just in time for Halloween. But The Life And Death expansion pack isn’t the only content players have to look forward to this fall: New kits and in-game events are on the way, too.In a short video roadmap released by Maxis and EA, tarot cards are flipped over, with each card depicting upcoming content for The Sims 4. The game’s developers are referring to the upcoming releases collectively as “the season of To Be Continued.” The animated “tarot reading” revealed the following expansions, kits, and updates, along with their release dates:

• The Storybook Nursery Kit launches on September 19
• The Artist Studio Kit launches on Sept…
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