Summary
Astro Botwon the Game of the Year award at the DICE Awards 2025 on February 13, adding another feather to its cap. With the latest accolade,Astro Bothas continued its award-winning streak at major industry events, having picked up a host of similar honors over the past several months.
For a franchise that stemmed from a PlayStation 4-era tech demo,Astro Bothas come a very long way, with its newest namesake entry being recognized as one of the best games of 2024. TheTeam Asobi-developed platformer came out to a roaring receptionlast October and ended the year in the company of the most decorated games ever. Besides earning a plethora of accolades, including multiple Game of the Year awards,Astro Botalso recorded impressive sales, selling more than 1.5 million copies in its first two months. Keeping the momentum going, the PS5 exclusive recently won the biggest award of the night once again.
At the 28thDICE Awardsheld on February 13, Team Asobi took home the Game of the Year award forAstro Bot, beatingBalatro,Black Myth: Wukong,Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, andHelldivers 2. In total, the action platformer bagged five different award recognitions, with the others being Family Game of the Year, Outstanding Achievement in Game Design, Outstanding Technical Achievement, and Outstanding Achievement in Animation. The Sony-published game was also nominated in the Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition category, in whichHelldivers 2emerged victorious. Notably,Astro Bot’s new Game of the Year wintook place within a few weeks of its last win in the same category at the New York Game Awards in January 2025.
Astro Bot’s Success Pushes Sony to Produce More Family-Friendly Games
Apparently, the immense magnitude ofAstro Bot’s success isn’t something that PlayStation parent Sony has taken lightly. As a matter of fact, the game’s scintillating performance has encouraged the console giant to produce similar titles going forward, as noted in arecent statement by Sony President Hiroki Totoki. PlayStation fans may expect more family-friendly games in the coming years, as the PS5 maker enters territory held most prominantly by Nintendo, thanks to IPs such asMarioandDonkey Kong.
In the meantime,Astro Botplayers can look forward to more post-launch contentarriving in the near future. The game’s director, Nicholas Doucet, has revealed that the action game will soon get up to five new levels as well as a new time-based game mode. The first of the freshly added levels became available to players on July 03, 2025.
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