@realradec Never mind, Astro DLC. Why wasn't this in the State of Play?

@realradec Obviously doesn't mention DLC there, but it could be that those there get to play DLC (Challenge levels or anything else) early? Throwing out random ideas because I honestly thought it would be at the State if Play.

@realradec Unless they'll just show a trailer for new content in a blog post announcing that and the console bundle a week or two before it releases?

@realradec If you were curious, seems like Snake vs Monkey in Metal Gear is PS5 and Steam only. It seems like Xbox has a Bomberman mode? Was that in the original?

@realradec I've been expecting it for a while. I think the question is what they show exactly. Challenge levels like they said before, the tournament Speedrun level or something else entirely?

@realradec @KanesTheName Honestly, I'm surprised the apes weren't taken further as a Sony mascot since I would think the designs are iconic enough and the fact that the apes remained as icon options from PS3 to PS5 meaning millions have seen them even if they've never played Ape Escape.

@realradec Thought you night be interested. The PlayStation tournament thing shows a new Astro Bot speedun level that apparently won't be released puboicly. Skip to around 4:36:36.

@Genki_JPN Thought you might be interested. Tango Gameworks is now officially hiring under Krafton.

@realradec Astro update is out now. Downloading.

@realradec Fun fact: A rando on Reddit leaked this correctly.

More info if at all interested:

@realradec Since you might be interested, the Astro Winter Wonder level has been pushed back. Two hour delay. Maybe moved to move away from The Game Awards a little?

@realradec Do you think this level will have the missing bots from the credits copyright info or will those be saved (Rayman, Croc, Tomba, Worms, etc) for something else like challenge levels like they mentioned before and this will have different bots or if this replaced challenge levels?

They say there's special bots. Depending on what bots are in this level, maybe challenge levels won't happen? Will this level have all the bots in the credits?

@realradec @GenePark Granted, if the gap on the map screen left of the Speedruns is the challenge levels, I'm not sure there would be any more DLC, and I'm not sure where any 'toy-feeling' areas would fit if the challenges end up where I think they might.

Sackboy: A Big Adventure, another platformer, was part of Tournaments as well.

@Lizard_yyy Unrelated but why do you think now for the reviews? Most Nintendo titles are a day or two before launch. Fear of getting overshadowed by Election Day coverage or something else?