A child’s recreation simply received Recreation of the Yr

The Recreation Awards of 2024 have come to an in depth, with Astro Bot taking dwelling the coveted Recreation of the Yr award.

The PlayStation-exclusive platformer emerged victorious regardless of a various area of nominees for the most effective Recreation of the Yr title. The lineup featured a uncommon cellular recreation, Balatro, in addition to the first-ever DLC nomination within the class with Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree. Astro Bot’s victory is fairly stunning contemplating the historical past of TGAs.

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Astro Bot

The follow-up to the PS5 pack-in recreation Astro’s Playroom, Group Asobi’s Astro Bot is a totally fleshed-out 3D platformer with over 80 levels. All through the marketing campaign, Astro will get entry to greater than 15 talents.

Techniques

OpenCritic

High Critic Score:95/100

Developer(s)

Group Asobi

Writer(s)

Sony Interactive Leisure

ESRB

E10+ For Everybody 10+ Due To Crude Humor, Fantasy Violence

A win for a household recreation

Astro Bot’s win is rarity for Recreation of the Yr

It is not frequent for a recreation that wins Greatest Household Recreation to additionally take dwelling the award for Recreation of the Yr on the finish of the night time, however Astro Bot managed to do it. This marks solely the second time within the final 20 years of The Recreation Awards that the winner of Greatest Household Recreation went on to win the highest prize, becoming a member of 2021’s It Takes Two.

Astro Bot director Nicolas Doucet remarked on the problem of making the sport whereas accepting the award, highlighting the troublesome activity of designing a recreation that serves as an introduction to gaming for youngsters whereas additionally paying tribute to PlayStation’s 30-year gaming legacy.

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An enormous win for PlayStation

A PS-exclusive stuffed with PlayStation historical past

Astro Bot’s win is a feather in PlayStation’s cap because it continues to outpace its most important competitors, Microsoft and Xbox.

Astro Bot is a platformer recreation paying homage to the unique Nintendo Mario video games. As a substitute of Mario, nevertheless, gamers tackle the position of Astro Bot, guiding him by difficult ranges and puzzles that always reference basic video games from the PlayStation library, akin to God of Warfare, Metallic Gear Strong, Yakuza, and lots of extra. Director Nicolas Doucet touched on this in his acceptance speech, saying, “Astro Bot is filled with PlayStation historical past. And lots of people on this room tonight gave their characters with out asking something in return, simply because they cared about celebrating 30 years of historical past.”

The sport is enjoyable for each adults and youngsters, however like its predecessor, Astro’s Playroom, it serves as each an homage to previous video games and a strategy to educate new avid gamers tips on how to use the controls wanted to grasp video video games. This makes it an incredible choice for folks of younger children on the lookout for one thing to play alongside their youngsters.

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Extra The Recreation Awards 2024 winners

An entire breakdown of the winners

This is an entire breakdown of all of the winners from the largest night time in video video games. Astro Bot was one of many greatest winners of the night time, taking dwelling three awards — Greatest Recreation Course, Greatest Household Recreation, and Greatest Motion Recreation — along with the Recreation of the Yr award.