{"id":960294,"date":"2026-01-02T21:20:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T21:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1851642444"},"modified":"2026-01-02T21:20:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T21:20:19","slug":"dont-forget-to-smack-every-playstation-character-you-collect-in-astro-bot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/dont-forget-to-smack-every-playstation-character-you-collect-in-astro-bot\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Forget To Smack Every PlayStation Character You Collect In Astro Bot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/dont-forget-to-smack-every-playstation-character-you-collect-in-astro-bot.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Astro Bot is here and it is everything that many of us could\u2019ve wanted. Not only is it an <a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 lcFFec js_link\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/astro-bot-kotaku-review-playstation-5-1851640280\">incredible 3D platformer<\/a>, but it\u2019s also stuffed with <a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 lcFFec js_link\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/astro-bot-playstation-ps5-references-characters-1851640150\">cameos from characters across PlayStation\u2019s history<\/a>. As you collect them over the course of the game, every character that you find is returned to Astro Bot\u2019s central hub, a\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/astro-bot-smack-playstation-characters-crash-site-1851642444\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/astro-bot-smack-playstation-characters-crash-site-1851642444\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Astro Bot is here and it is everything that many of us could\u2019ve wanted. Not only is it an incredible 3D platformer, but it\u2019s also stuffed with cameos from characters across PlayStation\u2019s history. As you collect them over the course of the game, every character that you find is returned to Astro Bot\u2019s central hub, a\u2026 Read more&#8230; Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":960295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[338],"tags":[13935,6142,1457,1974,1630,958,6639,4417,14099,6640,6577,14100],"class_list":["post-960294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kotaku","tag-astro","tag-astro-bot","tag-astros-playroom","tag-bloodborne","tag-crash-bandicoot","tag-metal-gear-solid","tag-single-player-video-games","tag-team-asobi","tag-tsushima","tag-video-game-sequels","tag-video-games-developed-in-japan","tag-yharnam"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Don\u2019t Forget To Smack Every PlayStation Character You Collect In Astro Bot | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Astro Bot is here and it is everything that many of us could\u2019ve wanted. 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