Sackboy: A Big Adventure is crossing over with the free PS5 game Astro’s Playroom. Earlier today, developer Sumo Digital announced that players can equip the free Astro Bot costume later this week.

Sackboy: A Big Adventure crosses over with Astro’s Playroom

The Astro Bot costume arrives in Sackboy: A Big Adventure as a free DLC on March 8. The studio has only shared one image of the costume so far and has yet to show how it will look in the game. However, unlike some other costumes, which are just Sackboy in a funny outfit, this looks more like a Little Big Planet version of the character. It has a larger, boxier head and a proportionally smaller body. The Astro costume’s antenna is also a lot bigger than the original. This has the side effect of making him look a lot more like the Reddit mascot than the designers probably intended.

Astro’s Playroom is a free 3D platformer that comes pre-loaded in all PS5s. It primarily serves as a tech demo for the console’s DualSence controller. It was also the last original game from Gravity Rush developer Japan Studio before its dissolution in 2021. The timing of this new crossover is interesting given the new Astro Bot game reportedly in development.

Meanwhile, Sumo Digital’s Sackboy: A Big Adventure is a 2020 spinoff of the Little Big Planet series. It follows the titular Sackboy in his quest to save Craftworld from the villainous Vex. The game features hundreds of costumes, with developers frequently more through updates. Many of these outfits are inspired by other Sony properties. Past crossovers include characters from God of War, The Last of Us, Ratchet and Clank, Horizon, and Uncharted.

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A new entry has appeared on the Steam database, and all signs point to a rumored PC port of Sackboy: A Big Adventure coming to the digital storefront soon. While not mentioned by name, one branch of the game does mention developer Sumo Digital. The rumored game also references Sackboy: A Big Adventure‘s codename listed in the recent GeForce Now leak.

One of the more obvious indications that this is Sackboy: A Big Adventure is a branch of the application named “sumoqa.” Put simply, a branch is a version of the game in development, which devs separate from other versions in order to test bugs or implement certain changes. In this case, “sumoqa” is likely a branch of the game that the devs use for quality assurance. As the name suggests, the “sumo” prefix is almost certainly for Sumo Digital: the dev studio behind Sackboy and LittleBigPlanet 3.

Another piece of evidence is the depot—a grouping of files that are sent to the Steam user—which features the name “Marmalade Content.” If you followed the Nvidia GeForce Now leak that happened earlier last month, you’ll know that a handful of PlayStation Studios PC ports were leaked. In addition to the now-confirmed God of War PC port, the list also included Sackboy: A Big Adventure under the codename “Project Marmalade.” The project has also apparently been in development as early as six months ago.

The news comes at an exciting time for PC users, who have been drip-fed PlayStation exclusive titles over the past year or so. Sumo Digital has also been busy, with Tencent recently acquiring the UK-based studio for $1.27 billion. Sackboy: A Big Adventure originally launched for the PS4 and PS5 back in November 2020, later receiving a patch allowing cross-play between PS4 and PS5 consoles. In our official review, we highlighted how Sackboy: A Big Adventure improved upon past LittleBigPlanet titles by removing the series’ level creation mechanics and focusing strictly on great platforming gameplay.

[Source: SteamDB via Reddit]

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Fall Guys will be getting dozens of new cosmetics in Season 5, many of which will be skins from popular PlayStation franchises. These include titles such as Ratchet & Clank, Astro Bot, and Little Big Planet, as well as other properties like Spelunky. The new skins join a growing list of crossovers for the playful battle royale, which has already collaborated with the likes of Among Us, Bomberman, and NieR.

The information was shared by popular Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout leaker @Krxnky, whose leaks have proven to be true in past seasons. The leaker uploaded a 9-minute long video showcasing many of the season’s new skins, many of which look to be summer-themed. Many of them—titled “placeholder”, likely to hide the skins from snooping dataminers—were clearly characters from beloved PlayStation games.

Strangely, the fifth season will also feature a collaboration that doesn’t quite fit the lineup: Disney’s Jungle Book. It sort of makes sense when you consider the fact that Season 5 is likely jungle or tropical-themed. Nevertheless, the crossover will add four skins of Shere Khan, King Louie, Baloo, and Mowgli.

Here is a list of a few confirmed Fall Guys PlayStation skins below:

• Ratchet – Ratchet & Clank
• Clank – Ratchet & Clank
• Astro Bot – Astro’s Playroom / Astro Bot Rescue Mission
• Sack Boy – LittleBigPlanet
• Guy Spelunky – Spelunky
• Ana Spelunky – Spelunky
• Kena – Kena: Bridge of Spirits
• Rot – Kena: Bridge of Spirits

The collaboration will also add new banners and nicknames to the game, many of which are also collaboration items. A few notable examples are the “Spelunker” and “I Hate Snakes” nicknames, and banners including cute icons of Ratchet, Clank, and Rivet.

You can check out all of the leaked Fall Guys season 5 skins in the video below:

Fall Guys season 5 is expected to release around July 20th. We should see official announcements regarding these costumes and crossovers soon.

[Source: Gamingbolt]

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