PlayStation’s ‘Astro Bot’ is a shoo-in for Game of the Year, will Xbox ever have a family-friendly answer? | Gaming

What you need to know

• Astro Bot released today on PlayStation 5, a platformer featuring cameos from beloved PlayStation characters throughout it’s history.
• The critic reviews have been outstandingly positive, and it currently sits at a 94 Metacritic score.
• I wrote back in May following State of Play that Xbox could replicate this cross generational appeal with many of their own IPs. 

Astro Bot, as expected, has launched today to glowing reviews and critical acclaim. In what’s been a rollercoaster of a few days for Sony, with its PvP shooter game Concord being taken offline only 11 days after launch — Astro Bot has rocketed onto the scene with an impressive 94 Metacritic score, with many outlets giving it a 10/10 . Concord to Astro Bot is quite literally the “we’re so over” to “we’re so…