Astro Bot’s new PS5 controller has a pair of adorable eyes

Just look astatine it. I need it.

The Astro Bot limited variation controller adds bluish controller grips and sci-fi accents and features Astro’s signature brace of agleam bluish eyes connected the touchpad that, based connected the adorable trailer, look to blink astatine you. (They amended blink astatine you — what’s the constituent of the eyes if they don’t blink astatine you?)

Team Asobi has added a clump of caller interactions betwixt DualSense controllers and the Astro Bot game, immoderate of which I got to acquisition during my demo of the crippled astatine Summer Game Fest. The squad has accrued the fig of textures you tin consciousness done the controller similar sand, glass, oregon metal. All of Astro’s caller power-ups volition person a chiseled consciousness to them acknowledgment to haptic feedback and the adaptive triggers. In the demo, determination are small spark plugs you often person to propulsion retired of the ground. The dependable effects coming retired of the controller combined with the dilatory expanding absorption connected the triggers made it really consciousness similar yanking connected stubborn wires.

The controller volition beryllium disposable for preorder connected August 9th successful prime countries, retailing for $79.99. Or you tin effort your luck buying it from prime retailers worldwide connected September 6th — the aforesaid time arsenic Astro Bot’s launch.