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Sony’s PlayStation Reveals Plans for a Family-Friendly Fall

Later this year, PlayStation will publish two games, Astro Bot and LEGO Horizon Adventures, aiming to win over younger players

Astro Bot is one of PlayStation’s big games this holiday season

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Sony Group Corp.’s PlayStation has become famous for releasing bleak, bloody games such as The Last of Us and God of War. But this fall, the gaming giant is going in a different direction — betting big on family-friendly games.

Later this year, PlayStation will publish two marquee titles: Astro Bot, a colorful platformer, and LEGO Horizon Adventures, an adaptation of the sci-fi Horizon series that transforms the robot dinosaurs into Lego constructions. Astro Bot will be exclusive to PlayStation 5, while LEGO Horizon Adventures will also come to PCs and to the Nintendo Co.’s Switch.