Hi-Fi RUSH Announced by Tango Game Works | Coming today to Xbox and PC (Also on Game Pass)

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Open up the mosh pit for Hi-Fi Rush, a unique rhythm-action experience where the world moves to the beat, out TODAY on Xbox Series X|S, and PC via the Microsoft Store, Steam, and Epic Games Store. Hi-Fi Rush is also available to all Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass members!

As wannabe rockstar Chai, you’ll fight back against a sinister robotics enhancement conglomerate using rhythm-amplified combat where everything – from the motion in the environment to the blows of combat – is synced to the music. Raise your guitar high and feel the beat in this utterly all-new title from Tango Gameworks, the team behind The Evil Within® and Ghostwire®: Tokyo. (We were surprised, too!)

Chai Versus the World

After a diabolical corporation mistakenly fuses a music player to Chai’s heart, he is quickly labeled a ‘defect,’ with hordes of corporate drones (read: an actual robot horde) hellbent on recalling him! Now armed with the power to feel the beat of the world around him, it’s up to Chai to battle through each department of the robotic monolith to stop their evil schemes with his new, rhythmically enhanced combat skills!

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Feel. The. Beat

Everything in Hi-Fi Rush automatically syncs to the music, from swinging your trusty “axe” to dodging out of the way of an oversized metallic fist. The game isn’t locked to the music track, however – Hi-Fi Rush is rhythm-action with the emphasis on “action.” Players must feel the rhythm to enhance Chai’s actions, pulling off heavy Beat Hits at the end of a combo like a cymbal crash, or syncing up with one of his allies for a devastating tag-team finisher. In Hi-Fi Rush, every battle is an opportunity to play out your own music video fantasy, seamlessly coordinating all your moves with the soundtrack.

Rowdy Rebels Vs. Badass Bosses

The maladjusted megacorp after Chai would sooner swallow nails than let a single supposed defect ruin their bottom line. With the help of some newfound allies, however, Chai may just have what it takes to rumble his way up the corporate ladder, with each department culminating in a cinematic face-off with its boss – complete with their own musical track!

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Grab Your Headphones

Speaking of music, Hi-Fi Rush features a killer mixtape of both licensed and original songs to tap your toes (or if you prefer, bang your head) to, each synced to their own levels in the game. Worried about playing licensed music during a stream? Fret not: Hi-Fi Rush includes a streamer-friendly alternate audio mode which replaces those licensed songs with original tracks made especially for streaming Hi-Fi Rush.

Amp It Up With The Hi-Fi Rush Deluxe Edition

Wanna crank things to 11? Get yourself some bonus swag with the Hi-Fi Rush Deluxe Upgrade Pack! Mix up your look with some special cosmetics, plus Gears for a head start on unlocking skills & upgrades.

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In addition to the base Hi-Fi Rush game, the Deluxe Edition also includes:

  • Two Chai outfits*
  • Seven bonus Chai t-shirts
  • 808-Themed Guitar Skin
  • 808 Alternate Skin
  • 20,000 Gears for unlocking combat skills and other upgrades. (Note: Gears are obtained through combat and exploration in-game and not available as a purchasable currency.)
Players who already own Hi-Fi Rush can also purchase the Deluxe Edition Upgrade, which adds all the additional Deluxe Edition content to your game! Both the Deluxe Edition and the Deluxe Edition upgrade can be purchased via the Microsoft Store.
 
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Looks like a Sunset Overdrive anime game based on beats.....Seems like an OG XBOX game in concept though. Everything about it seems early 2000's except visual fidelity of course.
 

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Released with no review scores?

Is this the standard for GP in the future onwards?
 

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So that's what Johanas was making after TW2 flopped.

Looks cool. Is it a full game or like arenas only? I'll definitely play it.
 

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Mikami + Jet Grind Radio sounds like a good time.
 

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The art looks good, very colorful and atypical of Tango's usual style.

Gonna download as soon as able to.



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What the fuck? The dialogue is just as cringy as the forspoken trailer

*edit* gameplay itself looks interesting.
Reminds me of a game called soundfall.
 
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Looks well made but not going to lie, there is a distinctly sour taste with this title knowing what it could or should have been.
 

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Released with no review scores?

Is this the standard for GP in the future onwards?
Yeah, no reviews. I guess maybe some folk knew. They tried to entice me with the JSRF colors and hook, till Chai opened his mouth. a blond metro girl, a big black guy, a robot, yeah they definetely tried the JSRF appeal, but the characters don't seem as cool or catchy. His walking animation seems like he is lugging around a coffin, even his combat animations look slow as if he is wielding Auron's sword. All I see is some basic platforming to arena after arena for a beat battle, this will get old fast, but as the kids say these days, it's on gamepass.

Come on crowd "CHAI CHAI CHAI".......
 

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Looks well made but not going to lie, there is a distinctly sour taste with this title knowing what it could or should have been.
Do you mean The Evil Within 3? It's probably still coming but in 2+ years since the rest of the team was still working on Ghostwire Tokyo while this was made.