Just last week, Microsoft announced it would be closing Hi-Fi Rush and The Evil Within studio Tango Gameworks, alongside a few others, much to the despair of pretty much everyone. While Tango Gameworks will soon be no more, it still has a couple of things planned for Hi-Fi Rush, including its previously promised physical release.
Hi-Fi Rush initially launched as a digital-only title last year, but a couple of months ago Tango confirmed it had partnered with Limited Run Games to launch physical copies. Not just for the Xbox version, but also the PlayStation 5 port, which arrived digitally this past March. I wouldn’t blame people for wondering if Tango’s closure meant the physical release would be cancelled, but Tango has assured via a May 15 Twitter post that isn’t the case.
It’s still unclear when exactly these physical versions will come out, with Tango only adding that it has one last patch it plans to release later today. Don’t expect anything major from the patch either, as Tango says it’ll just address some of Hi-Fi Rush‘s lingering minor issues.
While it remains a tragic shame that Tango’s future has been cut short, presumably ruling out any potential Hi-Fi Rush sequel along with it, it’s good to know that there’ll be an option for those who prefer to own their games physically. It’s also a better alternative than keeping Hi-Fi Rush digital-only, since Microsoft could wind up de-listing it, thus rendering Hi-Fi Rush forever unavailable. It’s certainly a better outcome than the one Redfall is facing, since it’s stuck as an online-only game and is doomed to become unplayable once its servers shut down.
There was speculation that Hi-Fi Rush would eventually see a port to the Nintendo Switch, much like other former Xbox exclusives Grounded and Pentiment. In fact, The Verge outright claimed this would be the case. Now, though, it’s entirely possible any Switch port of Hi-Fi Rush will be scrapped.
