{"id":30373,"date":"2026-01-19T12:18:57","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T12:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/?p=30373"},"modified":"2026-03-31T09:10:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:10:52","slug":"hi-fi-rush-physical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/features\/hi-fi-rush-physical\/","title":{"rendered":"Cel-shaded Indie Hit Hi-Fi Rush Strums Out On Physical"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Hi-Fi Rush<\/strong>, the retro-inspired cel-shaded action title, was originally released in 2023 and was a big hit when it riffed onto<strong> Xbox Game Pass<\/strong>. Now the indie hit, developed by <strong>Tango<\/strong> <strong>Gameworks<\/strong>, is getting a full physical release courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/limitedrungames.com\/collections\/hi-fi-rush\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Limited Run Games<\/strong><\/a>. Pre-orders are open now until March 1st, 2026, for <strong>PlayStation 5<\/strong> and <strong>Xbox Series X<\/strong> editions. Three different editions are available featuring a range of items, including a miniature replica of Chai\u2019s guitar, an 8-inch plush of the robot 808, a three-disc soundtrack, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Hi-Fi Rush<\/strong> blends fast-paced action with rhythm-based combat and exploration, syncing every punch, dodge, and environmental beat to its energetic soundtrack. The game has earned an Overwhelmingly Positive rating on <strong>Steam<\/strong> and received major industry recognition, including Best Audio Design at <strong>The Game Awards 2023<\/strong> and the Animation Award at the <strong>20th BAFTA Games Awards<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rhythm Edition: Includes the\u00a0<strong>Hi-Fi Rush<\/strong> physical game disc, standard case, booklet, three DLC costume packs, and additional in-game character costumes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Smidge Edition: Includes everything in the Rhythm Edition, plus a three-disc soundtrack featuring developer liner notes and a custom storage box themed after the character Smidge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Project Armstrong Edition: The ultimate collector\u2019s set, featuring everything in the Smidge Edition alongside a miniature replica of Chai\u2019s guitar, an 8-inch plush of the robot 808, a 90-page hardcover art book, a spinning MP3 player pin badge, and a numbered certificate of authenticity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30375 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/hi-fi-rush-2-e1768825008988.jpg\" alt=\"hi-fi rush 2\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi-Fi Rush, the retro-inspired cel-shaded action title, was originally released in 2023 and was a big hit when it riffed onto Xbox Game Pass. Now the indie hit, developed by Tango Gameworks, is getting a full physical release courtesy of Limited Run Games. Pre-orders are open now until March 1st, 2026, for PlayStation 5 and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":30374,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[114,28,115],"class_list":["post-30373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-hi-fi-rush","tag-limited-run-games","tag-tango-gameworks"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30373"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31901,"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30373\/revisions\/31901"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}