{"id":30500,"date":"2026-01-26T10:57:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T10:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/?p=30500"},"modified":"2026-01-26T10:57:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T10:57:55","slug":"i-hate-this-place-physical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/collection\/i-hate-this-place-physical\/","title":{"rendered":"Retro-inspired Horror Title I Hate This Place Physical Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019ve been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/i-hate-this-place-new-release\/\">following<\/a> the story of the new horror title <strong>I Hate This Place<\/strong>\u2019s release and are pleased that developer <strong>Rock<\/strong> <strong>Square<\/strong> <strong>Thunder<\/strong> has teamed up with publisher <strong>Meridiem<\/strong> to launch a <strong>Nintendo<\/strong> <strong>Switch<\/strong> and<strong> PlayStation 5<\/strong> physical edition. <strong>I Hate This Place<\/strong> will be released digitally on PC, <strong>PS5<\/strong>, <strong>Nintendo<\/strong> <strong>Switch<\/strong>, and <\/span><strong>Xbox<\/strong> <strong>Series X\/S<\/strong> on January 29th, 2026. Those wanting to wait for the physical will have to wait until April 9th, although pre-orders are now open on <a href=\"https:\/\/meridiem-games.com\/en\/new_sdebug\/vNnKJxA8JRM\/gAtgOAoV7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Meridiem<\/strong>&#8216;s store<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a press statement, the publisher said. \u201c<strong>Meridiem<\/strong> is pleased to announce that it will publish a physical edition of <strong>I Hate This Place<\/strong>, a craft-focused, isometric survival horror game filled with twisted monsters and warped realities, all wrapped in a bold comic book art style and dripping with an \u201980s horror vibe.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Meridiem<\/strong> is responsible for designing and manufacturing the physical \u2018Elena\u2019s Edition\u2019 of<strong> I Hate This Place<\/strong> for <strong>PlayStation 5<\/strong> and <strong>Nintendo<\/strong> <strong>Switch<\/strong>, which will be the only physical boxed edition available during the launch period, and will include a copy of the game, a special effect cover, a secret letter from Elena, and an artbook.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>I Hate This Place<\/strong> is inspired by <strong>Skybound<\/strong>\u2019s <strong>Eisner Award<\/strong>-nominated comic book series created by writer <strong>Kyle<\/strong> <strong>Starks<\/strong> and artist <strong>Artyom<\/strong> <strong>Topilin<\/strong>. Players take on the role of Elena, whose fight for survival begins when she and her friend unwittingly summon a malevolent force. Outmatched and hunted in a hostile world, players will need to stay vigilant, loot their surroundings, and pick their battles carefully against formidable foes, many of which hunt you by sound.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30501 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/i-hate-this-place-4-e1769424837640.png\" alt=\"i hate this place 4\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve been following the story of the new horror title I Hate This Place\u2019s release and are pleased that developer Rock Square Thunder has teamed up with publisher Meridiem to launch a Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5 physical edition. I Hate This Place will be released digitally on PC, PS5, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox Series [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":26995,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[158,159,160],"class_list":["post-30500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-collection","tag-i-hate-this-place","tag-meridiem","tag-rock-square-thunder"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30500","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}