Hi-Fi Rush

A progress report on the games we just can't quit

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When Hi-Fi Rush was simultaneously announced and released, it almost felt like everything around it became the story. The surprise factor was much debated among players and press – what did this sudden shadow-drop mean for its maker, for Game Pass, for Xbox? Within weeks, the conversation had moved to its sales figures – whispers that it hadn’t met internal expectations at Xbox were scotched by Aaron Greenberg, saying the company “couldn’t be happier with what the team at Tango Gameworks delivered with this surprise release”. Then the departure of studio boss Shinji Mikami within a month attracted further headlines. For all the positive reviews, dashed out within days of its launch,