Hi-Fi Rush to Get Final Patch Amid Tango Gameworks Closure

Final yr, amid experiences that Hi-Fi Rush had failed to promote nicely sufficient, Aaron Greenberg, vice chairman of Xbox video games advertising, insisted the sport “was a get away hit for us and our gamers in all key measurements and expectations.” Greenberg added: “We couldn’t be happier with what the workforce at Tango Gameworks delivered with this shock launch.”

Final week, only a day after Microsoft introduced the closure of Tango Gameworks, Xbox Sport Studios boss Matt Booty reportedly advised Bethesda employees “we’d like smaller video games that give us status and awards.” Tango Gameworks employees reacted to Booty’s reported assertion with social media posts expressing their clear exasperation on the state of affairs. John Johanas, artistic director at Tango Gameworks and director on Hi-Fi Rush, reacted to Booty’s quote in devastating style:

https://t.co/Cz2fW01QVc pic.twitter.com/ADV4ZTpIuP

— johnjohanas (@johnjohanas) May 9, 2024

Kazuaki Egashira, recreation mission supervisor at Tango Gameworks, supplied their very own take:

Not sufficient?#HiFiRush #TangoGameworks pic.twitter.com/3OLhYAPbxU

— KazuakiEgashira (@ega1002) May 9, 2024

Hi-Fi Rush, which hit a peak of 6,132 concurrent gamers on Steam when it launched in January 2023, noticed an uptick in gamers on Valve’s platform following the announcement, and was the topic of a optimistic overview bombing marketing campaign by customers who hit out at Microsoft’s closure of Tango Gameworks.

Restricted Run Video games, in the meantime, has indicated it nonetheless plans to launch Hi-Fi Rush’s beforehand introduced bodily model. The sport launched on PlayStation 5 earlier this yr as a part of Microsoft’s multi-platform online game push. Hi-Fi Rush’s long-rumored Nintendo Change port just lately popped up in an age-rating from the ESRB.

A tweet from the official Hi-Fi Rush account confirmed this bodily version remains to be within the works, and signaled the discharge of the ultimate patch. “Thanks all in your continued help. We’re working to launch the bodily version of Hi-Fi Rush with our companions at Restricted Run Video games, in addition to a ultimate patch to deal with some minor points releasing later immediately,” the tweet reads.

Whereas reassuring, some are involved Hi-Fi Rush will ultimately face being delisted due to the licenced music used for its soundtrack.

Why did Microsoft shut Tango Gameworks? Xbox govt Sarah Bond supplied a response in a latest interview. IGN understands a pitch for Hi-Fi Rush 2 was rejected partially as a result of it was deemed too costly. IGN just lately spoke with analysts to discover out What the Finish of Tango Gameworks Means for Sport Move.

Beneath are the final patch notes for Hi-Fi Rush.

Hi-Fi Rush Replace 9 Patch Notes

• PS5 & PC
  • (Observe 01) After lowering QA-1MIL to zero well being, a collision problem would happen the place gamers would fall out of the geometry. Chai will now correctly fall to the bottom, as an alternative of into the abyss.
  • (Observe 01) Mounted a difficulty in the course of the latter half of the 2D space whereby the digicam wouldn’t comply with Chai when the elevating elevate falls.
  • (Observe 02) Corrected a defect whereby in case you touched Rekka throughout her electrical cost, your ultimate Rank wouldn’t correlate with the Refrain rating.Some points would happen when attempting to use Macaron’s Gravity Nicely whereas Rhythm Parrying an enemy. Nicely, that is now mounted!
  • (Observe 03) Cutscenes beforehand wouldn’t play accurately if a Well being Tank was consumed in the course of the combat with the HG-0G. Be at liberty to block a couple of extra hits together with your face as a result of this bug is mounted!Mounted numerous textual content points.
• All Platforms
  • (Observe 01) We additionally QA’d another points in the course of the QA-1MIL combat, notably round transitions between phases.
  • Mounted much more textual content bugs! They simply don’t cease!
  • Drink costs adjusted in Vandelay merchandising machines to mirror native forex conversion.

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