Following the announcement ofPentimentandGroundedheading to the Nintendo Switch, it seems likeHi-Fi Rushis slamming its way onto the PS5 this March.
The reveal arrived a bit earlier than intended, mind. It seems Bethesda’sLATAM YouTube channelpulled the trigger a little too early, confirming the game’s release on Sony’s console on March 18. The video was swiftly taken down. But an official announcement will probably arrive shortly, now that the cat has officially escaped the bag.
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As mentioned,Hi-Fi Rushwill be the third game to leave the shelter of the Xbox umbrella. Before the video was unceremoniously unleashed,PentimentandGroundedwere revealed for the Switch during today’s Partner Direct.
The move directly follows apodcast last weekin which the Xbox team confirmed that four Xbox-published games were heading to other platforms. Head of Xbox Phil Spencer said the change would allow the publisher to “invest in maybe future iterations of those, sequels to those, or other games like them in our portfolio.” The podcast was announced after rumors began to swirl that Xbox-exclusive games were going elsewhere and that Microsoft may go third-party only in the wake of rising development costs.
All three games confirmed today were revealed in a report byThe Vergelast week. The only game in the report that hasn’t yet hopped the fence isSea of Thieves. But with three games out of the four now confirmed for other platforms, we’ll likely hear word on Rare’s PvPvE pirate adventure soon enough.
Hi-Fi Rushwas surprise-launchedin January 2023on Xbox and Game Pass. The cel-shaded, rhythm-based game became an instant hit and quickly earned a passionate fanbase. We loved it, awarding it thebest Xbox game of 2023.
