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Destiny 2: Lightfall, Hi-Fi Rush, and more are up to 60% off during the Xbox Spring Sale
These Xbox Series X and PC deals last through April 20
Chat Hi-Fi Rush with us in RPS Game Club
The inaugural RPS Game Club liveblog session is here! From 4pm BST today, March 30th, we’ll be chatting all things Hi-Fi Rush, which the RPS Treehouse has been playing throughout the month of March. We hope you’ve been playing along too, so why not come and join in the discussion with us? See you at 4pm sharp!
The joy of feeling like a guitar-thrashing rockstar in Hi-Fi Rush
Man, do I love the feeling of jamming out a guitar riff in games. Sure, in reality, I’m slumped on my couch in a position that my body will give me payback for when I’m thirty, but in my fantasy, I’m a musical prodigy whose guitar licks are so epic it would make Slash cry. My joy for virtual jamming came as a direct result of playing hours and hours of Guitar Hero. Harmonix held my music taste in its death grip, and almost breaking my fingers on those flimsy plastic buttons trying to conquer Through The Fire And Flames is a precious memory of mine.
So yeah, I love a good guitar sesh, so when I saw that Hi-Fi Rush was about a wannabe rockstar that smacks evil megacorp robots with his guitar to a catchy rock OST, Tango Gameworks had my attention.
Hi-Fi Rush feels great, even when you have no sense of rhythm
I like to think I have rhythm, in the same way that a wobbly air dancer lunging about sporadically has rhythm. That is to say I have none at all, and that any time spent dancing turns me into an uncontrollable set of limbs flailing in the wrong directions. Think Octodad in a night club and you’d be on the right track (although the disastrous limb flailing is enough to keep me out of the clubs).
That lack of rhythm isn’t just native to the dance floor of an awkward family party, though. Even nuzzled into my chair with a controller in hand, I simply can’t stick to the beat. My eyes glued to notes floating across the screen, trying to hit them at just the right time, you’d probably see Time hiding in a corner to my left, giggling at my repeated failure. A barrage of borked bleeps and bungled notes tend to leave me with spirits sunk.
In Hi-Fi Rush, though, I always leave with my head held high.
How Hi-Fi Rush rediscovers its rhythm with an all-time-great fight scene
Hi-Fi Rush, our inaugural RPS Game Club game, sets its on-the-beat beatdowns in some pretty interesting places. Glistening sci-fi skyscrapers. An underground volcano lair. A Smaug-pleasing gold hoard, conveniently adjacent to a finance executive’s office. Who’d have guessed, then, that its absolute best fight – not just a thrilling brawl in itself, but the point at which a stumbling adventure plants its feet back in greatness – would take place in a canteen?
Diablo 4 beta servers are going through hell as countless players rush in
Diablo 4 servers are on fire, under siege, and getting pushed to their limits as countless players swarm to the game during the pre-order weekend beta.
Those who attempt to play are thrown into lengthy queues, while those who manage to get into the game are being disconnected and potentially thrown back into the line if they run into a bug with the play button. Diablo 4 servers…welcome to hell.
A full list of expeted issues have been posted online on the official Diablo Twitter account. While a wave of excited players was seemingly expected, alongside the queues they bring, that hasn’t stopped the pain of waiting while your friends and fellow adventurers are having a blast.
Before you rush to buy the discounted Steam Deck, know what you’re buying – some essential tips
Steam Deck, Valve’s rather brilliant handheld gaming PC, is one year old and it’s also currently 10% off – the first time it’s ever dropped in price. The temptation you are currently feeling to buy a Steam Deck at this lower price is no doubt very strong (I have been there and understand), but as a big Steam Deck advocate I must share some thoughts to prepare you for what’s to come. As wonderful as this device is, it has its limitations.
This is by no means an exhaustive list of things you should know, or even the feelings every Steam Deck user has about the machine. It’s simply what I feel are important notes. With that in mind…
That’s it. If this hasn’t put you off, get that Steam Deck ordered. For me, it’s one of the best things I’ve ever bought. If you’ve bought a Steam Deck, let us know what you think of it in the comments below.
Hi-Fi Rush Is On Sale For Its Best Price Yet
Hi-Fi Rush is one of the coolest games of the year so far. If you haven’t picked up Tango Gameworks’ surprise hit, now’s your chance to get it for its best price yet. Fanatical and Green Man Gaming are selling Hi-Fi Rush for only $23, down from $30, for a limited time. Steam Deck owners will be happy to know that Hi-Fi Rush is verified for Valve’s handheld.
Offering colorful graphics, flashy combat, and a cast of memorable characters, it’s one of the most stylish action games in recent memory. It earned a 9/10 in our Hi-Fi Rush review. “It feeds on the power of nostalgia by evoking games like Jet Set Radio and Viewtiful Joe with its old-school vibes and contagious energy, but it’s also completely fresh and exciting in its own right,” critic Richard Wakeling wrote.