
You may even have booked a holiday to play, told the family you won't be available for a month and cancelled all get-togethers. For many, it's the highlight of the year and something to plan for. It doesn't matter if the reason is a pandemic, arguments over rights, or creative opinions divided, the feeling in a gamer's chest when a long-awaited game is delayed is brutal. How, with trembling fingers, you made your pre-order and then followed trailers, leaked images, and obscure Twitter accounts that progressively raised your pulse to unhealthy levels, only to crushingly deliver a blow so hard before release that you saw stars.


Remember what life was like as a modern gamer before Hi-Fi Rush? How you had to sit at home, hyped to the max, counting down the days until the release of a game that some guy in a trendy jacket, T-shirt with a big logo and colourful sneakers announced a year ago on stage at an event, complete with a rock-solid release date.
