
Below the elevator readout is a news ticker that features a weather update (“Today’s weather: Good enough”) and the tidbit we’re looking for - a headline reading “Sequel to popular survival horror game franchise announced.” Screenshot: Tango Gameworks, Shirrako on YouTube As our heroes reach the top floor, there is a blink-and-you’ll miss it shot of a screen showing the elevator stopped at Floor 776. Chai and his friends are on an elevator, heading to meet with the game’s final boss, Vandelay Corp CEO Kale.

As verified by Games Radar, the easter egg appears during the cinematic into the Track 11: The Needle Drop. To be clear, Hi-Fi Rush is fairly dense with references to The Evil Within, but only one of them seems to reference a potential new game in the series.

Tango would go on to release Ghostwire: Tokyo in 2022, followed by Hi-Fi Rush late last month. It spawned a 2017 sequel, equally well-loved, and then disappeared. They’re cult classics among fans of the genre, who consider them spiritual successors to Tango exec producer Shinji Mikami’s Resident Evil.

The Evil Within is a series of survival horror games made by Hi-Fi Rush creators Tango Gameworks and published by Bethesda.
