{"id":320354,"date":"2026-06-26T06:34:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T06:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/320354\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T06:34:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T06:34:19","slug":"romeo-is-a-dead-man-gets-a-photo-mode-and-hotline-miami-collaboration-costumes-in-first-major-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/320354\/","title":{"rendered":"Romeo Is a Dead\u00a0Man\u00a0gets a\u00a0photo mode\u00a0and\u00a0Hotline Miami collaboration\u00a0costumes in first major update\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grasshopper Manufacture has\u00a0announced\u00a0the first big update for\u00a0its 2026 sci-fi action game\u00a0Romeo Is a Dead Man, and quite appropriately,\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0a collaboration with 2012 cult-classic Hotline Miami, a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/as-much-as-suda51-loves-devolver-digital-he-still-wants-to-get-paid-for-his-devolver-direct-appearances\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">game adored by Suda51<\/a>. The update is now live on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3050900\/ROMEO_IS_A_DEAD_MAN\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Steam<\/a>, with PS5 and Xbox releases\u00a0also planned down the line.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\u00a0biggest\u00a0new\u00a0additions\u00a0to Romeo Is a Dead Man\u00a0are a costume change feature and photo mode, as well\u00a0as two Hotline Miami-themed costumes.\u00a0Players will be able to\u00a0dress up like Jacket and the Biker, with\u00a0other\u00a0customizations also available.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img data-od-added-loading=\"\" data-od-replaced- data-od-xpath=\"\/HTML\/BODY\/DIV[@id='main-container']\/*[2][self::MAIN]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::ARTICLE]\/*[3][self::DIV]\/*[4][self::FIGURE]\/*[1][self::IMG]\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1404\" height=\"790\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260625-68796-header.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-68800\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-od-added-loading=\"\" data-od-replaced- data-od-xpath=\"\/HTML\/BODY\/DIV[@id='main-container']\/*[2][self::MAIN]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::ARTICLE]\/*[3][self::DIV]\/*[5][self::FIGURE]\/*[1][self::IMG]\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1401\" height=\"788\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260625-68796-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-68801\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To coincide with the update,\u00a0the game is now 20% off on Steam, with a\u00a0Hotline Miami bundle also available\u00a0at 10% off.\u00a0Grasshopper Manufacture assures console gamers\u00a0they\u2019ll\u00a0get the exact same content and discounts\u00a0in due time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Romeo is a Dead Man\u2019s new costume change\u00a0feature\u00a0can be unlocked from Romeo\u2019s room on the Space-Time Ship after clearing the game. As for the photo mode, you can access it directly from the game\u2019s pause menu\u00a0to take HQ screenshots of gameplay. The feature\u00a0grants control to adjust the camera, tweak color correction, manipulate depth of field, and\u00a0apply\u00a0custom frame art.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img data-od-xpath=\"\/HTML\/BODY\/DIV[@id='main-container']\/*[2][self::MAIN]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::ARTICLE]\/*[3][self::DIV]\/*[8][self::FIGURE]\/*[1][self::IMG]\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1398\" height=\"782\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260625-68796-003.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-68802\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Romeo Is a Dead Man is available for PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3050900\/ROMEO_IS_A_DEAD_MAN\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Steam<\/a>), PS5 and Xbox Series X\u2758S. The Steam version is now 20% off.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Grasshopper Manufacture has\u00a0announced\u00a0the first big update for\u00a0its 2026 sci-fi action game\u00a0Romeo Is a Dead Man, and quite appropriately,\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":320355,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124,132923],"class_list":["post-320354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-news-japan-related"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}