{"id":68796,"date":"2026-06-26T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=68796"},"modified":"2026-06-25T21:46:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T12:46:06","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:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/romeo-is-a-dead-man-gets-a-photo-mode-and-hotline-miami-collaboration-costumes-in-first-major-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Romeo Is a Dead\u00a0Man\u00a0gets a\u00a0photo mode\u00a0and\u00a0Hotline Miami collaboration\u00a0costumes in first major update\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grasshopper Manufacture has&nbsp;announced&nbsp;the first big update for&nbsp;its 2026 sci-fi action game&nbsp;<strong>Romeo Is a Dead Man<\/strong>, and quite appropriately,&nbsp;it\u2019s&nbsp;a collaboration with 2012 cult-classic Hotline Miami, a&nbsp;<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\">game adored by Suda51<\/a>. The update is now live on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3050900\/ROMEO_IS_A_DEAD_MAN\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>, with PS5 and Xbox releases&nbsp;also planned down the line.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;biggest&nbsp;new&nbsp;additions&nbsp;to Romeo Is a Dead Man&nbsp;are a costume change feature and photo mode, as well&nbsp;as two Hotline Miami-themed costumes.&nbsp;Players will be able to&nbsp;dress up like Jacket and the Biker, with&nbsp;other&nbsp;customizations also available.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1404\" height=\"790\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1404px) 100vw, 1404px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260625-68796-header.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-68800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260625-68796-header.jpg 1404w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260625-68796-header-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260625-68796-header-768x432.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1401\" height=\"788\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1401px) 100vw, 1401px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260625-68796-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-68801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260625-68796-001.jpg 1401w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260625-68796-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260625-68796-001-768x432.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To coincide with the update,&nbsp;the game is now 20% off on Steam, with a&nbsp;Hotline Miami bundle also available&nbsp;at 10% off.&nbsp;Grasshopper Manufacture assures console gamers&nbsp;they\u2019ll&nbsp;get the exact same content and discounts&nbsp;in due time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Romeo is a Dead Man\u2019s new costume change&nbsp;feature&nbsp;can 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&nbsp;to take HQ screenshots of gameplay. The feature&nbsp;grants control to adjust the camera, tweak color correction, manipulate depth of field, and&nbsp;apply&nbsp;custom frame art.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1398\" height=\"782\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1398px) 100vw, 1398px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260625-68796-003.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-68802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260625-68796-003.jpg 1398w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260625-68796-003-380x213.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260625-68796-003-768x430.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\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\">Steam<\/a>), PS5 and Xbox Series X\u2758S. The Steam version is now 20% off.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grasshopper Manufacture has announced the first big update for Romeo Is a Dead Man, out now on Steam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":68799,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[{"did":"did:plc:uzrrhkfyjrfdsynj2voztcf2","date":"2026-06-25T17:00:08+00:00","uri":"at:\/\/did:plc:uzrrhkfyjrfdsynj2voztcf2\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mp4vqee6hx2f","response":"{\"uri\":\"at:\/\/did:plc:uzrrhkfyjrfdsynj2voztcf2\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mp4vqee6hx2f\",\"cid\":\"bafyreieas3sz5oruxsm6aht6ohpherbuaxdvx76gcvzuucwtt76ybysb4u\",\"commit\":{\"cid\":\"bafyreidgvysy2dhvb7lwwtx3557pouliye3ucb4cvajfkfh44zj4mgfw4m\",\"rev\":\"3mp4vqeecex2f\"},\"validationStatus\":\"valid\"}"}],"autoblue_post_url":"","autoblue_publish_document":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-68796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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