Issue 041 — July 2026
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About Hotline Miami

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Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay, and skull-crushing close combat. Set in an alternative 1989 Miami, it puts you in the shoes of a mysterious antihero on a murderous rampage against a shady underworld, all at the urging of voices left on your answering machine. Before long you find yourself struggling to grasp what is happening and why you are so prone to these acts of violence.

Survival depends on your wits, as you choreograph a path through seemingly impossible situations while constantly outnumbered by vicious enemies. The action is relentless and every shot is deadly, so each move has to be quick and decisive if you hope to make it out alive and expose the sinister forces behind the bloodshed.

The game's unmistakable visual style, a driving soundtrack, and a surreal chain of events combine to make you question your own thirst for blood while pushing you to your limits with a brutally unforgiving challenge. Rooted in indie action design, this PC title pairs its neon-soaked 1989 setting with fast, lethal combat that demands precision and nerve in equal measure.