After a slow burn of gradual gameplay demonstrations and hands-on previews that were doled out, Sloclap’s martial-arts epicSifufinally releases next week. With two different digital editions that fans can select from forSifuon PS4 and PS5, it had previously seemed as if the options for which to buy it were binary and decided upon.
Meanwhile, the announcement thata physical release forSifuwas somewhere down the pipeline, and beckoned the question of what it would entail besides a hard disc copy. Those questions have recently been answered, with all of its content detailed in a common graphic for fans to peruse and inform their decision to purchase it or not.
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Sifu’s anticipated physical edition is dubbed the “Vengeance Edition” and offers content comparable to a collector’s edition. Included in the Vengeance Edition isSifu’s digital soundtrack, 3 lithographs, a 48-page “The Art of Sifu” art book, and a sleek steelbook with variant jacket cover artwork.Sifu’s exclusively digital Deluxe Editionfor PS4 and PS5, for comparison, only offers the digital soundtrack as well as a digital art book. The benefits of a physical edition are more commercial than functional, but they may entice anyone who wishes to secure a collector’s copy forSifu.
Rather, there is one potential downside toSifu’s physical release. The physical edition’s release date has also been revealed, and it may not be as soon as some fans may have hoped for. If players wish to pre-order the Vengeance Edition, they will then have to wait three months until it is available on May 3. While three months may not be a remarkably long time in retrospect, it still means that fans who wish to play it when it first releases next week will have to purchase two copies of the game if they also want the physical edition.
Of course, some fans may not have an issue buying both copies and having the physical edition be a collector’s copy solely, especially if they want tocelebrate their anticipation forSifu. But for other fans this may provide an ultimatum toward whether they would prefer to wait until the physical edition releases to play it so that they do not need to purchaseSifutwice. Either way, the editions available forSifuoffer incentives for all players and make momentous occasions out of both its digital and physical launches.
Sifureleases digitally on July 04, 2025, and physically on June 29, 2025, for PC, PS4, and PS5.
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