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Heart Machine, a game studio based in Los Angeles, has announced layoffs and is winding down development on its early access game Hyper Light Breaker due to broader industry challenges, but plans to release a final, polished version in January 2024.
Hyper Light Breaker, developed by Heart Machine, is winding down development due to studio layoffs caused by broader industry challenges, but a more polished final version is planned for January 2026, without fully abandoning the project.
Heart Machine is ending development on Hyper Light Breaker, the follow-up to Hyper Light Drifter, and has laid off staff due to funding and industry challenges. The game will not reach full release, but the studio plans to release a polished version in January 2025 and continue making other games like Possessor(s).
Heart Machine, the developer behind Hyper Light Drifter, is winding down development of its upcoming game Hyper Light Breaker due to poor player reception and broader industry challenges, resulting in layoffs and an uncertain future for the project, though they plan to release a final update in January.
Hyper Light Breaker, the upcoming game from Heart Machine, is not a sequel to Hyper Light Drifter but rather its own online co-op hack-and-slash game with loot-based runs and extraction mechanics. Set in the same universe but 15 years earlier, the game features a neon color palette and a synth soundtrack, offering a different gameplay experience while still capturing the beauty of its predecessor. With plans for Steam Early Access this summer, the game aims to provide an immersive world with interlocking systems and potential for long-term engagement, while the possibility of a Hyper Light Drifter 2 remains uncertain.
Hyper Light Breaker is a third-person roguelite adventure game set in a luminous fantasy-cyberpunk universe, with a focus on hoverboarding through an open-world landscape called the Overgrowth. The game features hand-crafted and procedurally generated biomes, boss battles, and tactical combat mechanics such as parrying. Set to go live in early access on Steam this summer with three-player online co-op, the game offers customizable loadouts and abilities, but the hoverboard steals the show as the main attraction.
Developer Heart Machine has announced that Hyper Light Breaker, a co-op rogue-lite prequel to Hyper Light Drifter, will launch in early access this summer on PC. Set decades prior to Drifter, the game offers 3D rogue-lite open world gameplay with optional co-op, featuring playable characters, custom loadouts, and procedurally generated biomes. The early access period is estimated to last roughly a year, with console versions yet to be announced.
Heart Machine has released the first gameplay trailer for Hyper Light Breaker, its 3D rogue-lite follow-up to Hyper Light Drifter. The game will feature a mix of handcrafted and procedurally generated elements in a vast, ever-changing 3D landscape known as the Overgrowth. Players can use acrobatic abilities and third-person combat to take on monsters and bosses in an attempt to overthrow the Abyss King. The game will enter Steam early access in autumn 2021.
Heart Machine has released the first gameplay trailer for Hyper Light Breaker, which will be a departure from its predecessor, Hyper Light Drifter, and will feature an open world known as the "Overgrowth." The game will have nods to Breath of the Wild, Dark Souls, and PlatinumGames titles, and will offer "endless loadouts" and "endless deaths." The optional co-op play will allow players to band together to take on some of the game's more difficult challenges. Hyper Light Breaker will arrive on Steam early access this fall, instead of the previously announced spring release.