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Hyper Light Breaker’s Failure Shows The Challenge Of Not Making Hyper Light Drifter 2

Hyper Light Breaker is a failure, and you probably don't even know it exists. If that name sounds familiar but you can't quite place why, you may be thinking of Hyper Light Drifter. Developer Heart ...
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One Of 2025’s Most Promising Games Is Already Winding Down Before Leaving Early Access

Heart Machine, developer of 2016’s hit action-RPG Hyper Light Drifter, has fallen on hard times after that game’s follow-up, the roguelike prequel Hyper Light Breaker, failed to resonate with players.
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Why Hyper Light Breaker Can't Break Away From Illness as a Theme

Katelyn has been a writer since they learned to hold a pencil, but was a latecomer to the world of gaming, gradually falling in love with video games over the course of high school and college. They ...
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Hyper Light Breaker Devs Detail the Story and Universe of the Franchise

Hyper Light Breaker's Early Access release is nearly here, providing a sequel to indie darling Hyper Light Drifter after ...
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Hyper Light Drifter dev is ending development on its open-world roguelike sequel and going through layoffs: "This was not our ideal path, but rather the only one available"

Heart Machine - the indie outfit behind acclaimed retro adventure Hyper Light Drifter and the gravity-bending Solar Ash - is going through layoffs and wrapping up development on its roguelike sequel, ...