At GDC 2025, I watched a walkthrough of one of the early levels of Possessor(s), the next game from Heart Machine. The studio typically goes for action games but mixes in a little bit of something ...

Syracuse University Graduate who won't stop talking about video games. Firmly believes the greatest game ever made is Ape Escape 3 for the PlayStation 2. Currently, his newest interest is finding a ...

Heart Machine, the developers behind games such as Hyper Light Drifter, Hyper Light Breaker, and Solar Ash, has announced that it is laying off several employees and reducing its staff down to a ...

Katelyn has been a journalist for nearly 15 years, with focuses on science and technology, law, politics, and now the games industry. She's particularly proud of her work interviewing developers of ...

Heart of the Machine is a 4X game. It's also an RTS, an RPG, and a city builder. Combat is inspired by classics of the turn-based tactics genre like XCOM and Jagged Alliance, and the environment ...

Heart Machine, the US-based developer behind Hyper Light Drifter and its upcoming sequel, is the latest studio to suffer a round of layoffs. The company confirmed to GameDeveloper it has dismissed a ...

Los Angeles-based studio Heart Machine has once again initiated a round of layoffs, thought to be the second this month alone. As spotted by Game Developer, while the studio itself has not announced ...

Heart Machine is experimenting with using the Patreon as a source of revenue and to help build community. Heart Machine is experimenting with using the Patreon as a source of revenue and to help build ...

Having broken out a decade with pixel art hit Hyper Light Drifter, indie developer Heart Machine's subsequent games leaped from 2D in GameMaker to 3D in Unreal Engine, including Solar Ash and Hyper ...