It looks like Hyper Light studio Heart Machine may have suffered another round of layoffs, as multiple employees are reporting on social media (via Game Developer) that they've been let go. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

Developer Heart Machine will make a "big exclusive announcement" during the Hyper Light Drifter sixth anniversary celebration, which will take place on March 31 at 10:00 am PT / 1:00 pm ET. You will ...

Though Heart Machine’s games, like Hyper Light Drifter and Solar Ash, span a variety of genres, there’s a visual throughline connecting them all. If you’ve noticed that shared sensibility, that’s ...

Game development is often about iteration as much as innovation. Given the difficulties of shipping any game, when a developer lands on a hit, it's natural to want to follow up in the same style or ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hyper Light Drifter developer Heart Machine is returning to that game’s vibrant, stylized world for a new game, Hyper Light Breaker, which the studio is not calling a sequel. The follow-up to 2016’s ...