Hyper Light Breaker News

Hyper Light Drifter's long-awaited sequel feels like the first game got caught in a transporter accident with Risk of Rain⁠ 2—and I can't wait for more

Hyper Light Breaker isn't just translating the beloved 2D pixel art Zelda homage into full 3D⁠—it's also shifting gears into a completely different style of game. The first's intricate, handcrafted world has been replaced with a roguelike structure whose open zones are created anew for each run. We don't yet know how that ambitious procedural generation system is going to pan out, but after checking out a demo for Hyper Light Breaker at GDC, I'm already craving more of its excellent combat and gorgeous visuals...
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Hyper Light Breaker at Day of the Devs @ GDC

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Hyper Light Breaker's world overview trailer looks too pretty to be procedural

few days ago, Heart Machine released an world overview trailer for their upcoming roguelike, Hyper Light Breaker. It's a serene minute and a half of Breath of the Wild-style exploration—complete with a familiar-looking hangglider—and stylish action combat. What's sticking with me, however, is how good it's all looking, especially for an "open world game where you never return to the same world twice"...
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Hyper Light Breaker creator on reimagining the series as a 3D roguelike: 'I don't think that you could really release Drifter today and get the same sort of success'

"They're games of their time," Heart Machine head and Hyper Light series creator Alx Preston told me of the two games in the series, 2016's Drifter and the upcoming open world roguelike, Hyper Light Breaker. "I don't think that you could really release Drifter today and get the same sort of success it had."..
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Hyper Light Breaker trailer shows off first gameplay in 'infinite open worlds'

Developer Heart Machine has unveiled its first official gameplay trailer for Hyper Light Breaker, a follow-up to 2016's beloved indie Zelda-like Hyper Light Drifter. While Breaker is a huge gameplay departure for the series, its distinctive soundscapes and visual identity seem very much intact...
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