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As players debate whether to purchase Possessor(s) after Heart Machine lays off staff a week before launch, its creators and publisher respond: 'As a developer who is slated for lay off—please buy this game!'




It's a messy time over at Heart Machine, developer of the beloved Hyper Light Drifter and its ill-fated hack 'n' slash successor Hyper Light Breaker. The latter debuted to mixed Steam reviews and muted sales when it carved its way into early access back in January, resulting in layoffs at Heart Machine and work on Hyper Light Breaker ceasing prematurely...
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Hyper Light Breaker's development is ending, and devs Heart Machine are laying off staff

Hyper Light Breaker, 3D prequel to action-RPG Hyper Light Drifter, won't make it out of early access. Developers Heart Machine have announced that its development is ending, with an unspecified number of layoffs at the studio having been announced at the same time.


It's a depressingly rapid downward trajectory for the follow-up to a game which generally received strong and positive reception, tempered by some criticism of elements such as how it handled communicating the best way to keep making forward progress.


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Hyper Light Breaker won't make it to 1.0 as work on the promising roguelike ends

With lofty expectations stemming from its incredible RPG Hyper Light Drifter, Heart Machine had a tough task ahead of it with Hyper Light Breaker. A co-op roguelike based in the same universe and with suitably striking visuals, the game was packed with potential, but sadly struggled to find its feet in early access. The studio has been working hard on turning things around with major updates, but it's now been confirmed that development on Hyper Light Breaker will be ending as Heart Machine goes through another round of layoffs.


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Still in early access, Hyper Light Breaker's ending development and laying off staff: 'This was not our ideal path, but rather the only one available given the circumstances'




Just nine months after its open-world roguelike Hyper Light Breaker hit early access, Heart Machine has hit the rocks. Per Game Developer, the studio is laying off an indeterminate number of staff and ending development on its most recent game, which encountered a rough reception when it launched into early access in January, with players lamenting performance issues, control problems, bugs, and the fact that the game might just be a smidge too hard...
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September Monthly Update Now Live – Patch Notes v0.7.2.132556

[p]We've just released our September update! As always, we’ll continue to keep you all in the loop of what future updates will be like, but for now, here's our patch notes for today's update. [/p][h2]Features and Gameplay Updates[/h2][p]Gameplay Updates[/p]
  • [p]Breakers can now join their friends who are mid-cycle![/p]
    • [p]If you're mid-cycle, friends can join your lobby without you having to reset your current cycle[/p]
      • [p]Whomever joins the in progress cycle will have to reset their own cycle before entering their friends lobby[/p]
      • [p]Players are only able to join in progress games when the host is in the hub, not out in the Overgrowth[/p]
      • [p]When joining a mid cycle game the new player will connect with some bright blood, a blade and a rail at the appropriate level relative to the host players world tier[/p]
[p]New Mods[/p]
  • [p]Flash Knuckle Blade Holobyte[/p]
    • [p]Flashstep strike adds 20% strike damage to next melee attack and resets on damage taken[/p]
  • [p]Burst Flash Blade Holobyte[/p]
    • [p]Flashsteps cause an explosion on impact dealing 50% strike damage to surrounding enemies[/p]
  • [p]Unstable Particle Amp Affix[/p]
    • [p]Enemies that take explosion damage will cause another explosion dealing additional blast damage[/p]
  • [p]Light Accelerator Rail Affix[/p]
    • [p]Fire rate is faster for 5 seconds after player reloads their weapon[/p]
  • [p]Ally Booster Amp Affix[/p]
    • [p]All allies (both summons and other players) receive a 3% damage buff[/p]
  • [p]Bursting Allies Amp Affix[/p]
    • [p]Ally projectiles have a 5% chance to explode[/p]
  • [p]High Pass Filter Amp Affix[/p]
    • [p]Increase Amp damage by 15% for 3 seconds after using a Blade Special[/p]
  • [p]Kinetic Flow Blade Affix[/p]
    • [p]Blade range and strike damage increases with every consecutive hit[/p]
[p]Polish Items, Updates and Improvements[/p]
  • [p]Mod Updates[/p]
  • [p]Holobytes turned into Affixes:[/p]
    • [p]Vendors:[/p]
      • [p]Critical Ring (Armor, Accessory)[/p]
      • [p]Clean Capacitor (Armor, Accessory)[/p]
      • [p]Dusty Scanner (Accessory)[/p]
      • [p]Neuro Shock (Rails)[/p]
      • [p]Devouring Bracers (Blades)[/p]
      • [p]Recursive Bind (Armor)[/p]
    [p]Affixes turned into Holobytes[/p]
    • [p]Unstable Particle[/p]
    • [p]Ally Synchronicity[/p]
    • [p]Ally Corpse Hazard[/p]
    • [p]Barrel Vents[/p]
    • [p]Burst Flash[/p]
    • [p]Concussive Weight[/p]
    • [p]Chaining Shot[/p]
    • [p]Dormant Hilt[/p]
    • [p]Exploding Shot[/p]
    • [p]Explosive Hilt[/p]
    • [p]Momentum Transference[/p]
    • [p]Syphon Amplifier[/p]
    • [p]Plasma Edge[/p]
  • [p]Made the Dormant Hilt blade special recharge UI more obvious for better readability[/p]
  • [p]Removed Ranger Flair from Scatter Weapons[/p][p][/p]
  • [p]Player Character Updates[/p]
    • [p]Established individual dash properties and ground speed curves per Breaker[/p]
      • [p]Unique dash ground speed curves per Breaker[/p]
      • [p]Introduced per Breaker race acceleration speeds[/p]
    • [p]Sycom’s now teleport out with the player instead of staying behind[/p]
    • [p]UI Updates[/p]
      • [p]Caves can now be discovered & show up on the map after approaching the entrance[/p]
      • [p]Added an icon for the Armor Obelisk buff[/p]
      • [p]All players can now cancel the “Ready Up” regardless of who initiated it[/p]
      • [p]Added an icon next to the host players name to better identify who’s the session host[/p]
    • [p]Weapon Updates[/p]
      • [p]Rebalanced charged attacks for all blades[/p]
        • [p]Increased charged attack speed significantly across the board[/p]
        • [p]Added a window of super armor during charge[/p]
    • [p]Enemy Updates[/p]
      • [p]Infiltrator tweaks in response to community feedback[/p]
      • [p]Inserted more pauses after attacks[/p]
      • [p]Increased cooldown on dash n' shotgun attack[/p]
      • [p]Added a default single zaliska shot at close range so there is an alternative to the diamond shot at close range[/p]
      • [p]Removed predictive aiming on slide tackle[/p]
    • [p]Grey Dirk Updates[/p]
      • [p]Removed Grey Dirks from the final extraction sequence entirely[/p]
      • [p]Removed their dodge state behavior and re-balanced them[/p]
  • [p]Animation Polish[/p]
    • [p]Polished the Twins Intro Cinematic[/p]
      • [p]Polished Twins single swipe melee attack[/p]
      • [p]Polished the Twins mid-fight transition[/p]
      • [p]Soup Master now has idle animations[/p]
      • [p]The Machinist vendor now has more idle fidgets[/p]
      • [p]Polished Adept’s death animation, previously it looked too similar to his stun animation[/p]
  • [p]Audio Polish[/p]
    • [p]Added new SFX for player gaining and losing armor[/p]
    • [p]Added new SFX for Shatter Armor holobyte[/p]
    • [p]Added SFX for battery gain[/p]
    • [p]Added new SFX for teleporting to and from Skylabs[/p]
  • [p]Enviro Polish[/p]
    • [p]Made improvements to some terrains that had long stretches of cliff sides with no way to scale them[/p]
    • [p]Updated art on the Skylabs to better reflect their origins[/p]
    • [p]White capsules and material chests now have an “opened state” for better readability[/p]
    • [p]Obelisks and Upgrade Machines can now be found inside POI’s rather than out in the Overgrowth[/p]
  • [p]Other Polish and Improvements[/p]
    • [p]Added option to adjust camera following behavior during combat. Will aggressively correct during attacks or not correct at all based on settings[/p]
    • [p]Added option to disable target magnetism. With this toggled Off attacks and Flash Steps should go where the camera is aimed instead of to the nearest target[/p]
    • [p]Disabled Explosive Barrels bounty because explosive barrels don't spawn in all biomes[/p]
    • [p]Boss Arena doors now lower more quickly upon successful defeat of a Crown. Players can now jump over the pink barrier when it’s low enough and the timer does not start counting down until the door is fully open[/p]
    • [p]Fixed up the gold bat slow projectile to initialize the damage area correctly on detonate[/p]
    • [p]Reduced the interaction charge time on loot corpses[/p]
Bug Fixes
  • [p]Fixed more foliage popping in the hub[/p]
  • [p]Fixed issue with the World Tier 20 progress bar not filling all the way[/p]
  • [p]Fixed some collision issues with foliage in certain Arid Wastes wrecked vehicle POI’s[/p]
  • [p]Fixed misplaced negative water volumes in some caves[/p]
  • [p]Fixed issue with interact VFX being placed on items that are not interactable[/p]
  • [p]Fixed issue where formatting tags would display in Glitch Bar strings when viewed by Clients during a run[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where grass could intersect with the crystal ground hazards[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where an in a certain instances, the starting bunker would be lacking a loot corpse[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where the Glitch Bar menu on Steam Deck was formatted incorrectly in the mission menu at the telepad[/p]
  • [p]Fixed issue with a loot corpse pushed underground on a Shattered Fortress broken fortress piece POI[/p]
  • [p]Fixed issue with a missing jump pad in the Shattered Fortress Fallen Tree POI which prevented players from reaching the top level[/p]
  • [p]Fixed a bug where the Explosive Hilt Holobyte didn't inflict any damage to enemies[/p]
  • [p]Fixed issue where the Soup Vender, Mylus, was off center in the Affinity menu[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where if a host or single player user activates the Sky Lab teleporter, instead of going to the Sky Lab the user is brought back to the hub. Which was then followed by a black screen[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where in some instances Map Revealers were decking into crystal structures[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where in some instances Shrines would be pushed down into the ground[/p]
  • [p]Fixed issues with cave entrances being misaligned with the terrain[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where the Crystal Leaper attack failed to produce any crystals on POI surfaces[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue with the Wolf Mother’s flame attack not applying lasting damage to players[/p]
  • [p]Fixed various issues with POI’s and environmental assets decking into each other[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue with a placeholder cube being present in some caves[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where sometimes the starting bunker elevator shaft could be tilted inside the terrain[/p]
  • [p]Fixed a bug where the Perfect Cleave Affix wasn't working with the Zero Edge Blade[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where the cave darkening volume extended onto beach and other terrain outside the cave[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue with the Elite Slime’s elemental attacks not hurting players[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where the White Dirk Explosions weren’t dealing damage[/p]
  • [p]Fixed various issues with crevices forming in certain terrains creating holes the player could get trapped in[/p]
  • [p]Fixed issue with snow banks popping in the Twins Boss arena[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where the Shattered Fortress Titan Weapon POI had a ramp where prisms would clip into the POI geo and get stuck[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue with the Ruined Outskirts Subway Entrance POI where certain areas lacked player collision[/p]
  • [p]Fixed a collision trap in the Ruined Outskirts Overgrown Building POI[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where mines would stay stationary in the air when thrown at The Maw as she’s lifting her head[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where splash VFX weren’t triggering in caves and some POI’s[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where sometimes Narrative Monoliths could intersect with trees[/p]
  • [p]Made improvements to alleviate bugs where sometimes things could be decked or placed under terrain or POI’s[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where in some instances the starting bunker had water in the elevator[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where sometimes the countdown wouldn’t reset to 5 seconds once the players leave the Boss Arena. Also fixed boss room timer starting at 00 then going to 59[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue with some skylabs having invisible collision present[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue with missing collision on rocks in the Ruined Outskirts Water Tower POI[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where the hoverboard VFX would persist after the player hopped off[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where eneFixed an issue where enemies would have a vocalization SFX trigger it on every hit from the Vulcan Drone amp[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where the Salt devil would trigger a grunt sfx every time it took damage[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where the interaction charge UI would persist after exiting interaction range for some objects[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where the heal SFX would play over itself[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where the hoverboard and gilder would disappear once someone cancels the Ready Up system[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where stitching lines would appear on ultra-wide screen monitors when returning to hub[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where other players could hear certain items entering and leaving someone’s inventory[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where visual settings couldn’t be changed while the game was in Fullscreen (Windowed) mode[/p]
  • [p]Fixed issue where in some instances enemies could fall off the edge of a Skylab when interacting with the Blood Letting Protocol obelisk[/p]
  • [p]Various fixes for loot corpses being pushed into geo[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where in some caves a false respawn would trigger if the player dipped into the bottomless pit but recovered[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where crystal hazards from elite enemies would appear through floor on the Ruined Outskirts Titan Sword POI[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where the Crystal leaper’s spikes would deck vertically up assets[/p]
  • [p]Implemented fixes for various instances of holes in geo allowing the player to see out of bounds[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where Lapis’ lightweaver projectile was too quiet to hear[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue with a stretch of water in the Tutorial missing player collision allowing the Player to jump into and through the water to the sandy bottom below[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue with Root-Hash Hack ranged dirk mines getting triggered by the player and not enemies[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where often players would clip through the elevator when attacking against the walls while the elevator is going up[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where the Crystal Leaper’s spikes would stay in the world indefinitely[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where Vesia would jitter for clients[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where Ranged Dirk’s proxy mines lacked collision in the Shattered Fortress biome[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where elite death damage would apply to player allies[/p]
  • [p]COMMUNITY REPORT: Fixed an issue where sound would mess up after some boss fights[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where the color and appearance from status effects would carry over to weapons without that status effect[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where The Infiltrator’s diamond shot would not reflect when perfect parried[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where map markers would fail to persist into the next run[/p]
  • [p]Fixed an issue where some destructables would collide with the camera upon breaking[/p]