Hyper Light Drifter Developer Heart Machine Lays Off Majority of Staff, Risks Closure
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Hyper Light Breaker developer Heart Machine lays off ‘nearly everyone at the studio’
We had already reported on the unfortunate fate of the early access multiplayer action RPG Hyper Light Breaker, which saw developer Heart Machine put forth one final update last year and effectively end open development without ever fully launching. Unfortunately, it looks like the studio itself is now also ending its run according to a somber announcement […]
Heart Machine is increasingly in crisis: a publisher has removed funding for the new project of the Hyper Light Drifter team, which now seems even closer to closing.
Hyper Light Drifter developer Heart Machine lays off majority of staff, risks closure
In a post on LinkedIn, Heart Machine studio founder Alx Preston announced that the majority of staff have been let go at the studio after a publisher pulled funding. Heart Machine is known for creating Hyper Light Drifter, Solar Ash and most recently Hyper Light Breaker. According to Preston, the studio had been working on an unannounced title funded by an unnamed publisher who recently decided to rescind their support. “Without this key income …
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