{"id":549698,"date":"2026-03-10T22:02:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T22:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/heart-machine-announces-hyper-light-breaker-enters-early-access-in-2023\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T22:02:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T22:02:28","slug":"heart-machine-announces-hyper-light-breaker-enters-early-access-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/heart-machine-announces-hyper-light-breaker-enters-early-access-in-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Heart Machine Announces Hyper Light Breaker, Enters Early Access In 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/heart-machine-announces-hyper-light-breaker-enters-early-access-in-2023.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" typeof=\"Image\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/p>\n<p> <b>Platform:<\/b> PC <br \/> <b>Publisher:<\/b> Gearbox Publishing <br \/> <b>Developer:<\/b> Heart Machine  <\/p>\n<p>Heart Machine, the development studio behind <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/games\/hyper_light_drifter\/b\/pc\/archive\/2016\/04\/06\/game-informer-hyper-light-drifter-review.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hyper Light Drifter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/review\/solar-ash\/solar-ash-review-a-rollercoaster-of-style-and-substance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Solar Ash<\/a> has revealed its next project titled Hyper Light Breaker.<\/p>\n<p>Breaker, which was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rNaw1L0Q2Lg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced on\u00a0G4<\/a> this afternoon, is a new game set within the Hyper Light universe, where players will enter early access next year. Unlike Drifter, Breaker will be a 3D action title with cooperative gameplay. According to creative director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2021\/11\/25\/expanding-visions-and-expectations-how-heart-machine-hopes-to-wow-players-with-solar-ash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alx Preston<\/a>, this new adventure is not a direct sequel to Drifter.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2022\/03\/31\/heart-machine-announces-hyper-light-breaker-enters-early-access-in-2023\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to watch embedded media<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Steam page for Hyper Light Breaker offers this description for the game:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bEnter the Overgrowth, a new land in the world of Hyper Light. Play alone or with friends to explore massive biomes, defeat brutal monsters, create new builds, survive the mysterious Crowns and overthrow the almighty Abyss King in this adventure from the creators of Hyper Light Drifter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the debut trailer above, which sets the stage with a stylish, action-packed animated sequence and ends with a splash of a look at the game in-engine.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2022\/03\/31\/heart-machine-announces-hyper-light-breaker-enters-early-access-in-2023\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view embedded media<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Heart Machine is partnering with Gearbox Publishing, although other than Steam, no other platform has been announced for Hyper Light Breaker at this time.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2022\/03\/31\/heart-machine-announces-hyper-light-breaker-enters-early-access-in-2023\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Platform: PC Publisher: Gearbox Publishing Developer: Heart Machine Heart Machine, the development studio behind Hyper Light Drifter and Solar Ash has revealed its next project titled Hyper Light Breaker. Breaker, which was announced on\u00a0G4 this afternoon, is a new game set within the Hyper Light universe, where players will enter early access next year. Unlike Drifter, Breaker will be a 3D action title with cooperative gameplay. According to creative director Alx Preston, this new adventure is not a direct sequel to Drifter. Click here to watch embedded media The Steam page for Hyper Light Breaker offers this description for the game:\u00a0 &#8220;\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bEnter the Overgrowth, a new land in the world of Hyper Light. Play alone or with friends to explore massive biomes, defeat brutal monsters,&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/heart-machine-announces-hyper-light-breaker-enters-early-access-in-2023\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":549699,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-549698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-informer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Heart Machine Announces Hyper Light Breaker, Enters Early Access In 2023 | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Platform: PC Publisher: Gearbox Publishing Developer: Heart Machine Heart Machine, the 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