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 ...

In what has seemingly become the terrible standard for the game industry, Heart Machine—the studio behind Hyper Light Drifter—will be initiating layoffs. According to Game Developer, the studio ...

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 ...

Having broken out a decade with pixel art hit Hyper Light Drifter, indie developer Heart Machine's subsequent games leaped from 2D in GameMaker to 3D in Unreal Engine, including Solar Ash and Hyper ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Heart Machine is experimenting with using the Patreon as a source of revenue and to help build community. Heart Machine is experimenting with using the Patreon as a source of revenue and to help build ...