Hyper Light Breaker, A Sequel to Hyper Light Drifter, Has Been Announced

In 2016, Hyper Light Drifter was released and received critical acclaim for its art style and challenging gameplay. In the years that followed, the game received multiple ports, content updates, and an animated series was even announced. Today, a sequel to the game called Hyper Light Breaker was announced, and it will launch in early access next year.

Hyper Light Breaker Will Be 3D and Feature Online Co-op

During a livestream with G4’s Xplay, developer Heart Machine announced Hyper Light Breaker and showed a trailer for the game. Most of the trailer is an animated short followed by a brief preview of what the game will look like. It will launch in Early Access next year on Steam in Spring 2023.

This time around, Heart Machine will be working with Gearbox as they are the publisher of Hyper Light Breaker. Gearbox is most well-known for the Borderlands series, including the recently released Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands. Breaker was referred to as “a new path and culmination of everything we have learned over the past eight years of development at Heart Machine” by creative director Alx Preston.

The game will be 3D instead of 2D like Hyper Light Drifter and feature online co-op. Today’s announcement of Hyper Light Breaker celebrates the sixth birthday of Hyper Light Drifter.