Hyper Light Breaker studio will end development of the game and lay off employees

Heart Machine will halt development on the third-person roguelike game Hyper Light Breakerseemingly confirming that it will never exit Early Access. Follow indie dear Hyperlite Drifter forward In 2022 and after several It’s finally entered early access For the year 2025.

But it appears that version 1.0 will not arrive, as the studio confirmed that it has ended development on the game and had to lay off an unspecified number of its employees as a result. In a “While we finish our work,” Heart Machine said Hyper Light BreakerWe had to make the difficult decision to let go of a number of talented team members. This was not our ideal path, but rather the only path available under these circumstances. While this path will include a conclusion to the project, it reflects broader forces beyond our control, including shifts in funding, corporate consolidation and the uncertain environment that many small studios like ours navigate today.

The studio said it plans to continue making games with its unified workforce – the side-scrolling sci-fi action game published by Devolver It’s still scheduled to be released next month — he noted Hyper Light Breaker It won’t meet a completely abrupt end. The studio said it plans to “deliver something as meaningful, polished, and complete as possible under our current circumstances” in January, but added that there are no plans for further updates for the remainder of 2025.

Engadget jessica condit to Hyper Light Breaker In March last year, she described it as “the perfect amalgamation of Hyperlite Drifter and “solar ash” (the studio’s other game), with praise for its hoverboard gameplay.