Publisher Arc Games and developer Heart Machine have released the launch trailer for open-world cooperative roguelite game Hyper Light Breaker ahead of its Early Access launch for PC via Steam on January 14.
Throughout Early Access, new content—including Breakers, Crowns, gear, story content, secrets, and more—as well as gameplay improvements and new features will be added via patches and periodic major updates. More information will be shared via an Early Access content roadmap to be revealed in the coming weeks, including when the first major content update is expected to drop, as well as the release of a Breaker codenamed “Crow.”
“The time has come for everyone to play Hyper Light Breaker in Early Access and enter the Overgrowth for the very first time,” said Heart Machine founder and creative director Alx Preston in a press release. “After all the twists and turns of the past couple of years, this is such a major and just incredible moment for all of us at Heart Machine—and we’d like to thank our fantastic community, friends and colleagues for the loving support to get us to this point. But things don’t stop here, we’d love for as many players as possible to jump in the game and share their feedback with us! Player feedback is incredibly important to us, so we’re really looking forward to working with the community to continue to evolve Hyper Light Breaker throughout Early Access to make it the best it can be before we bring it into 1.0.”
Here is an overview of the game, via Arc Games:
About
From Heart Machine, the award-winning team behind critically-acclaimed titles Hyper Light Drifter and Solar Ash, comes Hyper Light Breaker, a new co-op rogue-lite adventure set in the beloved Hyper Light Drifter universe—available now in Steam Early Access. Hyper Light Breaker is a brand-new entry in the Hyper Light franchise, with a unique story fully realized in 3D for the first time. Set decades prior to Drifter, Hyper Light Breaker has you take on the role of a Breaker, a mercenary tasked with entering the Overgrowth. Using a combination of fast-paced hack-and-slash combat, ranged weaponry and gadgets, players can expect to fight through and explore a wide array of procedurally-generated open worlds. Though you’ll start your journey trying to help the settlement, it’s clear that there’s something sinister in this long-forgotten land. Only through tenacity and rigorous exploration will you uncover the dark truths of the Crowns, The Abyss King and this brutal, eerie new landscape. Players can choose to play alone or with up to two fellow Breakers to explore open worlds, create new builds, rip through hordes and overcome the Crowns and the Abyss King.
Key Features
- Ever-Changing Worlds to Explore
- A world in disarray, with mysteries to solve, vicious enemies to fight, and full 3D environments to explore.
- A vast, ever-changing, procedurally generated world awaits with large scale open biomes and deep labyrinths.
- Worlds are procedurally generated with unique layouts, enemies, loot and rewards leading to multiple playthroughs.
- Traverse landscapes with incredible freedom with a variety of abilities; wall-dashing, hoverboard, glider and more.
- Join the Breakers
- Battle through the Overgrowth alone or as a team in online co-operative play.
- Face hordes of enemies and brutal bosses in frenetic third-person combat.
- Rise to increasing challenges stacking through every run.
- Explore, Collect, and Destroy
- Discover and unlock a wide arsenal of weapons, items and upgrades to create the ideal build for new runs.
- Learn more about the Overgrowth from the fragmented memories of its mysterious defenders, the Crowns.
- Bring back resources to help the settlement flourish over the course of your journey.
Watch the launch trailer below. View a new set of screenshots at the gallery.