First Monthly Content Update Launches on February 18 Bringing a New Player Character (Breaker), New Holobytes, Gameplay Improvements and More
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Arc Games and Heart Machine have two exciting announcements for the open world rogue-lite Hyper Light Breaker recently released in Steam Early Access! Check out the announcements below for more details.
Early Access Roadmap: Spring Edition Revealed
After much anticipation from the community, the first Hyper Light Breaker Early Access Roadmap has been revealed! The Spring Edition roadmap shared today reveals content updates to come this month through April -- with April bringing a major content update “Buried Below” -- and hints at what players can expect in Early Access. The first monthly content update for Hyper Light Breaker in Early Access will be released next Tuesday, February 18 (see details below). The next roadmap, the “Summer Edition,” highlighting updates for May to July will be shared in May.
During the Early Access period, players can expect to see a continual stream of three types of updates: Hotfixes, Monthly Updates, Major Content Updates. These updates will include new content and features such as Breakers, Crowns, gear, story content, secrets, and more, along with gameplay improvements made via updates.
As an Early Access game, Hyper Light Breaker will continue to grow and evolve with the power of player feedback as the Heart Machine team responds to suggestions from the community with regular updates and new content throughout the Early Access period. In the first two weeks following Early Access, player feedback brought about major hotfixes that made performance optimization improvements, expanded control and graphics options, critical bug fixes, a rework of enemy aggro and major quality of life improvements, including a rework of the Medkit system which now allows players to start with a Medkit. This roadmap, and the roadmaps to come, are reflections of the team’s dedication to providing players with an exciting and memorable gameplay experience in the lead up to the game’s 1.0 launch.
Hyper Light Breaker First Monthly Content Update Launches February 18
The first monthly content update for Hyper Light Breaker in Early Access is set to launch on Tuesday, February 18! This first content update will bring a new playable Breaker, Ravona, previously codenamed “Crow”, new SyComs for the new Breaker, new enemies including a new Elite enemy, new Holobytes like “Hunter’s Mark,” new Affixes, along with performance updates, a combat and gear rebalance including increasing the rate of rare gear drops in the Overgrowth, quality of life improvements like slowing the pacing of the Danger Meter (decreasing difficulty as a result) and bug fixes. The new Breaker, Ravona, has been highly-requested and anticipated character by the Heart Machine community – with the community requesting to see gameplay of the character daily -- ever since the Breaker was first shown in the Gameplay Reveal Trailer last year. The Heart Machine team is thrilled for players to try this new Breaker.
ABOUT HYPER LIGHT BREAKER
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. 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. Get Hyper Light Breaker in Steam Early Access today: https://bit.ly/HLBSteam
ABOUT ARC GAMES
Arc Games is a leading publisher of premium and live service games in North America, Europe and Asia. The company is known for creating and publishing titles based on well-known global entertainment franchises, such as Star Trek and Dungeons & Dragons. Its product portfolio also includes beloved gaming titles: the Remnant series, Hyper Light Breaker, Have a Nice Death, Gigantic: Rampage Edition and the Torchlight series. Originally founded in 2008 as Perfect World Entertainment, the publisher was acquired by Embracer in February 2022 and was later rebranded as Arc Games. The company is headquartered in Redwood City, California, with global offices in Amsterdam and Shanghai. Arc Games is part of the Embracer Group AB, based in Karlstad, Sweden. For more information about Arc Games, please visit: www.arcgames.com.
ABOUT HEART MACHINE
Heart Machine is an award-winning development studio based in Los Angeles with team members from across the globe working on incredible projects. The team focuses on creating games with gameplay that’s engaging, fluid and fun, while also building worlds through vibrant art, great stories and incredible sound design. Heart Machine is immensely excited to be creating things they love every day.
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