The highly-anticipated open world rogue-lite Hyper Light Breaker enters Steam Early Access on next week. If you can’t wait till then, Arc Games and Heart Machine decided to release a trailer full of details about the breakers themselves and their enemies known as crowns. You can check out the trailer for yourself below!
Those who jump in when the game enters Early Access will find there are three unique Breakers (Vermillion, Lapis and Goro) to choose from and two challenging Crowns (Dro and Exus) to go up against. Most notably, players will discover each Breaker has their own distinct Sycoms (little robot companions, which are reminiscent of the ones you’d find in Hyper Light Drifter!) which serve as the foundation of a Breaker’s build and provide specific buffs and stat modifications. That said, players are able to customize their loadout any way they’d like for each Breaker. No matter what loadout players have, expect for the Crowns, Dro and Exus, to put up a fight. Rumor has it, the full fights against each Crown will be revealed tomorrow, January 10th 2025... stay tuned!
To give players a chance to get the full Hyper Light experience, Heart Machine and Arc Games will be offering a Hyper Light Bundle available from January 14 (when Hyper Light Breaker launches in Early Access) until January 28. *The bundle will be available for £24.99 and will give players a free digital Steam copy of Hyper Light Drifter for free if they don’t already own Hyper Light Drifter via Steam. Those who purchase the bundle will be able to experience the beloved 2D action adventure RPG, Hyper Light Drifter, and explore the Hyper Light universe in a whole new way with the open world rogue-lite Hyper Light Breaker that takes place decades before the events of Drifter!
I had the opportunity to attend a preview of Hyper Light Breaker but I can’t talk about the game yet. However, I’d recommend you subscribe to our podcast Gaming Mix that way you’ll be the first to hear about it when I can talk about it.