Hyper Light Drifter Creator Says Studio’s Fate Is Still Uncertain

By Austin Manchester · Polygon · Thursday, 5 November 2026 at 15:31 (9h ago) · Original article ↗

Hyper Light Drifter studio Heart Machine faces an uncertain future after a recent round of devastating layoffs. In September, founder Alx Preston announced "nearly everyone at the studio had to be laid off" after an unnamed publisher decided not to move forward with the unannounced game Heart Machine had been developing.

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