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Hyper Light Drifter is out this month

Hyper Light Drifter is out this month

I don’t know how this title slipped under my radar for so long. Funded on Kickstarter back in 2013, Hyper Light Drifter is an impossibly stylish action adventure RPG with old school influences. It’s now got a release date, and that date is very soon.

16-bit action RPG Hyper Light Drifter aims for Spring 2016 launch

16-bit action RPG Hyper Light Drifter aims for Spring 2016 launch

Colourful 16-bit action-RPG Hyper Light Drifter will be released in spring of 2016, according to a post from developer Heart Machine on the game's Kickstarter page. Hyper Light Drifter was Kickstarted back in 2013, so it's been a fairly lengthy development process - that's perhaps not totally surprising, since the crowd-funding campaign raised $645,158, slightly more than the $27,000 that Heart Machine was asking for.

Indie RPG Hyper Light Drifter due end of 2014

Indie RPG Hyper Light Drifter due end of 2014

Indie studio Heart Machine has announced their Kickstarter funded RPG Hyper Light Drifter will be releasing on PC by the end of the year, as they need "more time" to polish their stylised RPG. The team had originally asked for $27,000 from backers, but were flooded with over $645k and ramped up the RPG's scale, and so Heart Machine "will not rush the project."

Hyper Light Drifter alpha gameplay trailer released

Hyper Light Drifter alpha gameplay trailer released

Indie developer Alex Preston has released a "very early" gameplay video for his neon action-platformer Hyper Light Drifter, representing an alpha look at the game.

New batch of indie titles pass the Steam Greenlight

New batch of indie titles pass the Steam Greenlight

Valve has revealed the latest batch of indie titles that have been approved by gamers on Steam Greenlight. Some are games that were already released in the past year or two, while others are going into beta testing.