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Earlier this year, developer Heart Machine released Hyper Light Breaker in early access after a nearly two-year delay. However, the game’s development is winding down due to layoffs at Heart Machine. As reported by Game Developer, a spokesperson for Heart Machine said the layoffs “will include a conclusion on the project, [and] it reflects broader forces beyond our control, including …

After Ellen Ripley’s last appearance in David Fincher’s “Alien 3,” Sigourney Weaver teased a potential return to the world of Weyland-Yutani at a New York Comic Con “Alien” reunion panel. “[‘Alien’ producer] Walter Hill is a very good friend of mine, and he wrote 50 pages of where Ripley would be now, and they’re quite extraordinary,” Weaver on stage during …

Developers on the ill-fated action game MindsEye have signed an open letter to developer Build A Rocket Boy’s executive leadership, citing “longstanding disrespect and mistreatment” of staff. The letter has been signed by 93 current and former employees of Build A Rocket Boy, along with the Game Workers Branch of the Independent Workers of Great Britain union. Following its disastrous …

Halo art director Glenn Israel has left Halo Studios after 17 years working on the franchise. Israel worked on the likes of Halo 3: ODST and the most recent Halo Infinite, across both Bungie and 343 Industries (now known as Halo Studios). He shared news of his departure on LinkedIn last week, with an ominous message that appears to allude …

Heart Machine will wind down development on the third-person roguelike Hyper Light Breaker, seemingly confirming that it will never make it out of early access. The follow-up to indie darling Hyper Light Drifter was first in 2022 and after several finally entered early access at the of 2025. But it looks like a 1.0 release won’t be arriving, with the …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A newly surfaced video shows California Democratic gubernatorial candidate Katie Porter appearing frustrated with staff members over bright studio lighting, the third controversial video involving the former lawmaker to emerge in just a week. The clip, which is reportedly from 2021 and has been circulating widely on social media, shows then-U.S. Rep. …

Billionaire Larry Ellison ponied up the money for his family to acquire the controlling stake in Paramount two months ago, and the tech titan would need to write another huge check should Paramount buy Warner Bros. Discovery. So, in Hollywood circles, the question has been: How involved is the elder Ellison in Paramount’s strategy and operations? Paramount Chief Executive David …

Indie studio Heart Machine is making layoffs and ending development on early access title Hyper Light Breaker.  A studio spokesperson confirmed the news in a statement to Game Developer but didn’t specify how many people are being made redundant. The news comes less than a year after Hyper Light Breaker launched into early access on January 14, 2025. The open …

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Battlefield veteran David Goldfarb’s studio, The Outsiders, is closing down, but Goldfarb and the team are “not giving up.” In a statement, Goldfarb said The Outsider is shutting up shop as part of wider cuts at studio owner Funcom. The Outsiders, which was founded in 2015, had a close call at closing up shop when the studio’s other game, Darkborn, …