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minus-squarepopcar2@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41·2 months agoRIP Heart Machine. They were a good studio but hasn’t produced a hit after hyper light drifter which was 10 years ago now.
minus-squareSanctus@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 months agoThey also seemingly abandoned Breaker, dont know if that was a publisher move or not but felt kinda backhanded by that.
minus-squareieightpi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 months agoIt was a publisher move sadly. It had so much potential
minus-squaremaster_of_unlocking@piefed.zipOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoYeah, that was really disappointing. I really liked Breaker, but IIRC it just wasn’t selling well.
minus-squaremnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoTbh, the gameplay trailers for it didn’t look great. And with Solar Ash being an EGS exclusive (which absolutely hampered sales) they were probabpy in a bad spot for awhile
RIP Heart Machine. They were a good studio but hasn’t produced a hit after hyper light drifter which was 10 years ago now.
They also seemingly abandoned Breaker, dont know if that was a publisher move or not but felt kinda backhanded by that.
It was a publisher move sadly. It had so much potential
Yeah, that was really disappointing. I really liked Breaker, but IIRC it just wasn’t selling well.
Tbh, the gameplay trailers for it didn’t look great. And with Solar Ash being an EGS exclusive (which absolutely hampered sales) they were probabpy in a bad spot for awhile