When I first played open-world roguelike Hyper Light Breaker, conditions weren't ideal. It was a dated build at a cramped booth at Summer Game Fest, and even then the game was fun. Developer Heart Machine hasn't missed yet, and Hyper Light Breaker, out January 14 in Steam early access for $30, is a promising combination of ideas I haven't seen before. It felt better in a recent hour-long co-op session with two of the devs, where I could actually kick back with my own PC and get a better sense of how this game operates. There's a spicy PvE extraction edge to it that I hadn't totally picked up on at first blush. Playing in a group also adds a lot, and some polish in the newer build really showed, so I left the session hungrier than ever to jump into Hyper Light Breaker with friends.
