At GDC 2025, I watched a walkthrough of one of the early levels of Possessor(s), the next game from Heart Machine. The studio typically goes for action games but mixes in a little bit of something ...

Heart of the Machine is a 4X game. It's also an RTS, an RPG, and a city builder. Combat is inspired by classics of the turn-based tactics genre like XCOM and Jagged Alliance, and the environment ...

With most city builders, you know exactly what you're in for. Starting with a mostly empty map you build up the society, culture, structure, and technology of an entirely new civilization, and ...

Take a closer look at Heart of the Machine in this gameplay walkthrough of the upcoming strategy RPG. The narrated walkthrough video gives a turn-by-turn breakdown of gameplay, how to approach the ...

Los Angeles-based studio Heart Machine has once again initiated a round of layoffs, thought to be the second this month alone. As spotted by Game Developer, while the studio itself has not announced ...

Heart Machine and Devolver Digital have announced Possessor(s) for PS5 and PC, a new action-adventure game with a side-scrolling flavour. Possessor(s) follows Luca, a lonely teenager who grew up in ...

Nine months after its early access launch, Hyper Light Breaker is winding down. Heart Machine, the studio behind Hyper Light Drifter and Solar Ash, confirmed that development is ending and layoffs are ...

Syracuse University Graduate who won't stop talking about video games. Firmly believes the greatest game ever made is Ape Escape 3 for the PlayStation 2. Currently, his newest interest is finding a ...

Katelyn has been a journalist for nearly 15 years, with focuses on science and technology, law, politics, and now the games industry. She's particularly proud of her work interviewing developers of ...

Heart Machine is experimenting with using the Patreon as a source of revenue and to help build community. Heart Machine is experimenting with using the Patreon as a source of revenue and to help build ...

Indie developer Heart Machine has voluntarily recognised a union that has been formed at the Hyper Light Drifter studio. In a post on the Communications Workers of America (CWA) website, the ...