Hyper Light Drifter’s already smashed its $27,000 Kickstarter target and a number of stretch goals. With 28 days left on the calendar it’s raised more than $120,000.

2D action-RPG Hyper Light Drifter seemingly came out of nowhere ... Vaguely resembling a neon-coloured Sword & Sworcery, it's one of the few games where the pixelated aesthetic doesn't look ...

Hyper Light Drifter releases on Nintendo Switch this summer. This port also comes with exclusive content; see the new boomerang sword weapon in this gameplay video. Nintendo highlighted many new ...

Hyper Light Drifter’s most defining trait can be a bit of a double-edged sword: it completely lacks direction and a standard form of narrative. Rather than guiding the player through its 2D ...

The art style of Hyper Light Drifter was widely praised ... blindfolded wolf who wields a gnarly sword. She’ll leap and slash and stomp throughout the arena, and when she is injured, she ...

In order to survive against the challenging enemies in Hyper Light Drifter, you’re going to ... gonna need to learn some new attacks for your sword. Learning these new attacks doesn’t come ...

Hyper Light Drifter's protagonist only has a few tricks up their sleeve, able to dispatch enemies with a hard light sword they can swing in short combos and a small armory of guns that they can ...

Hyper Light Drifter is provocative ... Similarly, you can upgrade your sword to reflect incoming projectiles back at attackers, perform a dash-lunge, or hold your slash for a powerful, charged ...

Hyper Light Drifter is rather strange when it comes to combat, or rather it takes a few hours for its approach to click. The tools at your disposal are elegantly intertwined. Sword slashes charge ...

Really, though, Hyper Light Drifter is all about the combat ... You can dash, fire a gun, and attack with your sword, but can’t endure much damage. Pinpoint timing and carefully observing ...