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Press release:
Barcelona, Spain – December 8, 2020
Heart Machine and Abylight Studios are today very happy and proud to announce that the “Hyper Light Drifter Special Edition” is coming physically to the Nintendo Switch as a collector’s set in January, 2021 (Pre-orders are now open via Abylight Studios online store) for 49.95 Euros).

The long-awaited Switch release of the indie classic is 49,95 €. The first 5000 copies will start shipping in January 2021. A distribution agreement has been reached with Limited Run Games for the Americas.

What’s inside the Collector’s Set?

Game Card: the physical copy of Hyper Light Drifter – Special Edition.
Poster: A full colour illustration (51 x 31 cm).
Keychain: The Drifter’s Companion (4 cm).
Lenticular Card: A Rosetta Stone card to interpret the forgotten language of the land.
2 CDs: The original soundtrack by Disasterpeace.
Sticker: Circular sticker (6 cm diameter).
Manual: A full colour booklet of 24 pages.
Inlay: A reversible cover with 2 design options.

“Today, December 8th 2020, we launch Abylight’s own online Shop. We launch it with one of the most wonderful games we’ve been lucky to work on: Hyper Light Drifter, all thanks to Alex Preston – Creative Director of Heart Machine – an amazing talent and generous person for letting us work on such a special project”, says Eva Gaspar, the CEO of Abylight.

“This Shop means a lot of things to Abylight and me personally. For Abylight it’s another step to be closer to the players while reinforcing another leg of the publishing branch. For me, a milestone long sought after that with lots of effort and continuous work, we’ll keep improving, perfecting and expanding”.

What’s Hyper Light Drifter – Special Edition about?

Your favorite indie masterpiece by Heart Machine, enhanced and published by Abylight Studios: it has all the original content of Hyper Light Drifter, plus the exclusive content of the Special Edition: a new outfit, 2 new weapons, and a new location with a challenge.
Explore a beautiful, vast and ruined world riddled with dangers and lost technologies, at 60 FPS on Nintendo Switch. Echoes of a dark and violent past resonate throughout a savage land, steeped in treasure and blood. Hyper Light Drifter is an action adventure RPG in the vein of the best 16-bit classics, with modernized mechanics and designs on a much grander scale.

ABOUT ABYLIGHT STUDIOS

Abylight Studios is a digital entertainment company based in Barcelona and founded in 2004. As a video game publisher focuses on working with talented Indie creators and helping them to bring their games to the widest range of platforms possible. For more information on Abylight Studios, visit its official website, Facebook, and follow @abylight on Twitter.

ABOUT HEART MACHINE

Heart Machine is a small, deeply motivated and close-knit team located in Los Angeles. Their focus is engaging gameplay, while also building atmosphere through lush art and sound design. For more information, visit its official website, Facebook, and follow @heartmachinez on Twitter.