Playism has been working with developers for quite some time now to bring their games to Japan. Not only do we help with the initial break through to the Japanese market, we also help some indie developers tackle Japanese PlayStation publishing. Games like Screencheat, Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight and Assault Android Cactus are just a couple of examples of this.

Our next title in this line up is none other than the action packed Hyper Light Drifter from Heart Machine. For this release, we will also be doing a Japanese Physical Edition, our second Physical title in Japan (the first being Croixleur Sigma). Hyper Light Drifter Japanese Physical Edition will also have English, German, Russian, French, Italian and Spanish implementation.

Preorders for the physical disk have already started in Japan, and Hyper Light Drifter is scheduled to release in Japan on May 25, 2017.

You can find more information on our Japanese Publishing site.

What is Hyper Light Drifter?

A land soaked in blood and treasure holds evidence of a dark and violent past. Drifters, travel through the lands in search of forgotten knowledge, lost technologies and broken histories. Our Drifter is haunted by an insatiable illness, traveling further into the lands of Buried Time, hoping to discover a way to quiet the vicious disease.

Enjoyable for everyone, from beginners to core gamers

Hyper Light Drifter comes with two difficulty settings, beginner and normal.
Beginner will have more health than normal, but the game can still be easily enjoyed it.
After clearing the game, a more difficult mode new game+ will be added.

Package version includes a manual and map poster

The package version for Hyper Light Drifter will include a 24 page manual, and a poster with the illustrated map.

Boss Rush mode

After the story is cleared, you can unlock the boss rush mode. You can compete against all the bosses in the game continuously.

Two Player COOP is possible

You can enjoy local COOP by connecting two controllers.

Developer: Heart Machine LLC
Publisher: PLAYISM
Genre: 2D Action RPG
Platform: PlayStation® 4
Languages supported: Japanese · English · German · Russian · French · Italian · Spanish
Expected release date: May 25, 2017 (Thur)
Retail price (Japanese yen): 3,980 yen package (tax included), DL version 2,480 yen (tax included)