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First released in South Korea in 2019, the action-RPG is now being published in the US by Amazon
Yesterday Echtra Games released the “Cursed Captain” update for Torchlight III, adding a playable class, new pets,…
Echtra Games, the San Francisco-based studio founded in 2016 by Diablo and Torchlight co-creator Max Schaefer, is…
After being announced in 2018 as Torchlight: Frontiers, falling off the radar for a bit, and then resurfacing…
The big news here isn’t so much that Torchlight III—once intended to be a free-to-play spin-off, now a full numbered…
Announced in August 2018 as a free-to-play shared-world action RPG, Torchlight: Frontiers is now Torchlight III, a…
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Despite the closure of Runic Games last year, the studio’s best-known franchise, Torchlight, is slated to return on PC, Xbox One and PS4 in 2019 in the form of Torchlight Frontiers. The new development team, which include former Runic co-founder Max Schaefer, describes it as a “shared-world action-RPG.”
Last week, publisher Perfect World shut down Runic Games, the Seattle-based developer of Torchlight and Hob. To…
China-based publisher Perfect World this week laid off most of Motiga, the developer of the hero shooter Gigantic,…
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The next game from the makers of Torchlight is Hob, a sci-fi puzzle adventure game. Teaser trailer above. Hob will also be playable at PAX Prime in Seattle next week.
Torchlight 2 is FINALLY coming to Mac. I know at least a few of you have been waiting years for this one. It'll be out Monday on Steam.
A couple of readers have asked about Torchlight 2's much-delayed Mac port, so we reached out to developer Runic to…
Steampunk games that feature steam-powered machines and settings in an alternate history of the Wild West or the…
Torchlight II's modding tools have finally been released after a long, long wait. There's a few extras, too—full Steam Workshop integration, a wiki for the editor, and some new content and bug fixes.
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Months after players have eked the last drop of content out of the vanilla version of Torchlight II, modders are…
You don't realize just how good a gaming year it's been until you look back at all of the games you actually…
This fall, we've been getting the best sort of déja vu. From Dishonored to XCOM, many of the best games of the fall…
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Of the many great easter eggs in Torchlight II (I particularly liked the tribute to The Goonies in the first act),…