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Torchlight dated
Runic Games have announced today that their action RPG Torchlight will be seeing an October 27th launch date. Co-designers of Diablo and Diablo II, Max Schaefer and Erich Schaefer, are said to have worked on the game.
The game is Diablo-esque, but much easier to hop into. Each level of Torchlight is chosen randomly, having new Players will be allowed to create their own content via developer tools, and publish them to fellow gamers.
The game is scheduled for an exclusive PC launch via content distribution services for $19.99.
Torchlight Announced
Formed from the ashes of Hellgate and Mythos developer Flagship is the newly founded studio Runic Games. Today they announced their first project: Torchlight, an action-MMO.
Billed as a simple, action-oriented online PC game in the style of Diablo, the game has players set out on an adventure from the town of Torchlight into nearby mountains.
It is being published worldwide by Chinese online gaming company Perfect World.
Flagship Veterans Form New Studio
Following the demise of Flagship Studios, those responsible for the studio’s Mythos, a free-to-play MMORPG, have formed a new development company called Runic Games.
According to their press release, the team “intends to continue to use their expertise in the action-RPG MMO genre to create the best games in the market.” While no games were mentioned, more details are expected soon.
The Runic Games team features numerous industry veterans, including Travis Baldree, the creator of Fate and project director for Mythos, and Max Schaefer, co-founder of Blizzard North and Mythos executive producer.