A while back, Runic Games and Perfect World Entertainment had plans to create a mobile version of Torchlight. And while that particular experiment didn’t exactly end up taking the world by storm, there are those who still believe that Torchlight…

Runic Games released the original Torchlight on October 27, 2009. That humble action-RPG ended up successful enough to warrant two sequels. And what with the twelfth anniversary of the original release being upon us, Perfect World Entertainment now brings us…

Following the recent launch of Torchlight III, Max Schaefer and Matt Uelmen sat down with Gamasutra to reminisce about the storied history of their action-RPG series that started off as a networking prototype for Hellgate London, then squared up against…

Following the shuttering of Runic Games back in November of 2017, we assumed that the Torchlight franchise would go dormant perpetually, or at least for several years until the IP was picked up by another team. But that seems to…

After Runic Games was shut down by Perfect World, Kotaku reached out to one of the studio’s co-founders Travis Baldree, who was happy to reminisce about his times at Runic Games. The resulting retrospective article goes over the original pitch…

Runic Games, the developer behind Torchlight and Torchlight II, and more recently the action-adventure Hob, has been shut down by their parent company – Perfect World. An open letter on Runic Games’ website informs us about this, promises some Torchlight-related…

Speaking with IGN, Runic Games president Marsh Lefler explained why the developers didn’t pursue the development of a Torchlight threequel, instead opting for a new property, Hob, an action-adventure/puzzle game that seems to have little to do with the action-RPG…

In a surprising twist that I don’t think anyone saw coming, Runic Games co-founder, ex-Mythos designer, and ex-FATE creator Travis Baldree as well as ex-Diablo, ex-Diablo II, and ex-Hellgate: London designer Erich Schaefer have announced their departure from the studio…