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Following One Final Update, Echtra Games Ends Work On Torchlight III
Yesterday Echtra Games released the “Cursed Captain” update for Torchlight III, adding a playable class, new pets, and applying several bug fixes and quality-of-life changes to the dungeon crawler. The developer also announced this update would be its last, due to its acquisition by Zynga in March.
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Studio Behind Torchlight Shuts Down; Big Layoffs At Studio Behind Gigantic [Updated]
This week China-based publisher Perfect World laid off most of Motiga, the developer of the hero shooter Gigantic, and shut down Runic Games, the studio behind the popular action-RPG Torchlight and the recently released puzzle-platformer Hob. Both game developers were based in Seattle.
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The Next Game From The Makers Of Torchlight Is Hob, A Sci-fi Puzzle Adventure Game
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.
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‘Balance Is Boring,’ Says Torchlight 2 And Original Diablo Designer
Conversations on CRPGs inevitably turn to balance. At least, they do when the game in question is World of Warcraft. WoW has seen continuous development since 2004 and eight years later, Blizzard is still trying to balance it. Erich Schaefer, one of the designers behind the original Diablo and more recently, Torchlight, says that these…