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A while back, Runic Games and Perfect World Entertainment had plans to create a mobile version of Torchlight. And while that ...

Runic Games released the original Torchlight on October 27, 2009. That humble action-RPG ended up successful enough to warran...

Following the recent launch of Torchlight III, Max Schaefer and Matt Uelmen sat down with Gamasutra to reminisce about the st...

Max Schaefer and Matt Uelmen, a couple of veteran developers who worked on the early entries in the Diablo series over at Bli...

The upcoming Seeds of Fortune update for the closed alpha version of Echtra Games' multiplayer action-RPG Torchlight Frontier...

If you feel like your console library could use a proper hack 'n' slash action-RPG, then you'll be pleased to know that you c...

Those of you looking forward to playing the upcoming console edition of Runic Games' hack 'n' slash action-RPG Torchlight II ...

Come September 3, 2019, you'll be able to play Perfect World Entertainment's hack 'n' slash action-RPG Torchlight II on PlayS...

Originally developed by Runic Games for PC, Torchlight II will be making its console debut on September 3, 2019, roughly seve...

Following the shuttering of Runic Games back in November of 2017, we assumed that the Torchlight franchise would go dormant p...

After Runic Games was shut down by Perfect World, Kotaku reached out to one of the studio's co-founders Travis Baldree, who w...

Runic Games, the developer behind Torchlight and Torchlight II, and more recently the action-adventure Hob, has been shut dow...

The only thing harder than defining what an RPG is, is creating a 'Best of' list without angering anyone in the process. To p...

It's difficult for me to wrap my mind around a "top" list that spans an arcade game, roguelikes, JRPGs, and CRPGs, but I supp...

The GOG team continues their conquest of bringing any and all noteworthy games to their digital download service in DRM-free ...

I'm not sure that any of us are suffering from a shortage of role-playing games to play at the moment, but if you've managed ...

Speaking with IGN, Runic Games president Marsh Lefler explained why the developers didn't pursue the development of a Torchli...

Runic Games cranked out an announcement and accompanying press release today heralding the availability of Torchlight II on t...

In a surprising twist that I don't think anyone saw coming, Runic Games co-founder, ex-Mythos designer, and ex-FATE creator T...

PCGamesN has published a list of what they consider the best, or at least among the best, PC RPGs of all times, and while I h...

Runic Games has been very quiet about when we should expect the promised Mac version of Torchlight II, and that's prompted Ko...

Last time we heard word of it Torchlight II had sold "only" 1 million copies, but it looks like the game has sold quite a few...

In addition to a significant new v1.22.x.40 patch that adds new unique items, armor sets, side dungeons, and a whole lot more...

Runic Games lets us know through a brief tweet that their 2012 has been amazing, with Torchlight II selling over a million co...

A new, fairly consistent patch, immediately followed by a hotfix, has been released by Runic Games for Torchlight II.Here's t...

In case you wanted to read another critique for Runic's latest, Torchlight II, you'll be pleased to know that Worthplaying ha...

Should you be interested in reading another batch of critiques for Runic's latest, Torchlight II, we have you served with our...

Geek.com has cranked out a new feature that pits Diablo III and Torchlight II up against each other, with the titles' graphic...

A new patch has been released for Runic Games' latest title, the action-RPG sequel to Torchlight, which looks to fix plenty...

I.Eat.Games has an interview with Runic's CEO Max Schaefer on the launch of Torchlight II. Aside from dealing with the post-l...

We have rounded up another batch of reviews for Runic's Torchlight sequel (by the way, don't forget to check our own critique...

Diablo III left our action RPG thirst unquenched in a lot of ways, so we dove head first into Runic Games' Torchlight sequel ...

IntroductionTorchlight II is the follow-up to 2009's action RPG Torchlight.  It's definitely a "more" sequel, as developer R...

Runic Games has released a somewhat bizarre "gource" visualization video for Torchlight II that showcases the game's three ye...

We have rounded up another bevy of reviews for Runic Games' sequel to the hack'n'slash Torchlight, which more or less seem to...

The very first official patch for Runic Games' Torchlight sequel has been released, and it clocks in at version 1.11.5.3. Th...

We have rounded up a small batch of early reviews for Runic's sequel to the action-RPG Torchlight, which this time comes back...

For those of you who are looking forward to play Torchlight II, or are simply interested in listening to some more Matt Uelme...

We're only two days away from the release of Runic Games' ambitious Torchlight sequel, and the build-up of excitement has giv...

The first review for Runic's sequel to Torchlight is now live, courtesy of The Controller Online. The writer was quite obviou...

GamesRadar's preview piece on Torchlight II is most likely going to be one of the last to be released for the title, since it...

Co-Optimus has recorded a circa-4-minute chat they had with Runic's Marsh Lefler at PAX Prime about Torchlight II, which tack...

In case you're excited about the upcoming Torchlight II from Runic Games, which promises to up the ante when compared to smal...

Gaming Illustrated is offering a brief preview for Runic Games' upcoming (next week, in fact!) action-RPG Torchlight II, whic...

Shacknews is offering a short preview for Runic's hack'n'slash sequel Torchlight II, which is coming out next week after a lo...

G4 is offering a gameplay video preview for Torchlight II, with the help of Runic CEO's Max Schaefer, who offers plenty of co...

We have rounded up a couple of new hands-on Torchlight II previews coming from this year's PAX Prime, seemingly pretty positi...

MMORPG.com is offering a brief hands-on/interview piece on the upcoming (September 20th!) action-RPG Torchlight II, helped by...

To help deliver the message that Torchlight II will be released on September 20th, Runic Games has cranked out a new 95-secon...

Just when you thought that Torchlight II would become the real Diablo III by being delayed even more than its bigger-budget c...

News about Runic Games' Torchlight II has been a bit scarce following the beta released earlier this year, but now word has c...

Runic Games' Travis Baldree is offering yet another "Not A Blog" development update on the Torchlight II official forums. Thi...

Runic Games' Max Schaefer has been interviewed by Gamer Living, giving him yet another chance to talk about his past at Bli...

Runic Games' Travis Baldree is keeping us updated on the status of Torchlight II's development with a new forum post, which I...

In a new blog post to the Torchlight II website, lead designer Travis Baldree briefly covers what the team has been working o...

I honestly wondered if this was worth posting considered there was no official worth of a delay in the first place, but since...

While we still don't have a firm release date for the title, the folks at Runic have been kind enough to offer an update on t...

The Critical Bit recently had the opportunity to chat with Runic Games' Erich Schaefer about his role on Torchlight II's deve...

Those of you who were lucky enough to participate in the Torchlight II beta test and are awaiting the game's release will be ...

In what has to be the most chuckle-worthy article I've read on Destructoid to date, Jim Sterling tells us why he believes tha...

True PC Gaming is offering a quite positive preview for Runic Games' upcoming action-RPG sequel Torchlight II, based on some ...

Blog I.Eat.Games has a fairly long and in-depth interview with Runic's Max Schaefer on Torchlight II, which touches on a vari...

Co-Optimus is offering a video interview with Wonder Russell and Max Schaefer on the upcoming sequel to Torchlight. Among the...

We have rounded up two new additional previews for Runic's Torchlight sequel, based on the playable beta of the hack'n'slash ...

In a quick update to their Twitter account, Runic Games has announced that Torchlight II beta testing will come to a close on...

We have rounded up two new previews for Runic Games' upcoming loot-driven action-RPG Torchlight II, which is currently underg...

In the event that you didn't pick up that other game and have been wanting a get a crack at Runic Games' Torchlight sequel, t...

Considering that Runic Games' Torchlight sequel has been in beta for a total of five days now, it comes as no surprise than a...

After spending this past weekend in the Torchlight II beta test, Eric has returned from the dungeons to bring us this three-p...

The action-RPG world has been stirring quite a bit these last few months. With the launch of Diablo III literally a day away...

Many comparisons of this kind have already been made, with press members and gamers alike pointing out pros and cons of both ...

Runic Games' Justin Miller and Brock Jones (oh, and Falcor) sit in for this latest weekend update for Torchlight II, which, a...

IGN's Charles Onyett recently went hands-on with Torchlight II's engineer class and has since wrangled up a preview describin...

IGN is offering a new hands-on preview for Runic's sequel Torchlight, based on their experience with the Engineer class. Here...

Hey, this is a cross-promotion I didn't see coming. If you're willing to pre-order a copy of Runic Games' Torchlight II, Per...

I suspect that we're only a couple months away from having Torchlight II installed on our hard drives, so it's somewhat expec...

There's an eight-minute audio interview with Runic Games' Max Schaefer up on Just Press Start, which you might have guessed w...

I realize many of you have already dove head first into the Diablo III open beta, but if you happen to come up for air, you d...

The impending release of Diablo III and the perceived competition it poses for Torchlight II is the main focus of a new inter...

In addition to treating us to a PAX East wrap-up on the official Torchlight II website, Runic Games has prepared a "Papillion...

The web is home to a nearly eight-minute, Max Schaefer-narrated video walkthrough of Torchlight II on GameTrailers, as well a...

Runic's official Torchlight II website is sporting the first details on a new "charge" mechanic that they're adding to the ga...

Joystiq had a chance to talk with Runic's Max Schaefer during this weekend's PAX East event, and reports some of his comments...

Another weekly update has hit the official Torchlight II website, and this time its purpose is to spotlight the various pets ...

Runic Games has treated us to a new video progress report on Torchlight II, in which animators Matt Lefferts and Colin Turner...

Following the absence of any type of update on the Torchlight II website last week (due to a power outage), this week the tea...

In their second "dev minute" video, a sunglass-wearing, dog-petting, Capri Sun-drinking Patrick Blank gives us another update...

Before calling it a week, Runic Games has slapped up a half dozen sweet-looking screenshots from their forthcoming Torchlight...

Runic Games CEO Max Schaefer has taken to YouTube to provide us with a much-appreciated progress report for Torchlight II, du...

Runic Games has graced us with a fully renovated version of the Torchlight II website, and while there doesn't appear to be a...

There's a new preview of Torchlight II up on eGamer, though it simply appears to be a summary of what we know about Runic Gam...

VentureBeat has conjured up a two-page interview with Runic Games' Max Schaefer about where Torchlight II currently stands in...

I suppose it's a sign of the times that so much of our news lately is coming via tweets, and that's how we learned that Runic...

Runic Games network engineer Justin Miller sits in for a (quiet) "dev minute" video segment on the Torchlight II Facebook pag...

I suspect that the release of Torchlight II is mere weeks away, particularly because Runic Games has just sent us over the of...

The guys over at Splitkick are hosting a nearly forty-minute audio interview with Runic Games' Max Schaefer, during which the...

Torchlight II lead designer Travis Baldree tackles an assortment of questions about the highly anticipated sequel in a new Q&...

The 52nd episode of the unofficial Diablo podcast features another Torchlight II-themed interview, this time with Runic Games...

The 51st episode of the unofficial Diablo podcast features a lengthy interview with Torchlight II lead designer Travis Baldre...

A couple of new hands-on previews of Torchlight II have emerged from Runic Games' recent press event, starting with this leng...

During the recent Torchlight II press event, Runic Games' Travis Baldree, Max Schaefer, Marsh Lefler, Jason Beck, Patrick Bla...

It was just less than a month ago that Runic Games was reassuring us that Torchlight II would be coming out this year, but un...

The semi-official Torchlight II FAQ on RunicGamesFansite has been updated with a brief quote from Runic Games' Wonder Russell...

PC Gamer brings us yet another preview of Runic Games' Torchlight II, although the piece won't be anything new for subscriber...

The guys over at 2Old2Play have uploaded an audio interview that they conducted with Runic Games' Wonder Russell during this ...

The guys over at RunicGamesFansite have put together eight separate content articles based on their time with Torchlight II a...

There's a 100-second video preview of Torchlight II up on G4, and there's plenty of new gameplay footage and commentary from ...

It's been a while since this year's edition of PAX Prime, but apparently previews from the event are still coming out, like t...

IGN is offering up a four-minute video demonstration of Torchlight II that Runic Games' Max Schaefer gave them during this ye...

A pair of new PAX-based previews for Runic Games' Torchlight sequel are demanding our attention this afternoon, starting with...

According to a transcript of a recent Perfect World's financial call for Q2, the Torchlight MMO is tentatively slated for a l...

Considering the genre, the developers behind them and the different profiles and pricing, it was inevitable to see a comparis...

Runic Games' Max Schaefer was certainly busy answering questions about Torchlight II during last weekend's PAX Prime, as yet ...

Courtesy of this weekend's PAX Prime, Runic's highly anticipated Torchlight sequel has been treated to some more hands-on cov...

Runic Games has finally announced the price point for the sequel to the much-loved hack'n'slash Torchlight and, unsurprisingl...

Gaming Lives seems to have very high hopes for Torchlight II as, after a hands-on session with the game in Cologne, at GamesC...

Courtesy of last weekend's GamesCom, we have two more video features for Runic Games' Torchlight sequel to pore over. First ...

IncGamers has doled out their own GamesCom-based preview of Torchlight II, though the lack of any major new details suggests ...

The Cynical Brit's GamesCom coverage continues with the first of three installments to a video interview he did with Runic Ga...

The Berserker is the latest profession to be profiled on the official Torchlight II website, leaving only one more class (lik...

Runic Games' sequel to Torchlight is the subject of yet another preview courtesy of IGN, that bases its preview presumably on...

The hack'n'slash genre seems to be seeing a resurgence lately, and as much as most of the spotlight is on Diablo III, other t...

Diablo III has been suffering through quite a bit of negative publicity lately, including the revelation that Blizzard Entert...

A second class profile is up on Runic Games' Torchlight II website, and this time it's the Outlander that's being treated to ...

Diablo 3's real money auction house, Torchlight 2's DRM and always-online requirements for single players games are all subje...

Other than what's been shown at press events, information and media for Runic Games' Torchlight II has been pretty sparse up ...

Eurogamer is sharing a conversation they had with Runic Games CEO Max Schaefer about just how much bigger Torchlight II is th...

GameSpot is offering nearly 35 minutes of gameplay footage of Torchlight II one of their "Now Playing" video segment, with c...

Ten Ton Hammer put up online a new preview for Runic Games' sequel to Torchlight, a game that seems to be hitting all the rig...

We have a few new previews for Runic Games' Torchlight II, courtesy of this year's E3, and giving dungeon crawler fans good r...

The folks over at Raptr are hosting a fourth "Rawrcast", with the first half devoted to post-E3 buzz and the second half feat...

We have a couple more previews of Torchlight II for you to bury yourselves in, and the information in both articles is, as yo...

Torchlight II's E3 coverage proceeds at full speed, with many publications writing down their impressions about Runic Games' ...

Runic Games' multiplayer-focused Torchlight sequel continues to be the subject of E3 coverage, with three more hands-on previ...

It's time for another round-up of Torchlight II E3 coverage, including a fistful of new hands-on previews that might interest...

PC Gamer is offering up "a selection of direct quotes" about Torchlight and Torchlight II that were made by Runic Games CEO M...

Despite the fact that Machinima sat down with Runic Games CEO Max Schaefer for an E3 interview just this afternoon, they've a...

A couple of E3-based previews of Runic Games' Torchlight sequel have already surfaced, and they're both quite favorable. Gam...

Over the course of this new 52-second E3 trailer, Runic Games manages to showcase about thirty different armor sets they've p...

Continuing their pre-E3 updates, Runic Games offers two new site features for Torchlight II. Lead level designer Patrick Bla...

It's a pretty good time to be an RPG fan, as highlighted by the My Gaming editorial on (MMO)RPGs to look forward to in the co...

As part of a massive "Music of Torchlight II" feature, Runic Games has treated us to a streaming version of the game's theme ...

There's a two-page preview of Torchlight II on Hooked Gamers, which serves as a quick refresher while we await the action RPG...

Runic Games has cranked out another bi-weekly update for Torchlight II, and this time they've introduced us to the sequel's "...

The other half of Diablo IncGamers' podcast interview with Max Schaefer is now available, with this second entry transitionin...

Diablo IncGamers has published the first half of their promised audio interview with Runic Games' Max Schaefer, with this ini...

Starting today and running until E3, Runic Games will be giving us weekly updates providing teasers and glimpses of their upc...

A new interview with Runic Games' Max Schaefer and Wonder Russell is up at RPGamer, with a vast majority of the conversation ...

A new interview with Runic Games' Max Schaefer has surfaced over at Charge Shot!!!, where the CEO discusses the recently rele...

Runic Games' Erich Schaefer, Brock Jones, and Wonder Russell took some time out of their days to answer a batch of questions ...

While Runic Games has never actually pinned a release date on Torchlight II, they've always suggested that we'd see the game ...

Runic Games' Max Schaefer has been busy fielding questions about Torchlight's Xbox 360 announcement and the forthcoming Torch...

GameInformer feels that PC gamers have had a good year to look back on, and lists their most anticipated games that just mig...

After providing us with a few retro reviews, the guys at Mana Pool jump back to the present by offering up a quick preview of...

The folks at Gamocracy chatted up Runic Games' Max Schaefer about their forthcoming Torchlight sequel during last month's Gam...

The Examiner has turned their attention to Runic Games' Torchlight II in order to provide us with a two-part preview that's b...

Runic Games' Torchlight sequel is the latest title to receive the preview treatment over at Hooked Gamers, though the article...

GameShark sat down with Runic Games' Max Schaefer and chatted up the CEO about their forthcoming Torchlight sequel. A little ...

Two more PAX-based previews of Torchlight II have laid siege to the Internet, including a massive five-part piece on Runic Ga...

Should you be on the lookout for some new PAX-based previews of Torchlight II this weekend, you don't have to look any furthe...

For some new hands-on, PAX-based impressions of Runic Games' Torchlight sequel, you can point your browser to The Escapist: I...

Runic Games' ambitious Torchlight sequel has received the preview treatment over at G4, and other than throwing around the "s...

The Cynical Brit had a chance to sit down with Runic Games game director Travis Baldree and art director Jason Beck for a mas...

Despite only having recently announced Torchlight II, Runic Games' Max Schaefer has confided in Joystiq that his team will mo...

From the "totally unsurprising" department comes word via Joystiq that Runic Games is in talks with both Microsoft and Sony t...

Runic Games' Torchlight sequel has once again been treated to a GamesCom-based preview, and this time it's GameSpot providing...

We haven't heard much about Torchlight II out of GamesCom, so I was happy to see this new preview over at IGN. I don't think ...

If you were waiting for Runic Games to release some gameplay footage of Torchlight II, then you should look no further than t...

For their latest podcast episode, Front Towards Gamer caught up with Runic Games' Max Schafer, Travis Baldree, Jason Beck, an...

During Evil Avatar's eighty-first podcast episode, we hear from Runic Games' Max Schaefer, Travis Baldree, Jason Beck, and Wo...

A couple of interviews about Runic Games' newly announced Torchlight sequel surfaced this morning, starting with this Q&A wit...

The mysterious Torchlight concept art we were following here and here has finally been fully revealed... and it's officially ...