Torchlight
2009 action role-playing game / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Torchlight is an action role-playing hack and slash dungeon crawler video game developed by Runic Games and published by Perfect World Entertainment. It was originally released for Windows in October 2009.[5] The fantasy-themed game is set in the fictional town of Torchlight and the expansive caverns and dungeons nearby, which adventurers explore to collect valuable loot and battle hordes of monsters.[6] Following the October 2009 digital distribution release, a Windows retail box version was released in the U.S. in January 2010 by Encore, Inc,[7] and JoWooD Entertainment published a retail box in Europe in April 2010.[8] A port for OS X was developed by World Domination Industries and released through Steam[9] on May 12, 2010. Runic Games and World Domination Industries developed a port for Xbox Live Arcade which was released on March 9, 2011.[10] A Linux port was released as part of the game's inclusion in the Humble Indie Bundle 6.
Torchlight | |
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Developer(s) | Runic Games |
Publisher(s) | Perfect World Entertainment Microsoft Studios (X360) |
Designer(s) | Travis Baldree |
Composer(s) | Matt Uelmen |
Series | Torchlight |
Engine | OGRE[1] |
Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows OS X[2] Xbox 360 (XBLA)[3] Linux |
Release | Windows
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Genre(s) | Action role-playing, hack and slash |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Development of the game was led by Travis Baldree, designer of Fate, joined by Max Schaefer and Erich Schaefer (co-designers of Diablo and Diablo II), and the team that worked with Baldree on the original incarnation of Mythos.[11][12] In September 2012, Runic Games released a sequel, Torchlight II, for Windows.[13] In 2018, the long-planned MMORPG was announced as Torchlight III.[14]