Perfect World to publish "Torchlight" (New Action-MMORPG from Runic Games)

[replicant]

For those who enjoyed Mythos we have a new game to watch. Since Flagship Studios sank we saw the brave crew create Runic Games Inc. as their next venture. Well, we haven't seen squat from them so far until today. It was just announced that Perfect World Co. will be the Publisher of Runic Games new title "Torchlight" which is an Action-MMORPG in the tradition of the Diablo series and Mythos. Little information is still known about the game, but it is being created with a Global simu-release in mind.

Here is an article about the publishing agreement and some minor information on the game.

http://www.runicgamesfansite.com/200...te-torchlight/

First Screenshot of Torchlight (Gfx look a lot like Mythos to me)

http://www.runicgamesfansite.com/200...of-torchlight/

[Hyndon]

Hmm the art style seems really nice...Thanks for the news, definitely gonna have to watch this.

Edit - Hmm from the look of the interface in the screenshot looks like a hack-n-slash (Like diablo) sort've.

[bueno]

this http://www.onrpg.com/boards/127084.html now Torchlight.

PW has really got its hands full. Hopefully theyre both good and come to the NA Portal

[cinderboy]

im kinda surprised Perfect World is going to publish games from other developers... so far it has always stuck to their own games...

meh...

When is Torchlight coming out?
The press release is a little misleading. There is actually a single player game (the game shown in the screenshots) being developed alongside the MMO. The single player game will be released this year and the MMO in coming years. They are separate games but in the same world.

How much will it cost?
We have been told that they want to sell the single player game for around 20-30 dollars (US) and mainly have it be available via online distribution. No details on the MMO have been released yet, but when the team was working on Mythos they had a free game with an online store planned for fun items that would give anyone an unfair advantage.

Who are Runic Games?
Runic Games is a team composed of the people who formerly worked on Flagship Studios’ unreleased Mythos. The team was located in Seattle while the San Francisco team worked on Hellgate: London.

long way to go for the MMO... what a weird press release. Its like releasing a Diablo 3 and a Diablo 3 online on 2 different dates. lol.

[MrWafflez]

Looks like a low-budget version of Mythos. **** them, I want Mythos back.

[limpbiz411]

lol they better release this game before Diablo 3 comes out. I see no one playing this over D3 except for people who can't afford it.

[Warlordrody]

Lmao. I first thought it was a crappy cartoony version of d3.

[Asiankid0]

same here (comment on the D3-like graphics)

anyways, nice find. will be interesting to see how it turns out. wonder how the online distribution will unfold...(please not another darkfall-flop)

[Sibrion]

A diablo clone, looks ALOT like dungeon runners imo ..either way... i love these kind of games.

[MrWafflez]

You're comparing Apples to Grapefruits here. They may have similarities, but it's like comparing Guild Wars to FFXI.

No, it really isn't.


He's comparing Granny Smith apples to Macintosh apples, that would be a better analogy.

It's like comparing Twelve Sky to Nine Dragons, that would be a better comparison. Yet, still a bad one since in this case we're comparing MMO vs. MMO, not MMO vs. Single-player PC game w/room-based multiplayer, as we should be.