Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Runic Games, the developer behind games like Torchlight and Hob, has been shut down. After nine years of developing games, publisher Perfect World ...

Chinese publisher Perfect World announced it has shut down Torchlight developer Runic Games and has stripped down Gigantic developer Motiga. "Perfect World Entertainment recently closed the Seattle ...

Runic Games, the studio behind Torchlight, Torchlight II, and Hob, has been shut down. In a statement published on its official website studio head Marsh Lefler confirmed the news and thanked fans for ...

"We were a new studio and we had to come quickly and make a big hit right away to establish ourselves," says Runic Games CEO Max Schaefer, talking about creating a hit game the way you or I may talk ...

This week, China-based publisher Perfect World has shut down Runic Games, the developer of the action-RPG Torchlight. According to a report by Kotaku’s Jason Schreier, the company is also laying off ...

Hob, a new puzzle/platformer from Runic Games, will be available to PC and PlayStation 4 gamers starting September 26, 2017. The developer announced the news in a PlayStation blog post, while also ...

Runic Games co-founders Travis Baldree and Erich Schaefer have departed the company. Described as an "amicable" parting, the move has come as a result of the pair's desire to focus on smaller-scale ...

Runic Games has announced its existence in wake of the Flagship Studios' closure last month. The new team will feature some of the old Mythos crew, which hopes to continue with action-RPG MMO titles.

Torchlight 2 has officially been released and is now available to play on Steam or good old fashioned retail DVD. Even though the game has been released nearly a year behind schedule, enabling Runic ...

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Motiga isn't the only casualty among Perfect World's ranks this week. The company also shut down the Seattle-based Runic Games, developer of the Torchlight series and the recently released Hob. Runic ...