"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 ...

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 ...

Runic Games, the developer behind games like Torchlight and Hob, has been shut down. After nine years of developing games, publisher Perfect World Entertainment has shuttered the doors of Runic Games.

Runic Games has announced that Torchlight, its action RPG with randomly generated levels, will hit October 27 via digital download. The single-player game has three classes to choose from - the ...

It’s unusual that a studio with only two games to its name can announce a new game, say almost nothing about it, and still get people excited. When that studio is Runic Games, the developer behind ...

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 ...

Torchlight publisher Perfect World has announced it has acquired a majority stake in Runic Games, the development studio that created the game. According to a statement from the company, made in ...

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 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.

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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 ...