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Dev: Torchlight II still coming this Summer
Posted: 20.07.2012 06:24 by JonahFalcon Comments: 5
Runic president Travis Baldree is reassuring gamers that Torchlight II is still coming out this Summer, stating that he has until the third week of September to keep his word.


According to Baldree, “The end of summer is September 25th or something like that, right? We’re still trying to get it done for summer. It’s a big game and we’ve still got some polish to go.”

(In reality, the end of Summer is the 22nd September.)

Baldree also released a blog post touching on the subject, reading, “Many folks are anxious to see the game released – many have preordered, and want a date! We’ve been deliberately vague on this point. My hope is that if I give you an idea of what we’re doing, what it takes to do it, and the scale of it, it will make it apparent why that is.”

It'll be interesting to see how an action-RPG like Torchlight II fares with online co-op but offline single-player as well, in light of Diablo III's travails.
Source: Joystiq
Related games: Torchlight II (PC)

Comments

By SiyaenSokol (SI Elite) on Jul 20, 2012
SiyaenSokol
There are high hopes for this game. By the way that Diablo III is performing and the mess that Blizzard is creating, I think that this game might even be more popular... but that is just a theory.

None the less, I think that I am still going to prefer Diablo over Torchlight.
By Gale47 (SI Core Veteran) on Jul 20, 2012
Gale47
Have you played the first Torchlight, Sokol?
By herodotus (SI Herodotus) on Jul 20, 2012
herodotus
This just might be what many disapppointed with "D III" players might need to restore their faith in PC gaming. The original was a load of fun.
By Gale47 (SI Core Veteran) on Jul 20, 2012
Gale47
It sure was, herodotus. I'm reinstalling it as I'm writing this comment.
When I realised what Blizzard did with DIII, all I wished for was some kind of HD remake of it's predecessor. Now, in a manner, Torchlight 2 is exactly that.
By SiyaenSokol (SI Elite) on Jul 21, 2012
SiyaenSokol
@Gale47: Yes, I played the first one as an Alchemist. I enjoyed playing the game, but at some stage I got quite fed up with it as well. Though I won't deny that it is a very good game.