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Runic Games’ Max Schafer has said that porting over Torchiight to Xbox Live Arcade has been a “challenge,” but added a console version of the game was something it’s wanted to do for a while.

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Those interested in seeing how Torchlight looks running on Xbox 360, need look no further: a video of the demo shown at CES is posted below the break.

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Max Schaefer, co-founder of Runic Games, has said the firm has been working on the Xbox 360 version of Torchlight for around “6-8 months in various stages” and it is more than just a “simple translation of the PC version”.
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Runic co-founder Max Schaefer has told VG247 that action-RPG sequel Torchlight II will be “considerably” larger than the original indie hit, but that a party limit for online co-op – the game’s most anticipated update – is yet to be fixed.

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Runic Games is on the up. Having clocked more than 500,000 sales for 2009′s universally-loved indie ation-RPG Torchlight on PC, the developer hit the big leagues this week with a place on CES’s Microsoft keynote stage and confirmation of an XBLA version.

While the console outing has received a complete UI and control overhaul over the PC smash, Runic’s rushing towards a “May” launch of Torchlight II on PC, replete with online co-op, overland areas and more.

We spoke with Runic co-founder Max Schaefer in December on the state of play for PC development in general, the original thinking behind Torchlight as a project and what we can expect from the much-anticipated sequel.

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In the wake of last night’s confirmation of Torchlight coming to XBLA, Runic boss Travis Baldtree has said there’ll be no PS3 version.

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There really is no excuse any more.

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Runic Games CEO Max Schaefer has said the firm’s not only looking into some PvP elements for Torchlight II, but it’s also very excited folks will be able to go out into the Overland this time around, instad of being stuck in the underworld most of the time.

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Runic Games hopes to release Torchlight on PSN and XBLA bu the holidays, according to Runic CEO Max Schaefer.

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Runic Games has released a trailer for Torchlight II, showing off the addition of co-op to the popular RPG.

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Runic Games not only announced a sequel to its popular RPG Torchlight this week, but regrettably also let slip gamers would have to wait a bit longer on the MMO based on the franchise.

According to the Runic’s CEO Max Schaefer, delaying the MMO was all about giving people what they wanted instead of making them wait.

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Runic Games has announced Torchlight II through an official website for the game.

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Travis Baldree, president of Runic Games, has said the Torchlight MMO will be “as close to a single-player as we can get.”

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Runic Games’ Torchlight has sold 500K copies through digital and retail on PC.

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Valve just said Steam’s Mac release will begin tomorrow, May 12.

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Action RPG Torchlight is coming to consoles, if comments by developer Runic Games are anything to go by.

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Max Schaefer, co-founder of Runic Games and Blizzard North has said that while there are similarities between Torchlight and Diablo, it’s nothing more than trying to “perfect the style” the teams has been working on since the 90′s.

‘We plead guilty to trying to perfect a style of game we’ve worked on since the early 90′s,” Schaefer told PC Games. “Since we have two of the founders of Blizzard North, five people who worked on the series, the creator of Fate, and the whole team that worked on Mythos, it only makes sense to make an ARPG as our first title under the Runic Games banner.”

Schaefer also said that the MMO version will be out in a couple years, will be in pre-production as soon issues from launching the single player are finalized.

“It will feature a lot of customization, an overworld, random and instanced dungeons, PVP, and much more,” he revealed. “It will be indeed free to play, and we’d like to get alpha and beta versions up and running as quickly as possible, though, so hopefully we’ll have a lot of community interaction during the development cycle.”

More through the link.

There’s a patch available for Torchlight over on BigDowload. We’re sure it’s also available at whatever file site you prefer.

It’s only for the version purchased directly from Runic Games, if you got it elsewhere, check with that outlet for it. Bad news about it, is that you will have to uninstall the game before you patch it, so be sure to backup your saved games in another spot before you do.

Also, due to a developmental issue, the game will still show v1.11 on the title screen although it updates Torchlight to v1.12.

Interested in hearing more about the game? Then head on over to the Columbus Dispatch were the weekly show chats a bit with Runic Games CEO Max Schaefer and the development team.

You may have heard of Schaefer before. He was previously VP at Blizzard North and a director at Blizzard before co-founding Flagship Studios. He also contributed to art design on Diablo and was the eventual project, design and environment art director on Diablo II.

Just in case you never heard of Blizzard or Flagship before.

Runic Games has revealed that come January, Torchlight will hit retail outlets.

That means you will have another option should you decide digital purchases are not your thing.

Made developers who previously worked on the Diablo franchise, BigDownload has confirmed that the boxed version will be published by Encore Software and the first patch along with mod tools will be released in the near future.

Great to hear.

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Runic Games’ Max Schaefer has said that he would like to see the firm’s Torchlight released on Xbox Live Arcade.

So far a downloadable title only for PC, the RPG will have online elements added to it at a later date, which is what is keeping the developers from releasing it via XBL for the time being.

“We talk about it a lot. We fantasize about getting the Live version, and that would probably be the one we did… the XBLA one,” Schaefer told 1UP. “We’re really committed to making the MMO version next, and we’re a pretty small studio. We just have one little team.”

It may be a while then, so if this interests you, the PC version lands October 27.