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 ...

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 ...

Perfect World Entertainment confirmed the closure of two of its development studios. Runic, which was the studio behind Torchlight and Hob, and Motiga, which was the studio behind the action MOBA ...

“It’s been over nine years since a rag-tag team of 17 developers helped open Runic Games. We’ve been so lucky for the community that has supported us and made us successful. Thanks to that support, we ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...