Torchlight

With no NPD-style analysis of XBLA and Microsoft announcements of sales data few and far between, Gamasutra has made it a habit to do monthly analyses of leaderboard data to get some kind of grip on relative success and failure in the marketplace. April’s deluge of new releases alongside a handful of sales for previously released titles meant that Gamasutra contributer Ryan Langley had a lot to parse. Read More

Torchlight fans rejoice. Runic Games has been tracking major bugs via their official forums and have released an update that addresses many of those issues. Most of the issues deal with gameplay features such as interactions and items, however some also focus on performance and framerate. Hit the jump for a complete list of fixes.

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Torchlight was originally developed by Runic Games with the port co-developed with World Domination Industries Inc. and published by Microsoft. It was released March 9th, 2011 and retails for 1200MSP.

Torchlight is an interestingly charming game, but at first it can seem like any run of the mill Diablo clone. It has the same type of dungeon crawling with the thrill of finding as much loot as possible. It originally released on PC and Mac with point-and-click controls but the developers streamlined the controls for a console-based system.

Set in the town of Torchlight, you play one of three classes from Warrior to Mage to Ranger and alongside your pet, discover that the town is in danger of being taken over by the evil Alric. After a beginning tutorial mission, you’re free to take on any optional side-quests to get better items or continue on the main quest. It’s one of the best Xbox Live Arcade games of 2011 even though it’s near two years old but it still feels incredibly refreshing.

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Runic Games announced on Tuesday that Torchlight achieved the “highest day sales” ever for the game, even though it was already available on PC/Mac. The numbers weren’t announced however …
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The House Party rages on for another week as Torchlight hits the Xbox Live Marketplace today. You can pick up the Diablo-esque dungeon crawler for 1200 Microsoft …
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Siliconera reports that the dungeon crawler Torchlight will be receiving exclusive content on XBLA.  New armor and weapons have been added, as well as additional quests for the …
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The fine folks over at Game Rant have recently talked to Mike Perry, the executive producer on Darkspore. They asked him if Darkspore is likely to show …
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Runic Games has given players a first look at the Xbox Live Arcade version of Torchlight. It shows gameplay footage as well as the new HUD changes. Other than …
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Xbox Live’s Major Nelson announced the release dates for Microsoft’s House Party. The shindig kicks of a week from tomorrow and ends March 16. Here is the …
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Runic Games just announced Torchlight will be coming to XBLA, and instead of leaving the air full of questions and concerns, they quickly followed up with a load of information regarding the upcoming release. Read More