Runic Games has announced that the release of Torchlight 2 has been delayed. Runic boss Travis Baldree announced on the company’s website that, due to a desire to ensure “quality and polish” and include a small beta, the game release date will be pushed back.
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Runic Games announced today that their critically-acclaimed dungeon crawler Torchlight has officially sold over one million units across all platforms (PC, Mac, and Xbox).
Torchlight debuted for Windows in October 2009, the Mac in May 2010, and Xbox in March 2011. Runic Games hit their 500,000 sales halfway point in early May of 2010 before the Mac version was released. By August of that year, they had already sold more than 600,000, which gives a rough idea of the additional sales after the Mac version was released. And in March of this year, Runic stated that they had the highest sales day ever on any platform when they released the XBLA version.
Torchlight is available in retail and as digital downloads from Steam. It’s an action-RPG dungeon-crawler with a more casual gaming approach to play, enabling gamers of all skill levels to quickly immerse themselves into game play. A level randomizer creates unique adventures for each quest, with different monsters, treasures, puzzles and items for players to find, defeat, and unlock.
Runic Games is currently developing the PC-based multiplayer sequel, Torchlight II, which was nominated for six awards at E3 2011, including Best RPG and Best of E3. Torchlight II is scheduled to release for Windows first, with a Mac version to follow shortly afterward.
What’s inside this episode:
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Omaha reviews Torchlight for the Mac by Runic Games. A lightweight 3rd person adventure dungeon crawl with fun monsters to defeat and cool swag to find. Comfort food for your Mac gaming habit.
Show Notes:
- Omaha hosts alone as she talks about the StarCraft II launch, and whether it signals the beginning of the end of midnight launches.
- Apple has announced a new Mac Pro for August. Is it worth it to upgrade? Will it compete with other gaming machines?
- Other games for the Mac have been announced or released this past week, and Omaha talks a little about them all, including Ubisoft’s announcement of Assassin’s Creed 2 and Tom Clancy Splinter Cell: Conviction in their financial statements.
- No Plants vs Zombies 2 this year, and say goodbye to the dancing zombie, and hello to the disco zombie.
Music Notes:
- Digital Droo produced our theme music here at iGame Radio.
- Zach Young for featuring music from The Great Tree.
- Tomas Dvorak for featuring music from Machinarium.
I’ve downloaded the Mac Steam client and been spending the past hour perusing its dark mysteries. And I’m both happy with what I’m seeing, while perhaps slightly concerned with the performance so far.
First, the good. When the client pops up, one of the very first things you see is that Portal is available for free. That’s right, to celebrate the release of the Mac version of Steam, Valve has opened Portal up, all versions, for free through the 24th. I cannot *wait* to get my hands on this game. I have to say it’s one of the few games that my Linux-loving husband has been able to play for years before me, and I’m totally jealous.
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Valve has announced that Steam will launch on the Mac today, May 12th. Eager Mac users have jumped to the Valve site and enthusiastically await the moment that they can download their copy of Steam. Valve has promised that the first collection of Mac titles will demonstrate “Steam Play”, which will allow customers to purchase games once and play them on all Steam supported platforms.
Some of those Mac titles include Portal, which will also be the first of Valve’s Source engine based games to become available for the Mac. Another title that has been announced for today is Runic Game’s long anticipated Torchlight for the Mac. “We’re very excited to be bringing Torchlight to the Mac,” said Max Schaefer, co-founder of Runic Games. “Having Steam for the Mac solves so many problems for us as a developer. We look forward to our future games coming out on the Mac as well.”
Every Wednesday, Valve will continue to release additional Mac titles, each designed to highlight specific functionalities of Steam on the Mac.
Valve will also make its Steamworks suite of publishing and development tools available on the Mac platform. These include product key authentication, copy protection, auto-updating, social networking, matchmaking, anti-cheat technology, and more. The features and services available in Steamworks are offered free of charge and may be used for both electronic and box versions of games. Native OS/X support for the Source engine is also available immediately to licensees for use in their games.
What’s inside this episode:
- An interview with Max Schaefer, Travis Baldree, and Jason Beck of Runic Games about how development is going on the Mac version of Torchlight, how the digital download has been received, and how the art for the game is created.
- Also, a review of Atlantis Sky Patrol for the iPhone by Big Fish Games. Join the Sky Patrol and defend the world from the evil doomsday devices with a flick of your finger.
NOTE: I’ll be taking next week off, so my next podcast will be scheduled to drop on November 12th. And maybe then I’ll be back on schedule.
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