Runic Games has officially announced a sequel to best-selling
Diablo clone,
Torchlight, saying the project is currently in development and rapidly approaching release.
Torchlight 2 is currently set to be released in Spring 2011 and will apparently be distributed by digitally, just like the original
Torchlight was.
New features for
Torchlight 2 include outdoor areas, new weather effects and four character classes. It'll feature online co-op gameplay too, with matchmaking systems that'll pair players up with a similar characters at a similar level.
The game is set to move beyond the eponymous town (and caverns beneath) of Torchlight, with characters venturing into the wider world once a prophetic dream summons them to the Estherian Steppes.
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There, you meet with the Destroyer and soon venture across the continent of Vilderan, an exotic frontier besieged by forces of evil," goes the official spiel. "
A discovery unfolds, that the Alchemist, following his conquest of dark ember, disappeared on his quest to defeat the unknown corrupted force responsible for destroying the mystical race of Estherians."
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Aided by the remaining Estherian Guardians, and clues left behind by the missing Alchemist, you will find yourself battling a powerful enemy that threatens to unravel the elements of the entire world."
More information is available on
the official Torchlight 2 site, or you can check out our
Torchlight review if you want to know about the first game.
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