'Torchlight 2' Announced With Co-op And Slashing And/Or Hacking

Awesome, awesome news for fans of hack and slash RPGs this morning. Runic Games has announced that they're working on "Torchlight 2," and it's coming out next Spring. Considering the "Diablo 3" release date may well be beyond any currently-living human, this offers a nice alternative.

A representative confirmed that the "Torchlight" MMO is still happening. They also mentioned that a Mac version of "Torchlight 2," will come sometime after the PC version drops.

[jaredhart]

Nice!

[Drjft]

Amen to that! I can't wait.

[SupaGamer]

Ummm Yeah! I'm excited!

[evrfighter]

whoa torchlight was pretty sweet.

going online would be too much awesome.

[KingNintendoFanboy]

I agree. Totally awesome news!

[maawdawg]

I still hop into Torchlight now and then, you really can't beat the value it gave at the $20 price point. It is a big improvement on Fate, even though it is really a Diablo-esque re-skin of that game, it brought over so many of those elements (pet, UI, fishing, spells, etc).

Any way you look at it I will be grabbing the Sequel next spring. I can never pass up dungeon crawling lootfest fun.

[Darkstorn]

Torchlight was a great title. The sequel should be even more replayable if they're implementing multiplayer.

[Sneak-Out]

great !!

[Stunt]

Torchlight was great. Bring on the sequel!

[CrzyFooL]

Amen

[Darkfiber]

Weird, so it's not the MMO?

[CrzyFooL]

Guess not. :-(

[Motion]

Wonder if this means they are scrapping the online addition to Torchlight, of if Torchlight 2 will have an online/MMO aspect?

[wicko]

Nah MMO is still going to come out. I imagine it will play significantly different from either game to warrant being a seperate game.

[CrzyFooL]

About time!!

[KingNintendoFanboy]

You said it man.

[Drewminati]

how many players coop? it has to be 8

[jaredhart]

That would be SICK!

[uhaul]

Sweet!

[electrolemon]

Jesus, I still haven't played the first game.

[kevco33]

Same here, but I'd be more interested jumping in with the sequel I think.

[callahan09]

Awesome! The only thing about the original that I didn't like was the lack of multiplayer. It had everything going for it, but after years of playing Diablo 2 online, I just couldn't play this kind of game *alone*. Multiplayer confirmed, so I'm excited as all hell for this.

[bfenty]

Agreed. Multiplayer is the killer feature on this game.

[NamelessTed]

This is the game that I want to play. I liked Torchlight but couldn't really get into it because I wanted to play it co-op. I can guarantee that I will be playing this game a lot when it comes out.

[RIPSKATEDESTROY]

looks goood

[LBD_Nytetrayn]

Hooray for co-op

[mrv321]

I guarantee this game would make profit on PSN/XBL I mean $15-$20 is great for a loot game because to be fair the last loot game was Borderland and deathspank... the market is open for another loot game and I would buy it after spending hours comparing and collecting weapons in borderlands.

[Bloodyghost]

BTW where can I get Torchlight. Looked great but wallet told me not to get it.

[wicko]

It's been on sale on Steam for 5$ quite a few times. I imagine it will be on sale again.

[OneSneakyMofo]

MULTIPLAYER YES!!!!!!!!

/end excitement

[Alos88]

The first was a reasonably priced trip down memory lane, and the constant discounts on Steam just sweetened an already sweet deal imo.

[Tikicobra]

Torchlight is fantastic. I got it for $5 and it's one of my favorite PC games that I own. This announcement is seriously exciting.

[washingmachine]

please bring the first one to console

[kasasensei]

Release the sequel for the same price of the original and i will probably buy two games, for me and my gf. And maybe a third one, for a good friend. :)