"We were a new studio and we had to come quickly and make a big hit right away to establish ourselves," says Runic Games CEO Max Schaefer, talking about creating a hit game the way you or I may talk ...

Muhit Rahman is a writer at Game Rant from Bangladesh. A gamer since childhood, he grew up on strategy titles like Commandos, Desperados, and Warcraft. For the past two years, Muhit has been crafting ...

Ritwik is a passionate gamer who has a soft spot for JRPGs. He's been writing about all things gaming for six years and counting. Runic Attacks in God of War Ragnarok can be powerful, but balancing is ...

Runic Games, the Seattle-based studio behind Hob and the Torchlight series, is no more. China-based publisher Perfect World Entertainment — which acquired a majority stake in Runic in May 2010 — told ...

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“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 ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Travis Baldree and Erich Schaefer, co-founders of Torchlight II developer Runic Games, are leaving the studio to start a new development outfit.

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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 ...

Max Schaefer and his brother Erich have been toiling away in the fantasy role-playing video game business for 15 years. After a spate of bad luck, the Schaefers have managed to hang on to a seasoned ...

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 ...