Perfect World has closed Torchlight studio Runic Games and just about laid off a big chunk of the crew behind the MOBA Gigantic.
The China-based, free-to-play writer Perfect World Entertainment introduced yesterday it has closed the Seattle Studio the place Runic Games is predicated.
As acknowledged above, the agency additionally laid off nearly all of the crew at Motiga, which it purchased in May 2017. The studio launched its MOBA Gigantic in July. The recreation will proceed to be developed and the November replace remains to be on observe, Perfect World stated.
In an announcement given to Gamasutra, Perfect World confirmed Gigantic will “continue to be available on our platforms,” and Runic Games will “remain a part of Perfect World Entertainment’s portfolio of studios.”
Perfect World stated it’s also “committed to supporting and growing Runic Games’ beloved franchises.”
The closure of Runic was a part of the corporate’s “continued strategy to focus on online games as a service,” it stated within the assertion, emphasizing the cutting down of Motiga and closure of Runic Games had been “unrelated.”
Runic studio head Marsh Lefler launched an announcement yesterday on the corporate web site, a part of which is posted under.
“I’m sorry to say that today will be Runic’s last day open. Our focus is on our family here, and helping them find a new place to call home,” said Lefler.
“For people who love the Torchlight sequence, there might be some information coming. And for all our followers, our group and multiplayer providers will maintain working even after the studio’s lights go off.
“You haven’t heard the last of us.”
The newest title to be launched by Runic was Hob on Steam and PlayStation 4. Released in September, the single-player action-adventure title’s setting is on a planet in disarray, and participant want to rework it by fixing puzzles and repairing the world.
Of course, the studio is greatest recognized for the superb action-RPG sequence Torchlight.
Torchlight was developed by Travis Baldree, designer of the equally glorious action-RPG Fate, together with Diablo and Diablo 2 designers Max Schaefer and Erich Schaefer who beforehand labored with Baldree on Mythos.
Torchlight was launched in 2009 and Torchlight 2 adopted in 2012. Perfect World bought a majority stake in Runic back in 2010, and in 2014 Baldree and Erich Schaefer left to form the studio Double Damage Games.
The debut title from the duo’s new studio was Rebel Galaxy which released for Mac and PC in 2015. A PlayStation four and Xbox One model followed in 2016.
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