Runic Games using Ogre for new game ‘Torchlight’

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I’d been tipped off about this possibility a while ago, but couldn’t say anything until now – Runic Games are now OGRE users and have been beavering away on their new game ‘Torchlight’, announced this week:

In case you didn’t know already, Runic formed from the ashes of Flagship Studios, and includes members of the team that worked on Diablo and Diablo 2; games which I personally enjoyed but which my brother in law almost worshipped – he still plays the second one now. Torchlight is along the same kind of lines as I understand it, except that it will come in two forms – a single player game later this year, and an MMORPG in future years, and is being published by Chinese online publisher Perfect World.

Congrats to Runic on their reveal this week, and we wish them the best of luck with the game – it’s already looking great. We’re also very happy that such a veteran team is enjoying using OGRE, enough to put one in only their second public screenshot ;)

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7 Responses to “Runic Games using Ogre for new game ‘Torchlight’”

  1. Kentamanos Says:
    April 24th, 2009 at 9:43 pm

    It’s very nice looking indeed, and another feather in OGRE’s hat.

  2. Dark Sylinc Says:
    April 24th, 2009 at 10:32 pm

    YYYYYYYYYYesssssssssss!!!!!!!

    That’s all I have to say :)

  3. Andrew Fenn Says:
    April 25th, 2009 at 12:59 am

    Looks great, I wish I could buy it now.

  4. Peter Newman Says:
    April 25th, 2009 at 3:05 am

    Sweet. I can’t think of any better way to say it.

  5. Kezzer Says:
    April 25th, 2009 at 7:31 am

    Wow, that really looks awesome, and even an Ogre! ;)

  6. Paul Says:
    April 25th, 2009 at 9:42 am

    WOW!!

    OGRE is finally going to get the showcase it deserves. Fantastic news!

  7. nikki Says:
    April 30th, 2009 at 12:36 am

    And all this, with just the fixed-function pipeline!

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