Runic Games, the folks who worked on Diablo and Hellgate: London, have announced that Torchlight, their popular dungeon-crawling RPG, has sold over one million units across all platforms.

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The story goes as follows: Some of the makers of Diablo formed Runic Games and gave us Torchlight. It draws heavily on the aforementioned game, but has a streamlined coat of paint to take some of the unnecessary tedium out. First released on PC in 2009, it has now been released on Xbox Live Arcade with a redesigned interface, from your inventory to controlling the character.

Your adventure starts in the town of Torchlight with a corrupted mine and goes deep underground as you seek out the source of the evil. The journey is a very friendly and enjoyable one. Presented through a colourful palette and a touch of cartoonlike design, it is a welcome deviation from the grim world of Diablo. The story is only narrated, very well I might add, but it could really benefit from some form of cut-scenes to help set the stage.

Continue reading El33tonline’s review of Torchlight.

The penultimate entry to Xbox LIVE Arcade’s ‘House Party’ celebration is now available in the form of Torchlight, an incredibly addictive dungeon-crawling RPG from folks that worked on Diablo and Hellgate: London.

Torchlight was first released on PC near the tail-end of 2009 to an ecstatic reception, and now the game has finally made the journey to Xbox 360 via Xbox LIVE Arcade.

Find out all about Torchlight with a batch of screenshots, official information and pricing, and a trailer below:

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[Update] Added the debut teaser trailer for Beyond Good and Evil HD. [End of Update]

Microsoft has this week been kind enough to detail the contents of this year’s Xbox LIVE Arcade ‘House Party’ event, which will see the release of five new Xbox LIVE Arcade games including Bejeweled Blitz Live, Full House Poker and… Beyond Good and Evil HD.

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A follow-up to 2009’s excellent Diablo-esque dungeon crawler, Torchlight, has been officially announced by Runic Games, and promises to expand on the “whimsical and quirky world captured in the original Torchlight.”

Torchlight II, slated for release in the ‘Spring’ of 2011, will be brought to you by a veteran team of developers comprising designers who’ve worked on games such as Diablo and Diablo II, Mythos and Fate, and includes a new multiplayer element to allow gamers to play with their friends, or use the matchmaking service to meet new players:

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