Well-regarded porting studio Panic Button is poised to give two Runic Games classics – Torchlight 2 and Hob – a new home on consoles later this year, with the latter title coming to Switch on April 4th.
It’s a somewhat bitter-sweet announcement, given that developer Runic Games was sadly shut down by owner Perfect World in 2017, but it’s wonderful that a whole new audience will be able to enjoy the studio’s brilliant games this year. And Torchlight 2, an action-RPG with dungeon-crawler elements that originally launched for PC in 2012, really is a delight.
“If the first Torchlight capitalised on the continued absence of Diablo 3, the second feels like a genuine alternative to it,” said Christian Donlan in his 9/10 review of the game. “It’s a colourful, heartfelt and well-judged spin on one of the most reliably engrossing genres knocking around.”
Source: Eurogamer Panic Button bringing Runic Games' Torchlight 2 to consoles, Hob to Switch