Runic Games'
Diablo-inspired action role-playing game
Torchlight has sold 500,000 units, just weeks before its May 12 arrival on Mac via Steam.
Torchlight hit the sales milestone a little over six months after the title's original PC download release on October 27, 2009.
The game is the first title from Seattle, WA-based Runic Games, which was founded in 2008 by staff from the teams behind
Diablo,
Diablo II,
Diablo II: Lord of Destruction,
Fate,
Hellgate: London and
Mythos.
Aside from digital storefronts,
Torchlight also released to physical retail in January this year in the U.S. in a distribution partnership with Encore, and in March in Europe as part of a deal with JoWood Entertainment. Perfect World
announced a publishing agreement with Runic Games for
Torchlight in August 2009.
The action RPG
Torchlight is just the beginning for Runic, as the studio is currently working on a free-to-play
Torchlight MMO.
The game normally retails for $20, although in conjunction with the sales milestone and the game's release on Valve Software's newly-available Steam for Mac distribution platform,
Torchlight is currently selling for half off on Steam.
"We are delighted by the response to
Torchlight," said Runic CEO Max Schaefer in a statement. "We’d like to thank the greatest gaming community in the world, Valve, Perfect World, World Domination (Mac port), and all our other distribution partners for making this possible."
