Torchlight III finally has a release date. The long-gestating fast-paced dungeon crawler will exit Steam Early Access and officially launch on Steam, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 on October 13. A Nintendo Switch release will follow later this year.
Torchlight III actually began as an ambitious free-play-play, shared-world take on the franchise called Torchlight Frontiers. However, earlier this year, the game underwent a drastic overhual with Runic Games taking the game back to its roots and renaming it Torchlight 3. It's now a full-fledged successor to Torchlight II with all of the franchise's signature mechanics, including hack-and-slash combat, online four-player co-op (and offline single-player), and the beloved pet system.
It does build upon the franchise with new features such as unique Relic subclasses, fully customizable forts and the challenged "Fazeer Shah's Dun-Djinn end-game experience. There's also the multi-tiered progession system, "Contracts," that allow players to earn Fame and unlock elite items as well as quests and boss battles that reward players with epic loot.
In Torchlight III, it’s been a century since the events of Torchlight II, where the great heroes of old defeated The Dark Alchemist and sealed the Netherlord’s heart inside the Clockwork Core. The heroes brought peace to the world of Novastraia, but now the Ember Empire finds itself on the brink of collapse as it’s under threat of invasion by the Netherim and its allies. To save Novastraia, Torchlight III players will need to gather their wits and brave the frontier in search of fame, glory and new adventures to become the legends the world needs them to be.
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Torchlight III features four hero classes: Dusk Mage, an echanter who harnesses the power of light and dark energy; Forged, a powerful robot with an arsenal of weaponry; Railmaster, a heavily armed, hammer-wielding powerhouse; and Sharpshooter, a powerful and nimble ranged character. There are also five powerful relics: Bane, which summons a cluster of spiders; Blood Drinker, which heals a player's wounds; Coldheart, which offers crowd control; Electrode, which unleashes unpredictable energy surges; and Flaming Destroyer, which sets things ablaze and burns enemies.
Those who owned the Steam Early Access version will automatically be granted access to the full version, while all versions of the game will include an exclusive Fairy pet.
