While there were many PC games that came out of left field this year, none surprised more that Torchlight. The debut game from Runic Games was a major hit when it was released via various downloadable services in October and got near universal acclaim from critics with its solid action-RPG gameplay. In hindsight, it should not have been that much of a surprise since many of the founders of Runic Games used to work at Blizzard on the first two games in the Diablo game series.
Big Download got Max Schaefer, one of the co-founders of Runic Games, to answer some post-release questions about Torchlight including some new details on the game's retail release in January.