A real challenge to adapt its structure to the "sofa" According to the head of Runic Games, Max Schafer, carrying Torchlight on the Xbox 360 was not exactly a walk. The Diablo-style action-RPG, which, having passed with great success on the PC is going to land on Xbox Live Arcade has been a real "challenge" to the development team, because of the difficulty of adapting a typology the game has always been linked to a PC keyboard + mouse interface and the controller of the console.
"We always wanted to play Diablo Torchlight or standing on the couch," said Schafer to Gamasutra, "Everyone has their own theory and his plans on how to convey this kind of games but, until you find us in the middle, you really do not know how works ". The best way to deal with them, according to Runic, is evidence of different solutions, a sort of trial and error until the right configuration to be able to enjoy the game on the console.
In any case, Schafer does not want to say too much: "we are a little 'excited, we felt it was a great game when we played. There are guys in the office or even prefer to play on Xbox now, and this means that we find the right solutions it seems. " Torchlight is expected this year on Xbox Live Arcade, at a date to be specified.
Source: Gamasutra 
"We always wanted to play Diablo Torchlight or standing on the couch," said Schafer to Gamasutra, "Everyone has their own theory and his plans on how to convey this kind of games but, until you find us in the middle, you really do not know how works ". The best way to deal with them, according to Runic, is evidence of different solutions, a sort of trial and error until the right configuration to be able to enjoy the game on the console.
In any case, Schafer does not want to say too much: "we are a little 'excited, we felt it was a great game when we played. There are guys in the office or even prefer to play on Xbox now, and this means that we find the right solutions it seems. " Torchlight is expected this year on Xbox Live Arcade, at a date to be specified.
Source: Gamasutra
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