If you knew of the dramatic back story of how Torchlight came life, you'd appreciate the game even more. 14 members of Flagship Studios Seattle wondered what they were going to do next after the dissolution of their company in 2008. They were already working on a new game, which never got to see the light of day. Through good fortune, they've joined with several other gaming visionaries at the new development studio Runic Games. Travis Baldree (creator of Fate), Max Schaefer and Erich Schaefer (co-founders of Blizzard North) were just a few of the noteworthy names on board. Together they finally created Torchlight, an action role-playing game that was released via digital distribution recently. If you know how Diablo plays, then you got a pretty good idea what Torchlight will be like.