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    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Torchlight 2 would need redesign for XBLA.

    Runic's plans for an Xbox Live Arcade edition of action-RPG sequel Torchlight II are looking a little less certain, as the indie dev's revealed it would need to be "fairly comprehensively redesigned" to fit within the memory limit.
    Aug 05, 2011 7:00am PDT
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    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Torchlight 2 would need redesign for XBLA.

    Runic's plans for an Xbox Live Arcade edition of action-RPG sequel Torchlight II are looking a little less certain, as the indie dev's revealed it would need to be "fairly comprehensively redesigned" to fit within the memory limit. : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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      • The PC version is, not XBLA, which is probably going to get released 6 months later. : one random winner
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      I'm glad they're trying to get this out in the fall. I fear that if it has to be delayed into the Winter,... : LoioshDwaggieThis person is cool!
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        Not me, I'm far more interested in Torchlight 2 than Diablo 3. Moddable, no persistent online DRM, and mu... : PyroRegia
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          There are a number here who feel exactly as you do, but it is absolutely safe to say that D3 will easily ... : LoioshDwaggieThis person is cool!
          • If Diablo 3 comes out before Torchlight 2, they(devs) won't finish it because they will all be playing Di... : zuff
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            Very likely it will. Certainly it'll make more money, as Blizzard will charge more, and is slower to disc... : PyroRegia
            • Wow, I'm tired. Rambletronic Overdrive there. And if it wasn't clear enough: I loved the heck out of D... : PyroRegia
        • Do we know if Torchlight 2 is going to have persistent online character storage at all? : ZekThis person is cool!
    • Ouch. :( : silent prophet
    • make it retail then. I'll buy it : cptstern
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      This is RAM memory, not hard drive space memory, right? : exigence7
      • That is correct. They clarified yesterday. : LoioshDwaggieThis person is cool!
    • Torchlight 1 was pretty much redesigned for XBLA so I figured TL2 would be the same case : MOB712
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      So Rage and Crisis 2 can run on the 360 fine, but Torchlight "just barely" was able to? Am I the only on... : Hacked-Life
      • Limitations as compared to the PC, which is the lead platform. If they'd designed it from the ground up ... : one random winner
      • It's not "bogus", it's why Rage and Crysis 2 have massively higher budgets than Torchlight 2. : HouseThis person is cool!
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        XBLA and retail games are not the same : geedeckThis person is cool!
        • It's the 360's 512mb memory that's the issue. Nothing to do with XBLA. Eurogamer failed miserably by stat... : lord cecilThis person is cool!
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        Rage and Crisis 2 are not XBox Live Arcade games. XBLA games have a 350 MB size limit. http://en.wikiped... : capt trippsThis person is cool!
        • http://www.shacknews.com/article/59067/xbox-live-arcade-technical-size While the artificial size const... : GrimmyD
        • That was hard drive space, which is now 2GB, and not the RAM issue they are talking about. There is zero ... : Evil Benius
      • PC can do insanely more visual variety than a console, thanks to more memory. There's only so much memory... : PyroRegia
      • Please find me a game from 2001 that looks as good as Torchlight thanks. : justwr!ght
    • If it comes to my Mac sooner because of this I will be happy :) : BouillonCubes
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      Runic isn't indie anymore Alice. Perfect World owns a majority stake in the company. : Frozen Pixel
      • Gah, I knew that. Friday! Thanks. : Alice O'Connor