2019-04-04 12:08 UTC · Eurogamer
The world is under threat in plenty of video games. In Hob, the world is broken, a vast mechanism that has been gummed up and misaligned. Your job is to save it by fixing it, wielding a sword that looks like a key and tinkering with locks and escapements and cogs and gears, realigning, repositioning, sliding crucial pieces back into place. There is a thing out there in the world these days called lock sports: people love locks and keys and spend their spare time learning how to mess with them, how to play with tumblers and get the pins bouncing. It is recreational lock-picking, basically, and
2018-01-18 18:19 UTC · Announcement · Valve
Save 25% on Hob as part of this week's Weekend Deal*! *Offer ends Monday at 10AM Pacific Time
2017-11-17 11:00 UTC · Eurogamer
The Mapworks is the heart of Torchlight 2. In many ways it feels like the heart of so much that is great in video games in general. You spawn at the portal and then you walk out, along a narrow golden bridge, to a magical clockwork escapement suspended in the void. I can imagine what the floor feels like here: the glossiness of the crystal and polished metal, and that hum coming up through your feet that suggests vast energies twisting and churning beneath you. The Mapworks is where you get to once Torchlight 2 is all but done, but it's also where you realise that Torchlight 2 is just beginnin
2017-11-03 19:33 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun · contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Alice O'Connor)
The owners of Torchlight developers Runic Games, the Chinese free-to-play-focused publisher Perfect World Entertainment, confirmed today that it has shut down Runic’s Seattle studio. Seeing as that’s Runic’s only studio, er, that’s them basically gone – though their games will live on. This comes barely one month after Runic released Hob. Perfect World have also laid off most the team at Motiga, the studio behind Gigantic – which only launched in July. Perfect World say these are unconnected but sheesh, not a good week to be owned by Perfect World. (more&hel
2017-10-26 22:32 UTC · Community Announcements · PrimeDirective
Fixed instances where some players did not earn endgame trophies (PS4) Adjusted map in electric area to accurately reflect terrain
2017-10-26 22:32 UTC · Community Announcements · PrimeDirective
Fixed instances where some players did not earn endgame trophies (PS4) Adjusted map in electric area to accurately reflect terrain
2017-10-20 00:08 UTC · Community Announcements · PrimeDirective
PERFORMANCE Reduced micro stutters most prevalent on Nvidia 10-Series GPUs* GAME Made it easier to knock enemies off cliffs Improved camera position during some grapple points Adjusted sounds on various units and events throughout the game for a better experience Fixed some event saves to avoid being stuck if you quit in the middle of the event You can no longer grapple in the middle of a warp Added a higher quality shadow detail level LOCALIZATION Fixed some incorrect Arabic translations and controller UI ACHIEVEMENTS/TROPHIES Hunter achievement should now include warp and down-punch attacks
2017-10-20 00:08 UTC · Community Announcements · PrimeDirective
PERFORMANCE Reduced micro stutters most prevalent on Nvidia 10-Series GPUs* GAME Made it easier to knock enemies off cliffs Improved camera position during some grapple points Adjusted sounds on various units and events throughout the game for a better experience Fixed some event saves to avoid being stuck if you quit in the middle of the event You can no longer grapple in the middle of a warp Added a higher quality shadow detail level LOCALIZATION Fixed some incorrect Arabic translations and controller UI ACHIEVEMENTS/TROPHIES Hunter achievement should now include warp and down-punch attacks
2017-10-07 01:18 UTC · Community Announcements · PrimeDirective
LAUNCHER Monitor dropdown detects monitors correctly Added Graphics Adapter selection to launcher so players can explicitly select their GPU GAME Fixed various crashes throughout the game Adjusted save states on various events to avoid blocked save games Added blocking volumes in various places to prevent players from getting stuck Adjusted death planes in various places to make sure players die when they are supposed to Adjusted collision in various places so players can no longer walk through things they should not Fixed places where music was not playing in the world Invisible robot in wate
2017-10-07 01:18 UTC · Community Announcements · PrimeDirective
LAUNCHER Monitor dropdown detects monitors correctly Added Graphics Adapter selection to launcher so players can explicitly select their GPU GAME Fixed various crashes throughout the game Adjusted save states on various events to avoid blocked save games Added blocking volumes in various places to prevent players from getting stuck Adjusted death planes in various places to make sure players die when they are supposed to Adjusted collision in various places so players can no longer walk through things they should not Fixed places where music was not playing in the world Invisible robot in wate
2017-10-02 21:52 UTC · Community Announcements · PrimeDirective
Resolved issues with snap points for blocks. Fix for punch soft lock. Adjustments to camera angles to make it easier to see in some areas. Fix for an issue where the game state would be broken if the player exited during a world shift event. Localization fix for controller layouts. Note: We are still investigating issues with Nvidia 10-Series graphics devices. Thanks for your patience! This is an incremental patch and will be rolled into the next minor patch on PS4.
2017-10-02 21:52 UTC · Community Announcements · PrimeDirective
Resolved issues with snap points for blocks. Fix for punch soft lock. Adjustments to camera angles to make it easier to see in some areas. Fix for an issue where the game state would be broken if the player exited during a world shift event. Localization fix for controller layouts. Note: We are still investigating issues with Nvidia 10-Series graphics devices. Thanks for your patience! This is an incremental patch and will be rolled into the next minor patch on PS4.
2017-09-28 23:52 UTC · Community Announcements · PrimeDirective
Stability improvements. Butterfly collection should increment properly. Added a ladder in electric zone for easier return traversal. Adjusted deathfall sound volume. Improved camera angle during certain puzzles to make it easier to see. Updated vista map markers. Note: We are very close to tracking down the launching crashes folks are getting with Nvidia 10-Series graphics cards. If you're running into this issue, try reinstalling your MSVC++ redistributables (see Launching Issues for more info on how to do this.) If you receive an assert message at this point, let us know via support@runicgam
2017-09-28 23:52 UTC · Community Announcements · PrimeDirective
Stability improvements. Butterfly collection should increment properly. Added a ladder in electric zone for easier return traversal. Adjusted deathfall sound volume. Improved camera angle during certain puzzles to make it easier to see. Updated vista map markers. Note: We are very close to tracking down the launching crashes folks are getting with Nvidia 10-Series graphics cards. If you're running into this issue, try reinstalling your MSVC++ redistributables (see Launching Issues for more info on how to do this.) If you receive an assert message at this point, let us know via support@runicgam
2017-09-28 18:00 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun · contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Brendan Caldwell)
Full appinfo as delivered by Steam PICS, changenumber 37434570. Also at /api/app/404680/raw.
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