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Ten Ton Hammers has released their preview on Torchlight 2, and although there isn't much new information, there are a few points of interest:

1. The first of these is the mention of some unique dialogue dependent on the class you choose.
2. The second is Travis Baldree going into how a skill will make the cut, and what he thinks about skill respec.

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Editor's Note: Once again Jerich has come through with another amazing interview and gameplay preview with Runic and Torchlight II! As usual I'll be posting the article for him, having done the cleaning up for posting. If you want a Too Long Didn't Read guide, let me tell you what this preview covers:

• UI Changes
• Raiman and Outlander info
• Stats
• New Weapon abilities
• Retirement
• Transformations
• Amazing new Character Modding Capabilities!
• The world, acts, and tilesets
• Dynamic Events
• PvP
• World

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Good Morning, Afternoon, or Evening to all you on this fine day for gaming. If you weren't aware, Day 2 of the Penny Arcade Expo will be starting in a few short hours, and along with a slew of unbelievable gaming miracles a few news tidbits about Runic Games and Torchlight have managed to go line. Here's a recap of the releases from Day 1:

• Torchlight 2 has ALREADY been nominated for the Best of PAX 2010 award!
• The Folks at Ten Ton Hammer had dinner with the Runic developers the night before PAX and learned more about the final days of Flagship Studios.
• iGame Radio wrote up a preview in which it is revealed that Runic is now considering adding player-run servers to the multiplayer options for Torchlight 2!
• Gaming Nexus wrote up a short preview about Torchlight 2
• GamePro wrote up a longer article about Torchlight 2, which hits a lot of basic bullet points, and now says the release estimate is March/April.
• GamersRoute also wrote up a short article about Torchlight 2.

For quotes, comments, links, AND directions and pictures of the Runic Games booth at PAX (in case you are attending), see below:
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Welcome everybody, to one our rare and special exclusives on Runic Games Fansite! In this three part epic, we interview Runic Games' writer, JD Wiker, digging out his background info, his thoughts on Torchlight 1, and the direction of things for Torchlight 2 and the Torchlight MMO.

JD very graciously let us ask a lot of questions, so to make this digestible we will break it into sections and pages, with each section being released over the next few days. We'll update this intro page when new sections are added, so be sure to check back tomorrow for part 2!

Update! The full interview is now online! Click the page links to check them all out!

Introduction
Part 1 - About the Author
Part 2 - Looking Back
Part 3 - Looking Forward
Conclusion

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With the conclusion of Gamescom, and PAX just around the corner, Runic Games found the time to do an interview with The Cynical Brit. While most of the information is old, there were a few gems to be heard.

One piece of information that stood out was that the ability to add Races per class is being worked on with Torchlight II, but it is kinda unclear if it will be implemented in Torchlight II.

Below is a Bullet Summary of the Interview, but I highly recommend listening ...

This is a heads up for all of you loyal viewers out there. We've got a special interview coming up in the next week or so, and it's so nicely plump with information that we're going to have to break it up into pieces for you to digest! So to get your imagination fired up, here's your teaser:

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