Torchlight MMO – MMO Fallout

We’ve talked before about the possibility of a Torchlight MMO, and while Runic has hinted at the possibility of an MMO before, nothing has been set in stone. Unfortunately, it looks like the odds of an MMO based in the dungeon-crawling universe are slim. In an Ask Me Anything on Reddit, Travis Baldree (President) commented that there are no plans currently for a Torchlight MMO, at least for the moment.

“I’ll be frank, we have no plans to jump into that right now. The landscape is a little different than a few years ago, and creating the amount of content we did for Torchlight 2 was a supreme effort with a team this size. Taking on an MMO immediately afterward is not our current desire.”

So it seems that the Torchlight MMO may just be wishful thinking at this point. Still, I can’t blame the folks at Runic for wanting to do something different after working on the Torchlight series for so long.

(Source: Reddit)

Tell me you didn’t see that one coming? The blokes over at Seeking Alpha have posted an earning’s call with Perfect World Entertainment’s CEO, who has revealed that Star Trek Online will be heading free to play by the end of the year.

And also Star Trek Online, after the acquisition, in fact Cryptic is working on the free-to-play model for Star Trek Online. This is going to be launched by the end of this year as well. So I think free-to-play model we have a bigger potential in US market and also in China market. Thank you.

Kelvin Lau also dropped the release expectation for the Torchlight MMO:

Torchlight from Runic, as mentioned, I think the MMORPG version is going to be – is scheduled to be launched in late 2012 or early 2013, okay?

Yet another MMO going free to play, although it wasn’t like we didn’t see this coming long before Cryptic was ever acquired by Perfect World Entertainment.