not sure why Misfit, the moment I reading half-way through, something sparkles on my head, we shall make a cart game mod for TL2. I'm still not sure about the moddability but this should be fun, haha. 

[Update] Baldree returned a call seeking comment. The theft appears to be of audiovisual assets only, not actual game code or mechanics found in Torchlight. "It's kind of funny," Baldree said, "making a mobile MMO (which Armed Heroes purports to be) is hard. But art outsourcing in a place like China is pretty cheap."

Baldree said the asset stealing is so comprehensive, the voice of a Runic technical artist, who supplies the sound effects for a "joke weapon" in Torchlight, also appears in Armed Heroes. Baldree said Runic's attorneys have contacted Apple to demand a takedown, which he said was a pretty easy and straightforward process. "Our main goal is simply to take it down," Baldree told Kotaku. "They shouldn't be selling it."

Baldree said that Runic has seen other visual assets pinched before but it was usually in small details or single instances. "This is different in that every one of their monsters is the same as ours," he said. "It's not like they took one thing because they were running short on time. They took everything. It's so over-the-top."

The game's maker is EGLS Technology, based out of Beijing. It's a free game that appears to be monetized by selling virtual currency—including one in-app purchase totaling $99. Comments underneath the game's YouTube trailer suggest that it also stole visual assets from World of Warcraft. See for yourself above.

Despite this very visible embarrassment and repeated others, I'm so glad Apple is steadfast that it won't "compromise the quality of the teams" it has reviewing App submissions. Evidently it's extremely difficult to find, hire and train contractors with any knowledge of video games who could spot this kind of stealing, or look at something published out of China, to a secondary North American store only, with enormously expensive in-app purchases, and not think any of that warrants further scrutiny.

I realize that other app stores also are a Wild West of questionable content, but they don't offer the veneer of gatekeeping that Apple does. Whoever their "actual, smart, educated, well-trained people," they have on this job, they seem only to be looking for porn, because they aren't doing a thing to protect gamers or legitimate game creators.

This might be a good time to remind folks that Torchlight is now available for $8.99, more than half off, as part of Steam's Summer Sale event.

Breaking news!

Torchlight will be released for Iphone  and Android

but.. but Its not from Runic..

WTH? Read here:

Shameless Theft of Torchlight 1 Assets, or New Mobile MMO?

See the comparison:


Video, seem cool enough, except when shooting arrow sound like clucking chicken:


Rise the banners my friends, attack their message board, dislike their video, disgrace their facebook wall, burn their crops and houses!

Charge!
--->>>>>Main website
--->>>>>Facebook website

Whoever their "actual, smart, educated, well-trained people," they have on this job, they seem only to be looking for porn, because they aren't doing a thing to protect gamers or legitimate game creators.

I'll take the Engineer's Machinegun bot as a quick example (subject to change, of course). At 5 points, his shots begin ricocheting. At 10, they pierce, and at 15 they are tripled. So, a level 15 machinegun bot skill has triple, piercing, ricocheting shots. Way cooler than level 1. Of course, damage, and other properties are improved with every point of investment, but there's a bigger jump every 5. I should stress that we didn't REMOVE cool stuff from skills and ball it all up to make the tiers neater. We have tried to make sure that the skills are designed to be cool as is, and just get a notable 'extra' at the tiers.

thumbs down their video too
http://www.youtube.com/user/armedheroes

I thought some contents only got theft but after watching the gameplay video, both sure matches well.

raise the banners you mean?

raise the banners you mean?

Diablo 3 owns Torchlight OK? not much people know what is Torchlight actually.