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    The art of Torchlight III

    Nov 03, 2020 5 minutes

    From VR to next-gen consoles and beyond, the gaming world has undergone a huge amount of change over the past decade or so. However, if one thing remains constant it’s the incredible popularity of action RPG series like Torchlight, which has at last gained a new instalment – Torchlight III.

    Released October 2020, Torchlight III is a light-hearted and fast-paced dungeon crawler for casual and hardcore gamers alike. Developed by Echtra Games and published by Perfect World Entertainment, Torchlight III is set in a high fantasy world filled with epic weapons, magic spells, monsters, loot and landscapes.

    Environment artist and level designer at Echtra Games, Dmitriy Golovinov, guides us through creating the art of Torchlight III – from storytelling to scale and playability.

    BUILDING FROM SCRATCH

    Dmitriy’s first course of action in

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