The announcement comes via twitter and had been originally posted on the Runic Games forums by Travis Baldree. Travis Baldree was the president and lead engineer at Runic Games having co-founded the company six years ago. He also announces his friend and co-founder Erich Schaefer’s departure from the studio.
“Erich Schaefer, my friend and fellow Runic co-founder, will be departing Runic as well as my equal partner. I’m so gratified to be able to continue working with him”
It seems like both co-founders will be continuing game development on a smaller scale.
“I’m personally excited – oh, hell, I’m SUPER-STOKED – to be getting back to smaller-scale development, where I can wear many, many hats performing many, many different kinds of tasks. Working within the boundaries of limited means and resources is the best fun I’ve ever had, and that sort of work satisfies me in a fundamental way – I can’t wait to be working that way again.”
Travis goes on show his gratitude to all that have followed Runic Games and announces his final day with the company will be April 2nd. Runic Games has been responsible for both Torchlight and Torchlight 2 for PC and Mac. Max Schaefer has taken to the forums as well to confirm their departures as well as offer some insight onto the future of Runic Games.
Meanwhile, the rest of us here at Runic are excited to move on and continue to work on this crazy, cool, completely secret project we’ve been working on.
What could be this super secret project they’re working on? It’s good to know Runic Games will continue working and the best of luck has been offered to those leaving co-founders. Let us know what you think about these departures in the comments below.