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Star Wars: Hunters Publisher Shutters Studio Founded by Torchlight, Diablo Creator Before It Could Announce Its New Game
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<blockquote data-quote="Admin" data-source="post: 67385" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><img src="https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/2025/06/02/ss-f8291aa7122c84a9959fc81ccce02c71600cab7f-1748893887494.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p><p>Zynga has officially shuttered Echtra Games, the development studio behind <a href="https://www.ign.com/games/torchlight-frontiers" target="_blank">Torchlight 3</a>, which had been working on an unannounced cross-platform ARPG in the four years since its acquisition.</p><p></p><p>IGN can confirm the San Francisco-based studio will be shut down by the end of the month. While we don't have an exact number of individuals impacted, LinkedIn has 61 people who <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/echtra-inc./people/" target="_blank">list their current job at the studio</a>.</p><p></p><p>Zynga has provided the following statement to IGN:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Echtra Games was founded by Max Schaefer, one of the co-founders of Torchlight developer Runic Games. Schaefer left Runic after his fellow co-founders similarly departed the studio, and founded Echtra under investor Perfect World to work on a Torchlight MMO. Over time, the game's vision shifted, eventually becoming Torchlight Frontiers and later Torchlight 3. In 2021, Echtra Games was <a href="https://www.eurogamer.net/echtra-games-ceases-work-on-torchlight-3" target="_blank">acquired by Zynga</a>, leaving Torchlight 3 in the hands of Perfect World and starting work on "<a href="https://www.zynga.com/blog/zynga-acquires-echtra-games-team-led-by-developers-of-diablo-and-torchlight-franchises/" target="_blank">a new, yet to be announced RPG for cross-platform play</a>" alongside CSR Racing and Star Wars: Hunters developer NaturalMotion.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, Echtra Games' RPG was never announced or shown. It is unclear precisely why Echtra was shuttered, though its closure comes just three months after Zynga announced it will shut down NaturalMotion-developed Star Wars: Hunters later this year — a decision that was itself announced just nine months after the game launched. Notably, Zynga is a subsidiary of Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two Interactive, which <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/take-two-is-quietly-killing-private-division" target="_blank">slowly dismantled</a> and then <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/private-division-games-including-tales-of-the-shire-and-kerbal-space-program-to-be-distributed-by-new-label-from-annapurna-interactives-former-staff" target="_blank">sold off</a> its Private Division publishing label earlier this year. The publisher also <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/take-two-announces-layoffs-while-canceling-multiple-in-development-projects" target="_blank">laid off around 5% of its workforce just over a year ago</a> and canceled multiple projects.</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. You can find her posting on BlueSky @duckvalentine.bsky.social. Got a story tip? Send it to <a href="mailto:rvalentine@ign.com">rvalentine@ign.com</a>.</em></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/star-wars-hunters-publisher-shutters-studio-founded-by-torchlight-diablo-creator-before-it-could-announce-its-new-game" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 67385, member: 1"] [IMG]https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/2025/06/02/ss-f8291aa7122c84a9959fc81ccce02c71600cab7f-1748893887494.jpg[/IMG] Zynga has officially shuttered Echtra Games, the development studio behind [URL='https://www.ign.com/games/torchlight-frontiers']Torchlight 3[/URL], which had been working on an unannounced cross-platform ARPG in the four years since its acquisition. IGN can confirm the San Francisco-based studio will be shut down by the end of the month. While we don't have an exact number of individuals impacted, LinkedIn has 61 people who [URL='https://www.linkedin.com/company/echtra-inc./people/']list their current job at the studio[/URL]. Zynga has provided the following statement to IGN: Echtra Games was founded by Max Schaefer, one of the co-founders of Torchlight developer Runic Games. Schaefer left Runic after his fellow co-founders similarly departed the studio, and founded Echtra under investor Perfect World to work on a Torchlight MMO. Over time, the game's vision shifted, eventually becoming Torchlight Frontiers and later Torchlight 3. In 2021, Echtra Games was [URL='https://www.eurogamer.net/echtra-games-ceases-work-on-torchlight-3']acquired by Zynga[/URL], leaving Torchlight 3 in the hands of Perfect World and starting work on "[URL='https://www.zynga.com/blog/zynga-acquires-echtra-games-team-led-by-developers-of-diablo-and-torchlight-franchises/']a new, yet to be announced RPG for cross-platform play[/URL]" alongside CSR Racing and Star Wars: Hunters developer NaturalMotion. Unfortunately, Echtra Games' RPG was never announced or shown. It is unclear precisely why Echtra was shuttered, though its closure comes just three months after Zynga announced it will shut down NaturalMotion-developed Star Wars: Hunters later this year — a decision that was itself announced just nine months after the game launched. Notably, Zynga is a subsidiary of Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two Interactive, which [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/take-two-is-quietly-killing-private-division']slowly dismantled[/URL] and then [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/private-division-games-including-tales-of-the-shire-and-kerbal-space-program-to-be-distributed-by-new-label-from-annapurna-interactives-former-staff']sold off[/URL] its Private Division publishing label earlier this year. The publisher also [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/take-two-announces-layoffs-while-canceling-multiple-in-development-projects']laid off around 5% of its workforce just over a year ago[/URL] and canceled multiple projects. [I]Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. You can find her posting on BlueSky @duckvalentine.bsky.social. Got a story tip? Send it to [email]rvalentine@ign.com[/email].[/I] [url="https://www.ign.com/articles/star-wars-hunters-publisher-shutters-studio-founded-by-torchlight-diablo-creator-before-it-could-announce-its-new-game"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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