Max Schaefer – Gaming•Murasama•net https://gaming.murasama.net walls of text by a (former) ARPG player Fri, 13 Feb 2026 02:20:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://gaming.murasama.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/cropped-Momohime-Oboro-Muramasa-512x512-1-32x32.png Max Schaefer – Gaming•Murasama•net https://gaming.murasama.net 32 32 Torchlight Frontiers – Is what Max Schaefer was working on https://gaming.murasama.net/2018/08/09/torchlight-frontiers-is-what-max-schaefer-was-working-on/ Thu, 09 Aug 2018 18:00:00 +0000 https://gaming.murasama.net/uncategorized/torchlight-frontiers-is-what-max-schaefer-was-working-on/ https://www.pcgamer.com/torchlight-frontiers-brings-a-shared-persistent-world-to-its-existing-universe

Slated for 2019 and set in the same universe as Torchlight I and II, the game will be available on PC, PS4, and Xbox One.

Schaefer created Echtra Games after leaving Runic in 2016.  Previous to Runic, he was one of the co-founders of Blizzard North and the senior designer of Diablo II).

Official site: https://www.torchlightfrontiers.com/en

]]> What happened to Max Schaefer (co-founder of Runic Games)? https://gaming.murasama.net/2017/11/05/what-happened-to-max-schaefer-co-founder-of-runic-games/ Sun, 05 Nov 2017 20:03:00 +0000 https://gaming.murasama.net/uncategorized/what-happened-to-max-schaefer-co-founder-of-runic-games/ Max Schaefer left the studio without much fanfare back in 2016 to form a new studio (Echtra Games, Inc) along with former Blizzard veterans (and former Diablo developers) David Glenn (art director for Diablo I and II) and Tyler Thompson (one of the leads for Lord of Destruction).  Their focus is on creating an MMO-ARPG.

Runic Games other co-founders (and also former Blizzard North veterans) Travis Baldtree and Max’ brother Erich left back in 2014 to form Double Damage Games.

Gamasutra lists these two position openings as of October 31, 2017:

Source: http://jobs.gamasutra.com/company/echtra-games%2C-inc.-172543

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