Like last-years failed superhuman experiment left to die, Mythos has been resurrected and will return to US shores in 2010. The Blizzard veterans who had worked on Diablo and who became Flagship employees only to see Mythos be taken from them when that company collapsed have moved on with their lives. They successfully formed Runic Games and their first offering, the all-single-player Diablo clone Torchlight, has become quite the darling of the PC gaming world complete with full level editing tools. They’re even hard at work on a free-to-play MMO using the Torchlight technology. This is the part where the sleeker, newer, more refined superhuman experiment bursts onto the scene to go head-to-head with the cruder, rougher, older version of itself, but since the Torchlight MMO isn’t due for perhaps a couple of years, Mythos may have something of a head start.

And frankly, if US publisher Redbana can get Mythos it on the market in a stable state before Diablo “we’re not launching in 2010 — or maybe we are” III they could have a good following in the PC gaming crowd before the Torchlight MMO shows up. And here’s where it gets crazy. If both of them succeed on the market before Diablo III hits, then Blizzard might actually have a tiny little problem convincing loot-hungry dungeon crawler players that their game is worth it. At least until the first superb-scoring reviews show up.

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