Torchlight 3 has entered Early Access today. The news was announced during the PC Gaming 2020 early this morning.

The news came with an Early Acces trailer for Torchlight 3 as well as a post-trailer interview between Echtra Games CEO Max Schaefer and host Sean Plott.

It sounds like fort-building is going to be a big focus of Torchlight 3 and with the multiplayer component being the only way to play (currently) in the Early Access, you’ll probably spend a bunch of time in friends forts.

Taken from the Steam page:

“Early Access will begin with 4 playable classes, 2 complete Acts, dozens of quests, a player-created custom Fort feature (complete with enchanting, resource refining, and storage), over 100 Legendary items, and a myriad of weapons, areas, and boss battles.

Early Access is only available in Multiplayer mode. Players will be able to play in groups of four and share certain public spaces in the game (like towns) with other players – up to 40 per instance.

Will there be a wipe?

Yes. At the end of Early Access there will be a wipe so that we can continue to aggressively test new features and bug fixes. Players who purchase the Early Access version will retain their copy of the game – this will be an account/character wipe only.”