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StarCraft II Pre-Beta Lead Designer Interview

Posted: June 29, 2009
StarCraft II Pre-Beta Lead Designer Interview
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As part of our StarCraft II preview coverage, we sit down with lead designer Dustin Browder to get an update on the game's pre-beta status as well as the future for Blizzard's RTS.
  • Eddyperson

    He said they are going to have the beta for 6 months and they haven't brought it out yet. Didn't they say the game was going to be out by the end of the year?

    Posted: July 13, 2009 3:29 PM | Reply | Report
    Eddyperson
  • kever

    Does anybody have a idea about WHEN the beta's coming out?

    Posted: July 6, 2009 10:07 PM | Reply | Report
    kever
  • nykkk

    The game looks beautiful an come on please release this quickly

    Posted: July 6, 2009 10:14 AM | Reply | Report
    nykkk
  • Motorhead151

    This needs to come out, and I need a better computer for it. NOW BLIZZARD THEN GET CRACKING ON DIABLO 3!!!

    Posted: July 5, 2009 10:25 PM | Reply | Report
    Motorhead151
  • kkotd

    Jack... Even if that was true, though it's not, it would quite possibly be the most idiotic move that EA could possibly make... Revenues are going to peak around Winter Holiday and then probably crash. A lot of games will probably get canceled and most companies will either be bought out or close up... This is why none of the big 3 are releasing consoles right now or even planning on doing so. They need to get as much money to brace themselves for what's to come.

    As for SC2, Blizzard will be fine, they have WoW money to go through a near world ending Armageddon and still be making games. For them releasing games? I'm not complaining, hell I probably won't even buy SC2 until the entire trilogy comes out because I actually want to be able to play the entire game at once, not in small episodic bits... We already saw what happened when we did that with Half-Life, we get screwed and have to wait 6 years for the last episode...

    If anything, I would like to know if either that gameplay footage was sped up or if that's truly how fast the units move. Mainly because, in that footage it certainly looked like Zerg was heavily overbalanced again, just like it is in the first game. I'm sorry but a squad of Zergs should not be able to take out a squad of units plus two siege vehicles... Then again he said that Protoss were the weakest so far, so maybe it's just that they suck too much right now...

    Read more: http://g4tv.com/videos/39544/S tarCraft_II_PreBeta_Lead_Desig ner_Interview/#ixzz0KRaA20Ns&a mp;C

    Posted: July 5, 2009 7:51 PM | Reply | Report
    kkotd
  • kkotd

    Jack... Even if that was true, though it's not, it would quite possibly be the most idiotic move that EA could possibly make... Revenues are going to peak around Winter Holiday and then probably crash. A lot of games will probably get canceled and most companies will either be bought out or close up... This is why none of the big 3 are releasing consoles right now or even planning on doing so. They need to get as much money to brace themselves for what's to come.

    As for SC2, Blizzard will be fine, they have WoW money to go through a near world ending Armageddon and still be making games. For them releasing games? I'm not complaining, hell I probably won't even buy SC2 until the entire trilogy comes out because I actually want to be able to play the entire game at once, not in small episodic bits... We already saw what happened when we did that with Half-Life, we get screwed and have to wait 6 years for the last episode...

    If anything, I would like to know if either that gameplay footage was sped up or if that's truly how fast the units move. Mainly because, in that footage it certainly looked like Zerg was heavily overbalanced again, just like it is in the first game. I'm sorry but a squad of Zergs should not be able to take out a squad of units plus two siege vehicles... Then again he said that Protoss were the weakest so far, so maybe it's just that they suck too much right now...

    Read more: http://g4tv.com/videos/39544/S tarCraft_II_PreBeta_Lead_Desig ner_Interview/#ixzz0KRaA20Ns&a mp;C

    Posted: July 5, 2009 7:51 PM | Reply | Report
    kkotd
  • kkotd

    Jack... Even if that was true, though it's not, it would quite possibly be the most idiotic move that EA could possibly make... Revenues are going to peak around Winter Holiday and then probably crash. A lot of games will probably get canceled and most companies will either be bought out or close up... This is why none of the big 3 are releasing consoles right now or even planning on doing so. They need to get as much money to brace themselves for what's to come.

    As for SC2, Blizzard will be fine, they have WoW money to go through a near world ending Armageddon and still be making games. For them releasing games? I'm not complaining, hell I probably won't even buy SC2 until the entire trilogy comes out because I actually want to be able to play the entire game at once, not in small episodic bits... We already saw what happened when we did that with Half-Life, we get screwed and have to wait 6 years for the last episode...

    If anything, I would like to know if either that gameplay footage was sped up or if that's truly how fast the units move. Mainly because, in that footage it certainly looked like Zerg was heavily overbalanced again, just like it is in the first game. I'm sorry but a squad of Zergs should not be able to take out a squad of units plus two siege vehicles... Then again he said that Protoss were the weakest so far, so maybe it's just that they suck too much right now...

    Posted: July 5, 2009 7:50 PM | Reply | Report
    kkotd
  • jamaa115n

    come on they have been work on that game for over 4 years, for the love of god i am sick of seeing game play, get the game out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Posted: July 5, 2009 1:04 PM | Reply | Report
    jamaa115n
  • JackWoltz

    note eliminate the space between images and hack

    Posted: July 1, 2009 4:02 PM | Reply | Report
    JackWoltz
  • JackWoltz

    http://img132.images hack.us/img132/7155/mist.png
    I won't say much of this. I'm just telling u the i got a close relative (kinda) that work in this art with EA so he sent it to me in a msn conversation. So i figured that it'll be cool for everybody to know what's coming to u. For what i hear, I'm spoiling one of the biggest not so secrets of the gaming business.

    Posted: July 1, 2009 4:02 PM | Reply | Report
    JackWoltz
  • Captaincel

    So we're not going to have massive armies like before?

    Posted: June 29, 2009 11:32 PM | Reply | Report
    Captaincel
  • micrapple

    Definitely going to buy until D3 show up.

    Posted: June 29, 2009 6:50 PM | Reply | Report
    micrapple
  • Spybreak

    Glad you can finally select every unit, that was a pain in the original.

    Posted: June 29, 2009 2:03 PM | Reply | Report
    Spybreak
  • omegaplayer88

    i am still waiting for my Blizzcon beta key invite. we are the 1st to ty it yey lol.

    Posted: June 29, 2009 11:41 AM | Reply | Report
    omegaplayer88
  • L33tcakes

    god i hate you, just when i got SC2 off the brain, you put it back in. good interview though

    Posted: June 29, 2009 4:48 AM | Reply | Report
    L33tcakes
  • goodshadow

    can't wait to play

    Posted: June 29, 2009 4:45 AM | Reply | Report
    goodshadow
  • Iight

    looks beautiful

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    Posted: June 29, 2009 3:34 AM | Reply | Report
    Iight

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