In what might end up being a rare development moment involving Valve, the company announces it will be speeding up development for their upcoming MMO-like DOTA 2 game for PC.
Original plans were to take all of 2012 just for multiple betas and planning unrelated to actual development of the game but the company decided to focus on a faster schedule without sacrificing any quality put towards the game.
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Dota 2 designer and one of the original minds behind Dota, Icefrog, broke down the upcoming plans for Dota 2 in a blog post.
The "plan" was to spend the next year or so in beta, ironing out the game's kinks with the community, with an official release later.
"We’ve also seen that the folks who are already in the beta are chomping at the bit to show everyone else some of the fun games they’ve had," said Icefrog. "So we decided our original plan was dumb."
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Valve will still hold a beta for the game as part of the testing and tweaking process but to update the beta in real-time so that beta testers can actually see the changes as they occur and give accurate feedback.
The beta will initially contain only the stuff shown during the recent Gamescom but new stuff and characters will be added with each new update. Valve also mentioned unlike most betas, they will be providing tools to allow users to take screenshots and videos to show-off to the rest of the public with no restrictions by Valve.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/valve-...lay-soon/3690/
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2) The ESRB confirms Chrono Cross and Final Fantasy Origins will be arriving on PSN in the near future. Earlier in the week a mix up by Sony stated the games were meant to arrive this week while Square-Enix did not have the games on their release schedule for the month.
3) One day after the real motive for Sony's change in terms was revealed, Electronic Arts confirms the newest terms to their Origin services includes a no class-action lawsuit clause. Unlike Sony's clause, EA's clause both covers all forms of lawsuits and the opt-out timer started when the terms were updated instead of when a user installs the software.
http://kotaku.com/5843178/remember-e...ue-them-either