Dustin Browder Archive

  • The Game Developers Conference (GDC) Online was held through October 5-8, 2010 at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas. The event had the presence of some Blizzard developers including Battle.net Project Director Greg Canessa. A few Diablo III and Starcraft II interviews are starting to pour into the internet. Starcraft II Gamespot: Next Starcraft II Due Early 2012? Dustin Browder: Zerg Balance Plans Gamasutra: Battle.net’s Canessa – Building Gaming Networks Diablo III EuroGamer: Designing...

    GDC 2010 Round Up

    Posted on October 8, 2010 | No Comments
    The Game Developers Conference (GDC) Online was held through October 5-8, 2010 at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas. The event had the presence of some Blizzard developers including Battle.net Project Director Greg Canessa. A few Diablo III and Starcraft II interviews are starting to pour into the internet. Starcraft II Gamespot: Next Starcraft II Due Early 2012? Dustin Browder: Zerg Balance Plans Gamasutra: Battle.net’s Canessa – Building Gaming Networks Diablo III EuroGamer: Designing...

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  • GiantBomb interviewed Dustin Browder at the studios recently to discuss race balance, whether there are units that will be removed or not. The developers are seeing several game situations, things they didn’t foresee players coming up with like a Queen rush on Protoss players who aren’t effective that early at blocking chokepoints and protecting the base. The Queen’s speed will be nerfed to prevent Queen rush. Dustin also talks about the single player’s Challenge mode.

    StarCraft II: GIantBomb interviews Dustin Browder

    Posted on April 30, 2010 | No Comments
    GiantBomb interviewed Dustin Browder at the studios recently to discuss race balance, whether there are units that will be removed or not. The developers are seeing several game situations, things they didn’t foresee players coming up with like a Queen rush on Protoss players who aren’t effective that early at blocking chokepoints and protecting the base. The Queen’s speed will be nerfed to prevent Queen rush. Dustin also talks about the single player’s Challenge mode.

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  • The Starcraft II Beta Developer Twitter Chat # 1 revealed several details about beta testing. Blizzard plans to release a major content patch mid-April to enable some basic achievements and improved voice chat, 3v3 and 4v4 maps, among other unidentified features. A Mac beta client will be available in April, when it’s ready. The Map Editor will be out before late-April. No new races are planned for the three episodes of Starcraft II. The roach,...

    Starcraft II Beta Developer Chat # 1 Transcript

    Posted on March 12, 2010 | 1 Comment
    The Starcraft II Beta Developer Twitter Chat # 1 revealed several details about beta testing. Blizzard plans to release a major content patch mid-April to enable some basic achievements and improved voice chat, 3v3 and 4v4 maps, among other unidentified features. A Mac beta client will be available in April, when it’s ready. The Map Editor will be out before late-April. No new races are planned for the three episodes of Starcraft II. The roach,...

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  • Many Gaming Sites visited Blizzard Entertainment this past week and now that the NDA has been lifted, you can see a plethora of interviews and coverage hit the netwaves around the world.  We will be collecting as many links to these as possible. Check back often for updates.  I recommend the Shacknews interview. Dustin spills the beans on four missions of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty single-player.  Each campaign mission will be a mini-game on...

    2009 StarCraft II Pre-Beta Gaming Sites Summit Round Up

    Posted on June 28, 2009 | No Comments
    Many Gaming Sites visited Blizzard Entertainment this past week and now that the NDA has been lifted, you can see a plethora of interviews and coverage hit the netwaves around the world.  We will be collecting as many links to these as possible. Check back often for updates.  I recommend the Shacknews interview. Dustin spills the beans on four missions of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty single-player.  Each campaign mission will be a mini-game on...

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  • Dustin Browder prepared a brief FAQ concerning Closed Beta date and the upcoming Battle Report.  There is no ETA on beta, but the Battle Report was finished last week. They are adding some video of the latest graphic improvements to some units. There is no date for the Battle Report, but it sounds like we will have some love in upcoming weeks prior to beta. Blizzard Quote: I see lots of questions about timelines. Here...

    Starcraft 2 Beta and Battle Report 2 FAQ

    Posted on February 16, 2009 | No Comments
    Dustin Browder prepared a brief FAQ concerning Closed Beta date and the upcoming Battle Report.  There is no ETA on beta, but the Battle Report was finished last week. They are adding some video of the latest graphic improvements to some units. There is no date for the Battle Report, but it sounds like we will have some love in upcoming weeks prior to beta. Blizzard Quote: I see lots of questions about timelines. Here...

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