“Our original plan was to spend the next year or so in beta, adding new features and slowly growing the number of heroes until we reached a level of parity with Dota 1, at which point we’d release Dota 2 to the world,” the post says. “But the feedback we’re seeing everywhere is that people just want to play it, even though there’s still a ton of heroes yet to be implemented. 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. So we decided our original plan was dumb.”
So there’s been a change.
“Welcome to the new plan: We’re going to take the current version of Dota 2, which has The International set of heroes, and get it out there as fast as we can.”
That means a more public beta is on the fast track. You’ll still need to sign up for an invite, but the number of people invited is going to ramp up.
As an added bonus, those in the beta are now no longer forbidden from taking screenshots and videos, so expect to see a lot more of that stuff in the weeks to come.
I Said Good Day Sir! [Dota 2]
Trjn
Friday, September 23, 2011 at 12:37 PMinb4 Harli declares a need for a clean pair of pants.
Harli
Friday, September 23, 2011 at 12:48 PMMY PLAN HAS BEEN FOILED
Trjn
Friday, September 23, 2011 at 12:52 PMIt’s tempting to say that I saw you coming from a mile away… but given my original comment there are implications attached to that statement that I had not originally intended.
Jamesmag
Friday, September 23, 2011 at 12:56 PMHahahahaha! You must have great vision Bunny :p all those carrots hey?
Virus__
Friday, September 23, 2011 at 6:44 PMDon’t you mean, soiled Harli? :P
Why am I only seeing this article now? Why.
Pox
Friday, September 23, 2011 at 12:38 PMOooOooo hope I get an invite soon. Just what the doctor ordered.
Jo
Friday, September 23, 2011 at 12:45 PMSweet.
Cymelion
Friday, September 23, 2011 at 12:49 PM“Our original plan was to spend the next year or so in beta, adding new features and slowly growing the number of heroes until we reached a level of parity with Dota 1, at which point we’d release Dota 2 to the world,” the post says. “But the feedback we’re seeing everywhere is that people just want to play it, even though there’s still a ton of heroes yet to be implemented. 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. So we decided our original plan was dumb.”
Further proof that Half Life 2 Episode 3 is abandonded – Why else would they fail to provide any update to it’s status.
Lanky Mikey
Friday, September 23, 2011 at 5:26 PMI think it is pretty safe to say at this point that they must be developing a new engine for the next game in the Half Life series.
Portal 2 still looked pretty amazing, but it appeared that Valve was really pushing that current iteration of the Source engine to the limit.
Anyway cant go wrong with larger public Beta test. Win / Win for everyone.
Factic McFacty
Friday, September 23, 2011 at 9:41 PMPeople have said that about the last several source games, and each successive release has a better version of source.
Don’t underestimate the work required to create software from scratch, or the value of having mature, reliable components.
matt
Friday, September 23, 2011 at 11:19 PMyeah, slightly unrelated but banks run off 50 year old software often, just sayin. if its not worth updating they just dont do it
CecilB
Friday, September 23, 2011 at 2:36 PMHalf-Life: Episode 3 is an Urban Myth….. like Duke Nukem Forever.
m
Saturday, September 24, 2011 at 9:10 AMReleasing earlier than first thought?
THIS ISN’T VALVE!