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February 2012

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Feb 14 - Valentine's Day

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[TheContact]

http://na.square-enix.com/sc2/

God I love those flags.

[Surtur]

Man, that music is pretty sweet.

So what kind of role does Square actually play in the development of this?  Or are they just publishing it?

[TheContact]

Yep, they are publishing it and handling marketing, and providing some direction as to what kind of game they want, but it's being designed and developed completely by us.

[Surtur]

So... did they actually request more zippers?

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Seriously, though, I'm kind of curious (assuming you are willing/allowed to talk about it)... what kind of direction did they want, and did it ever conflict at all with what you guys wanted, or... did they ever ask for anything wacky?  Or was it just something really boring, like their recommendations were all really useful and you appreciated their input immensely?  Yawn.

[TheContact]

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Ha, I can't say much really.  But they did provide a lot of the impetus to drive towards are more narrative-heavy focus for the game, and it's really been for the better imo.

Though as a general rule, publishers quite often ask for wacky things, and there's always a degree of conflict, and that's just kinda the name of the game in the industry.  Total autonomy is a luxury reserved for the entirely self-funded.