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[freeformschooler]

Do you think they might be holding back on a big announcement while they sort out the "leak"?

I think it's more likely that the game is a lot more "done" than they anticipated for right now, so they re pushing to wrap it up altogether before pushing it to us. I also think they are going to underestimate the amount of bugs/hardware incompatibility that the game will have.

That's what the beta is for, no?

[mr. macduggan]

Do you think they're just waiting for insomnia gaming festival to release beta?

[Baneling]

1) I dearly, sorely hope not.
2) Considering the state of the progress updates, it sounds like they're much, much closer to releasing beta than that, since IGF is in nearly a full month. It would be a dick move to wait that long and I daresay they'd realize that.

[Darkmere]

Yeah that's the thing. I think they'd put it off just to keep dropping more stuff in and use the con as a debut regardless. Just speculation on my part, though.

[mr. macduggan]

Tiy just told everybody to subscribe to the August newsletter that is coming out tomorrow on twitter. I have a feeling big news is in the letter! 

[Neonivek]

I somehow bet they are waiting for bosses to be complete.

[miauw62]

Tiy just told everybody to subscribe to the August newsletter that is coming out tomorrow on twitter. I have a feeling big news is in the letter! 

I'm so sorry. I've just been waiting for a chance to use this.

[hemmingjay]

Hopefully it is about the release date and not just more talk about the new deal with Sony.

[Frumple]

... Sony? Ugh.

Still have a bit of a grudge against Sony 'cause of how they (or SOE, at least) handled Infantry

Didn't notice anything about that in the updates or newsletter, though. mumblemutter

[freeformschooler]

Be sure to keep up with Tiy's Twitter. It contains lots of important information!

[hemmingjay]

... Sony? Ugh.

Still have a bit of a grudge against Sony 'cause of how they (or SOE, at least) handled Infantry

Didn't notice anything about that in the updates or newsletter, though. mumblemutter

It's about Playstation.

[Frumple]

Yeah, noticed after FFS's post th'twitter was talking about such things. Less of a concern, there. Especially if Sony's involvement doesn't extend into in the PC version and th'SOE branch stays the blazes away.

[freeformschooler]

The general consensus wherever they post about it seems to be "gimme Vita version gimme." Which makes sense. I mean, if you just wanted to play Starbound, you could easily do it on your PC, but a handheld edition is a whole different ball game.

[hemmingjay]

It seems to make sense to release it on PS4 since it allows you to stream any game to your vita. It allows a broader market and I'm not entirely sure the Vita has the horsepower to handle Starbound on it's own.
I am waiting to see if nVidia's Shield will stream it from my pc, if so, I may use that. Sony and I have some bad blood and I would rather not have to buy this next gen of hardware from them.

edit: No release date. Nothing notable at all really. I guess they are going to sit on this until it's feature complete. I have no information and haven't heard from my friend in days. http://playstarbound.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/sbchronicleaugust2013.html

[Skyrunner]

He must have been silenced by the Auditors.