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Re: 2013 Game Hint!

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Originally Posted by bardd View Post
Didn't they design 2014's game already? I've heard rumors claiming they design games two years in advance ever since 2009.
AFAIK, 2 years in advance was a fiction in 2009. It wasn't until at least 2011 that they started doing that.

As I understand it, it goes like this (we'll just go with the 2013/2014 games):
Kickoff 2012 happens. At that time, 2013 is well under development. Sometime around the end of the competition, 2013 starts the refining process (applying 2012 lessons and some tweaks) and 2014 starts the conceptual phase. Right about now, they'd still be in development on 2014, while making sure they have all their ducks in a row for 2013 Kickoff.

So, no, 2014 isn't designed, it's in development. I'd bet that 2013 is designed but not quite fully tweaked. 2015 is barely being thought of... yet.

At least, that's what I remember the process being, or something like that.
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