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The Dev and the Hotfix

Posted April 28th, 2008 by Morvelaira

A day in the life of a Dev.

Everquest 2 Associate Producer Jennifer "Kirstie" Gerull gives us an inside look at the lifecycle timeline of a hotfix.

Game Update 44 just went out the door two weeks ago. During the time it was sitting on the Test Servers, developers were turning around fixes for bugs faster than I had ever seen before. But there is nothing like having thousands of people try out a new zone or a new feature for a couple minutes to find the things we missed or didn’t think of faster than you can say “oops.”

Read the full Dev Diary at Station.com.


EverQuest 2 Details

    Windows
  • Developer: Sony Online Entertainment
  • Genre: High Fantasy
  • Status: Published
  • Official Website
  • Official Forums
  • Retail Price: $19.99
  • Monthly Fee: $14.99
  • Release Date: November 8, 2004

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