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[cutmeister]

I couldn't find any announcement about Mass Effect 2 going gold, a.k.a. being approved for release to manufacture.  Looks like there was some sort of Twitter post about this by a BioWare producer back in late December but looks like that post was quickly deleted.  So, with a week left until the game is scheduled to be on store shelves and available for download I'm just wondering if we're going to get an official "ME2 has gone gold" announcement.

[handheld]

Handheld thinks the game is about a week away so handheld using his immense logic skills and brain power has ascertained that the game has been gold for a while and was announced on the other site.

[GrouchoMarxist]

If the game wasn't gold by now, I would be seriously concerned, man.

[v0rt3x22]

I posted exactly the same thread in the old forums before they closed down - and I was told its gone gold since ages.

[Spaghetti_Ninja]

handheld wrote...

Handheld thinks the game is about a week away so handheld using his immense logic skills and brain power has ascertained that the game has been gold for a while and was announced on the other site.

Yeah, this. It doesn't take immense logic skills to conclude that the game is a week away, so it's PROBABLY gold by now.

[dtye]

Hey, I saw the other "Going Gold" topic on the old forums and had a simple question regarding this...



What does "Going Gold" mean??? (Probably a stupid question, but I'd rather ask and look stupid than continue to be stupid regarding this phrase.)

[cutmeister]

Hey, if anybody can post a link to the official "ME2 gone gold" announcement then by all means please do. It's been a busy month for me and I haven't had a whole lot of time to check on ME2's development status. If not then I hope you recognize that my original question has gone unanswered...

[GrouchoMarxist]

cutmeister wrote...

Hey, if anybody can post a link to the official "ME2 gone gold" announcement then by all means please do. It's been a busy month for me and I haven't had a whole lot of time to check on ME2's development status. If not then I hope you recognize that my original question has gone unanswered...

Hilarious.

[handheld]

Handheld already explained this to you but handheld hears a slight whooshing sound over your head.



http://meforums.biow...14016&forum=144

[Malastare-]

cutmeister wrote...

Hey, if anybody can post a link to the official "ME2 gone gold" announcement then by all means please do. It's been a busy month for me and I haven't had a whole lot of time to check on ME2's development status. If not then I hope you recognize that my original question has gone unanswered...

No, it has been answered.

The idea of a company announcing when a game has "gone gold" is an outdated practice.  In reality, there is almost certainly no single date that could be
given.  There is no master disk. Delivery media production starts before the final images are built.  The images for PC and XBox almost certainly finished on different days, probably weeks apart.  In the case of the XBox game, Bioware would have produced a QA disk months ago in order to pass Microsoft's QA.  The game couldn't be considered "gold" until it passed that QA, but at that point, Bioware was finished with it for quite some time.  So, Bioware probably doesn't even know the day it "went gold".  They don't care.  It has no meaning. 

This is what people are trying to tell you.  The days of the "golden master" are gone.  AAA games pass by this formerly-important-but-now-meaningless day without any pause at all.  For multiplatform games, it has even less meaning, as different platforms need to be ready with different lead times on release.

If it matters to you, there are reports from some stores that they've already received their shipments.  Assuming they are true, this is the best confirmation you're going to get beyond simply trusting Bioware.

[handheld]

Malastare- wrote...

cutmeister wrote...

Hey, if anybody can post a link to the official "ME2 gone gold" announcement then by all means please do. It's been a busy month for me and I haven't had a whole lot of time to check on ME2's development status. If not then I hope you recognize that my original question has gone unanswered...

No, it has been answered.

The idea of a company announcing when a game has "gone gold" is an outdated practice.  In reality, there is almost certainly no single date that could be
given.  There is no master disk. Delivery media production starts before the final images are built.  The images for PC and XBox almost certainly finished on different days, probably weeks apart.  In the case of the XBox game, Bioware would have produced a QA disk months ago in order to pass Microsoft's QA.  The game couldn't be considered "gold" until it passed that QA, but at that point, Bioware was finished with it for quite some time.  So, Bioware probably doesn't even know the day it "went gold".  They don't care.  It has no meaning. 

This is what people are trying to tell you.  The days of the "golden master" are gone.  AAA games pass by this formerly-important-but-now-meaningless day without any pause at all.  For multiplatform games, it has even less meaning, as different platforms need to be ready with different lead times on release.

If it matters to you, there are reports from some stores that they've already received their shipments.  Assuming they are true, this is the best confirmation you're going to get beyond simply trusting Bioware.

Handheld thinks he will be visiting his local k mart soon.

[cutmeister]

I wish handheld would have paid attention to my original post, and is the very Twitter post that the thread handheld provided a link to was started for.

cutmeister wrote...

I couldn't find any announcement about Mass Effect 2 going gold, a.k.a. being approved for release to manufacture.  Looks like there was some sort of Twitter post about this by a BioWare producer back in late December

Malastare wrote...

No, it has been answered.

The idea of a company announcing when a game has "gone gold" is an outdated practice.

Really?  That is quite curious as the last BioWare game release got a "gone gold" press release.  I guess the practice must have been retired since last October 23.
www.ea.com/news/dragon-age-origins-goes-gold-on-all-platforms

[Naltair]

Well they didn't announce it for Mass Effect 2 but it must be gold by now since the game launches in less than a week.

[Phoenixblight]

Naltair wrote...

Well they didn't announce it for Mass Effect 2 but it must be gold by now since the game launches in less than a week.

They did announce it went gold just not on a good week which was the week of CHristmas two days before Xmas.

[Naltair]

Well there you go, I thought that tweet got deleted though?

[ExarKun00720]

A clear sign a game went gold is also when they reviewers have copies to review, they don't usually get them till the game goes gold or just shortly before it goes gold.

[Phoenixblight]

Naltair wrote...

Well there you go, I thought that tweet got deleted though?

It did. I think they meant to make an announcement for it but forgot. Chris a couple weeks later stated the game went gold in a thread just like this.

[GnusmasTHX]

ExarKun00720 wrote...

A clear sign a game went gold is also when they reviewers have copies to review, they don't usually get them till the game goes gold or just shortly before it goes gold.

Also when its release date is exactly a week away.

[ExarKun00720]

Chris Priestly

link of Chris saying it's Gold as well.

[ExarKun00720]

GnusmasTHX wrote...

ExarKun00720 wrote...

A clear sign a game went gold is also when they reviewers have copies to review, they don't usually get them till the game goes gold or just shortly before it goes gold.

Also when its release date is exactly a week away.

True, just giving extra creedance to the whole it's been gold for awhile thing.

[Jerryk72]

http://meforums.biow...&highlight=gold

Fourth reply down Chris Priestly confirmed it was gold..

Modifié par Jerryk72, 20 janvier 2010 - 03:06 .

[Veen130]

Yes, ME2 has gone gold. Something that Splinter Cell Conviction wont ever achieve.

[cutmeister]

Thanks to ExarKun00720 and Jerryk72 for the links.  I guess no "gone gold" press release for ME2 but Mr. Priestly confirming ME2 is golden works just as well for me.  In the end the only thing that I really care about is getting my hands on ME2 next week.