gnartsch on 4/2/2014 at 20:35
Thief has gone gold ?
I wonder: who decided on that?
Quote:
This means the game will definitely be in the hands of all you aspiring criminal masterminds later this month.
So this means no more then it will be released - or what ?
Sounds like a pretty useless Eidos-internal term for 'ready for release'.
Some more info on that topic by Valerie would have been good. ;)
Will get it anyway, though.
EDIT: Sorry if I am dump, so please bare with me! :cheeky:
yxlplig on 4/2/2014 at 20:38
The certification process to get on the consoles usually takes 2 or 3 months, so the game has probably been content locked since early December.
New Horizon on 4/2/2014 at 20:56
Quote Posted by gnartsch
Thief has gone gold ?
I wonder: who decided on that?
So this means no more then it will be released - or what ?
Sounds like a pretty useless Eidos-internal term for 'ready for release'.
Some more info on that topic by Valerie would have been good. ;)
Will get it anyway, though.
EDIT: Sorry if I am dump, so please bare with me! :cheeky:
Gone gold simply means that the code and assets have been locked down and approved for release. Doesn't really mean the game is stable or that more bugs don't exist, it just means nobody has found them...but that's what initial releases are all about. :)
june gloom on 4/2/2014 at 21:14
Quote Posted by gnartsch
Thief has gone gold ?
I wonder: who decided on that?
So this means no more then it will be released - or what ?
Sounds like a pretty useless Eidos-internal term for 'ready for release'.
Some more info on that topic by Valerie would have been good. ;)
Will get it anyway, though.
EDIT: Sorry if I am dump, so please bare with me! :cheeky:
"Gold" has been in use in the gaming industry to refer to "ready for release" for a long, long time. Probably longer than you've been alive. EM didn't make it up.
Pyrian on 4/2/2014 at 22:16
Master CD's were literally gold plated to improve their longevity.
balbaro on 10/2/2014 at 04:33
Quote Posted by Pyrian
Master CD's were literally gold plated to improve their longevity.
Yes, the term comes from the master cd(s) being fabricated, after that changes where no more possible, at least not without additional expenses.
Hence the term "gone gold"
All this long before the download era started.
Its not a invention from Eidos :)
