Gone Gold

[K-Rock]

What exactly does gone gold mean. on the main page it says commandos 2 has gone gold. i would like to know what it means. thanks.

K-Rock

[bwn82k]

Originally posted by K-Rock
What exactly does gone gold mean. on the main page it says commandos 2 has gone gold. i would like to know what it means. thanks.

K-Rock

My first assumption would define 'gold' as the number of game copies sold. I think it's categorized as Silver, Gold, and Platinum. Like a 'bling bling' rapper going platinum means they sold over 1 million album copies.

[SlightlySycho]

I think it's the term used for a game that has finished development, but hasn't yet been produced. The programming for the game is done, but commercial copies still need to be made. In any case, it means that the game is only a few weeks from being released.

[K-Rock]

thanks guys any other reasons?

[wweomaniac]

Gone gold means gone into production. Started production of the game, but it may not be done yet.

http://www.gonegold.com
http://www.consolegold.com

you can find a lot of information on games that have gone gold in those websites. that's where I got all my release date information

[StonedRock]

The term means that the game is done and is ready to begin production (making the CDs or DVDs). It is called this because the master disk is (or was usually) gold colored.