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Gold Date?

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Post Wed Jan 29, 2003 9:29 pm

Gold Date?

Just a quick question to all you moderators or anyone else with a bit of inside
Knowledge....
does anyone know when the game will go gold?.
Other games I have followed in the past have normally gone gold about
a month before the actual release date, so if a 6th March release date
is to be believed it should go gold within a week?
or is this maybe a bit of wishfull thinking?.........

Post Wed Jan 29, 2003 9:36 pm

I may be wrong, but this think a question that would fall under Non Disclosure Agreement and even if it didn't it should. We'll all find out soon enough I'm sure.

Post Wed Jan 29, 2003 9:45 pm

No Stinger. Check out www.gonegold.com. It is on the road to gold. The website shows it as an alpha. Still under developement.

Not gold yet.

I came. I saw. I conquered. And sometimes get conquered.

Post Wed Jan 29, 2003 9:49 pm

Alpha??? More like the late stages of Beta!

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Post Wed Jan 29, 2003 10:22 pm

You should expect the game to go gold approximatly a month prior to the announced release dates, which should be something like early next month...

Best Regards
Christian "Bargib" Koerner
Editor in Chief, The Lancers Reactor

Post Wed Jan 29, 2003 10:27 pm

You can see games going gold up to about 2 weeks before release. That's about how long it takes to get the CDs pressed and boxed up, and shipped out to retailers.

Post Wed Jan 29, 2003 10:30 pm

Sar: MS is a tad slower than that...

Best Regards
Christian "Bargib" Koerner
Editor in Chief, The Lancers Reactor

Post Wed Jan 29, 2003 11:24 pm

Welcome back Gibby. Hope the trip was pleasant.

I came. I saw. I conquered. And sometimes get conquered.

Post Wed Jan 29, 2003 11:55 pm

Not home yet Just keeping an eye on you guys, and that you don't make the place into a mess while I'm away

Best Regards
Christian "Bargib" Koerner
Editor in Chief, The Lancers Reactor

Post Thu Jan 30, 2003 2:16 am

...too late
but gibbys right.. it should be gold around mid february

...Just a random thought from a random mind

Post Thu Jan 30, 2003 2:31 am

how long from going gold to being on store shelves? a month?

I rule the world incognito!

Post Thu Jan 30, 2003 2:43 am

Usually it's a month after going gold. I have seen a few games do it in as little as 1.5 - 2 weeks, but usually it's a month. Though you may be waiting even longer if you live outside the US, which im sorry to say that I do. I'm pretty sure if FL is released in the States on the 6th of March I probably won't see it in Australia till at least the 15th. Still it's not that far off now!

Post Thu Jan 30, 2003 8:25 pm

great, thanks for the info guys. I suppose as soon as it has gone gold
Bargib or one of the others will post the news here on the home page?

Post Fri Jan 31, 2003 12:20 am

You bet they will, but even if they don't you can guarentee someone will post the news on the forum.

Post Sat Feb 01, 2003 10:12 pm

definitely...everyone here will be posting and gloating about how they got there game... just look for the freelancer tactics/help forum and you know it's out
man, things are really heating up around here... can't wait for march... anyone have a time machine???
Phoenix out
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