the release date

[sauro brusch]

Is possible to konw when the game is ready?

[Terminus]

There's not going to be a game. We've been playing the world's longest-running practical joke on the rest of you.

[joey]

I knew it. I knew it. I thought that was what you were doing! I bet BOB and BTR is doing the same.

[tocaff]

Since I won't have to spend any money on this phantom product I can invest in something really good, like........

[Grotius]

Sauro, there's talk of release by the end of the year, but Matrix hasn't set a release date, so it could be longer. I'm still holding out hope we'll see it by December 7...

[Terminus]

I'm telling you, it's all a gag...

[Rossj]

Someone said it will be out about a month after it goes gold
Whether that is true or not, what does going gold mean?

[Nomad]

ORIGINAL: Rossj

Someone said it will be out about a month after it goes gold
Whether that is true or not, what does going gold mean?

after you pay Joe $500,000USD [:D]

[MadmanRick]

ORIGINAL: Rossj

Someone said it will be out about a month after it goes gold
Whether that is true or not, what does going gold mean?

"Going Gold" essentially means that the game has reached its final pre-release revision and is sent to the manufacturer to be put on disc and shipped to the distributors.

[m10bob]

ORIGINAL: Rossj

Someone said it will be out about a month after it goes gold
Whether that is true or not, what does going gold mean?

This is "going gold".

[undercovergeek]

a few months ago (blimey, it seems like a few months ago!)andymac confirmed that even if it went gold today there would be a 3 month wait - and said he still hoped to get AE out in 2008 - that would hopefully mean you had a good idea of where you were in September, and as its nearly September, im just asking if you have any info...... on the assumption that terminus isnt right obviously!!!

[Terminus]

There's no AE, but if there was, the time from Gold to release isn't necessarily three months. The exact prediction was 30-90 days.

[undercovergeek]

i know theres no official AE - i just mean the pretend one we're all waiting for.

Are you still a beta tester by the way?

[Terminus]

Hypothetically, I'm a scenario designer for this non-existent product. Never been a beta tester.

[PaulWRoberts]

Is the wait after Going Gold still the same for the digital download version?

[Terminus]

That IS the wait for the DD version.

[m10bob]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

That IS the wait for the DD version.

(IF there were one.)

[Terminus]

Which there isn't.

[undercovergeek]

so..............

1. it doesnt exist - check
2. noones working on it - check
3. this isnt a 'whens it out question' - check

..... as september approaches are things still looking 2008-y?

[Terminus]

Well, if there was a game (which there's not), the development team (which doesn't exist, and of which I'm certainly not a member) would definitely try their hardest to finish the job before the end of the year. But that's all strictly academic, of course.