SEGA has confirmed Alien: Isolation has gone gold ahead of release, and launched the first in a new series of trailers to celebrate. For those not in the know, "gone gold" means work on th... Alien: Isolation Has Gone Gold
The good thing (as a comparison) is that A:CM was in development hell for a while and was basically seen as a failure before it was done. But the economical investment into it had been quite "chunky" and it was quickly finished to regain some of that investment. This on the other hand seems to have a pure idea, a pure execution and quite the confidence in the product. A good sign.
Isn't it bad that he has to state what "gone gold" means. Shows how companies fail to release a finished product.
Well, pre-order and day one purchases are two typical unfair situations for gamers: it's better to stay away from those and buy when there is a better price to service quality ratio like during digital delivery discounts, especially after the game have got a good amount of patches and the graphical drivers were enhanced with proper optimizations