Det er et nokså pompøst uttrykk, men det er likefullt normen i bransjen. Storspillet Destiny er nå ferdigutviklet og sendt til masseproduksjon, og det har derfor oppnådd det man kaller gullstatus.
At spillet har gått til gull betyr at det er i rute til lanseringsdagen den 9. september, og i mellomtiden skal utviklerne hos Bungie begynne å se på spillets fremtid:
- This week at Bungie, we entered the home stretch. Have we said that before? Feels like it. The development of Destiny has been a race with many milestones. All along the way, there was always a feeling that this team was sprinting from one finish line to the next. Another new build. A live fire exercise with friends and family. A mass public showcase. Now, we're very close to launch - the final weeks. This next milestone carries a heavier weight of finality. Destiny is Gold. Discs are being pressed and packed into crates, skriver studioet på sine egne nettsider.
Videre påpekes det at teamet kommer til å fortsette å støtte spillet etter lanseringen, med oppdateringer og DLC-pakker, før de etterhvert begynner arbeidet med det neste kapitlet i sagaen:
- Destiny is done, in some respects. Even now, so close to the end, it still feels like we're just getting started. Have we said that before, too? As the saying goes: This is not even our final form. Though Destiny may be basking in the gold light of release, we're already looking ahead to the next milestone, and the next one after that. So, the launch of Destiny on September 9th is an end, but it is also a beginning. How we'll keep things lively on the frontier is a longer conversation - the sort of thing you could base an entire discussion around - a conversation that we hope is long and fruitful and just getting started in its own right, avslutter Bungie.
Interessen rundt Destiny-betaen vitner om et spill med store ting foran seg. Er du gira på lanseringen av den ferdige versjonen?