Penny Arcade Ep. 2 Gets $15 Price Tag, New Trailer

October 1, 2008 2:01 PM

Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness Episode 2, featuring a healthy dose of "two-dimensionality," has gone gold.

The adventures of Tycho and Gabe will soon continue, as Hothead's comedy-RPG is complete and being prepared for release. The game is set to release as a digital download on PC for $14.95 and on the Xbox Live Marketplace for 1200 Microsoft Points ($15), marking a $5 drop over the price of the first episode. A PlayStation Network release is soon to follow, presumably at the same price.

While a concrete release date was not announced, a game "going gold" usually implies that it will be released soon. To mark the occasion, Hothead released a new trailer for the episode.

Blake Ellison

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AgentPothead

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October 1, 2008 2:23 PM

"Going gold" means the master disc was sent off to be reproduced. How is that even possible for a game that's only getting digital distribution?
- zerog83
  
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  October 1, 2008 2:28 PM
  
  "Going gold" simply means that the game can be sent off for reproduction. It's more of a term used to say "our project has passed all QA requirements and is in a working state to be released."
- [deleted] 385216531
  
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  October 1, 2008 2:28 PM
  
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- bashildy@speakeasy.net
  
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  October 1, 2008 3:05 PM
  
  You can still produce the gold master disc without needing replication :/ Gold will probably continue to be an industry term for when the game has been finalized regardless of medium.
- DrZettl
  
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  October 1, 2008 3:48 PM
  
  At work, management has deemed the first client release of our software is the 'Golden Release'. I think they got their terms all jumbled up.
  - SenorSpine
    
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    October 1, 2008 5:46 PM
    
    hahaha sounds hot tbqh