Quake Wars, Mass Effect go gold

Author: Joe Martin
Published: 31st August 2007
Comments (11) Stumble
Mass Effect, Halo 3 and Quake Wars all going gold in just two days? It's good to be a gamer.

Mass Effect, Halo 3 and Quake Wars all going gold in just two days? It's good to be a gamer.

It's that time of year again - the one we gamers call the Gold Rush, where the announcements begin to flow in thick and fast about the years best games 'going gold'.

What does that mean? Well, the game is now out of internal development (Alpha stage), has hurdled through the public and private testing stages (Beta) and had reached the penultimate stage of development, dubbed Gold stage. The code is now being sent off to the game-making pixies who handcarve game CDs and DVDs out of a mineral known only as 'Awesomite'. When that's all done, the game will finally be available for sale.

Yesterday, Halo 3 pushed through to the gold stage, sending fanboys everywhere into a dizzying frenzy. Today, Quake Wars: Enemy Territory and Mass Effect join the crowd of Q4 games.

Quake Wars is scheduled to be hitting shelves across Europe and Australia on September 28th and, as you'll know if you read our hands-on preview and developer interview earlier this year, the game looks to be pretty damn good.

Not only does it have a strong focus on co-operation between the multiple classes, but the use of structures and super-weapons gives the game a real strategic feel.

Mass Effect meanwhile is the highly anticipated Xbox 360 RPG from BioWare, the makers of Knights of the Old Republic. An epic space saga set across an entire galaxy in the distant future, the game combines RPG and tactical elements in it's beautiful third-person perspective.

Which game do you favour, Halo 3, Mass Effect or Quake Wars? What other games are you looking forward too this year? Let us know in the forums.
Quote HugoB 31st August 2007, 13:32
The word your all looking for is: huzzah!
Quote Henk 31st August 2007, 13:57
Mass Effect would be nice to play... if it was on PC :(
Have you guys heard anything at all about that?
Quote steveo_mcg 31st August 2007, 14:02
I'm really looking forward to QW, can't wait.
Quote DougEdey 31st August 2007, 14:04
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Originally Posted by Da Dego

Mass Effect for the 360.

Quote sunny_man 31st August 2007, 14:45
I really like the look of ET:QW... I need a new computer... ;(
Quote Bungle 31st August 2007, 17:10
Would be nice if we could organise a squad of Bit Tech boys to hit the Quake wars servers :D Would be like the Mods Vs the Rockers
Quote Tim S 31st August 2007, 17:13
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Originally Posted by steveo_mcg
I'm really looking forward to QW, can't wait.

QFT!!
Quote Korvaz 31st August 2007, 17:37
The beta for QW is fun. I play as Korvaz, all in bloooo. Love the strogg kit, and have recently taken to trying out the aircraft. Tormentor is great fun!
Quote Hypno 31st August 2007, 20:28
I wont be buying QW didn't like the betas at all.
Quote completemadness 1st September 2007, 17:51
i wish i had got into the ET:QW beta, i really wanna try it :(
Quote djDEATH 3rd September 2007, 10:52
i've been waiting for this game for over a year now, finally my pretty much defunct graphics card will have another use.

I gave up on the battlefield series when i lost all my upgrades a few months back.
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