Gotham Knights Has Gone Gold
An announcement by Gotham Knights developer WB Games Montreal on Twitter has confirmed that the game has gone gold and is on its way to the manufacturing stage. After a year-long delay from the initial planned release, Gotham Knights appears to be on track for the expected release date in October 2022.
Gotham Knights was first announced to a crowd of over 20 million viewers back in 2020 during the DC FanDome virtual event hosted by DC Comics and Warner Bros. Entertainment. Although Gotham Knights is developed by WB Games Montreal, the team behindBatman: Arkham Origins of the acclaimedBatman: Arkham franchise, Gotham Knights takes place in its own world separate from the Batman: Arkham series. Despite this departure, players can still expect a variety of familiar heroes and villains such as Mr. Freeze and Penguin. Batman is dead, leaving players to take on the roles of Batman family members Nightwing, Batgirl, Red Hood, and the new Robin as they carry on the crime-fighting legacy of the caped crusader.
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Many people have heard the phrase «going gold» through the music industry, which indicates a record having sold 500,000 copies, but the term has a different meaning in gaming. When a game announces it's gone gold, its development is considered finished and ready for publication and printing. Before the modern era of digital distribution, completed games were burned to a writeable «master» CD-ROM, which usually had a gold appearance. This golden master would then be the basis for duplication and sale, similar to master records in music. Although less common today, console games that are still available on disc media may follow this practice. Digital-only games may
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