Borderlands 2 has gone gold
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Fri, 07/20/2012 - 19:16
Borderlands 2 has gone gold
Randy tweeted today that Borderlands 2 is officially done. It's been released to certification and then manufacturing. they're movign on to going the mechromancer DLC now but they said it'll be available 60-90 days after launch?! WTF? That is way way to long to be releasing post-game DLC these days. That'll mean it's going to drop in January and the first quarter of the year is already FULL of triple A titles. I can't see this being the correct road to success.
For me, that late of a DLC release is fine. I'm sure I'll still be going strong on my first playthrough. Even if I'm not, it'll give a good change of pace from whatever FPS MP I'm playing at the time.
60-90 days may be their way of trying to find a sweet spot between H4/CoD9 release and the 2013 onslaught. Still I’d say if it’s not out for the holidays they’re doing it wrong.
It allegedly took a guide writer 58 hours for one playthru. They were probably more thoro than most. But I figure for me 1 play + partials with the other characters + f’ing around with friends at different points in the story will probably = 40-60 hours. Which means I won’t miss the dlc for a while.