Eindelijk!! Command and Conquer 2: Tiberian Sun has gone gold! Oftewel, de laatste versie van de game is klaar en er worden op dit moment duizenden kopietjes van gemaakt. De game zal eind deze maand, waarschijnlijk rond vrijdag 27 augustus te verkrijgen zijn. Hier heb je een stukkie uit de press-release van Westwood:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE COMMAND & CONQUER TIBERIAN SUN GOES GOLDWestwood Celebrates Completion of the Third and Most Anticipated Installment in the Command & Conquer Universe
LAS VEGAS, NV, Aug. 2, 1999 - Westwood Studios today announced that couriers have been sent to duplication plants around the globe with the final version of 1999's most anticipated game, Command & Conquer Tiberian Sun(TM). The game will start shipping soon and is scheduled to hit retail shelves worldwide on Aug. 27.
Command & Conquer is the most successful computer strategy game franchise in history with better than 10 million units sold worldwide. The demand for Tiberian Sun has been unprecedented, with game journalists from around the world traveling to Westwood to see the game, hundreds of fan websites springing up on the Internet, and retailers ordering copies in record numbers.
Consumer who pre-order Command & Conquer Tiberian Sun from Babbage's, Electronics Boutique or the Westwood online store will get a chance to purchase the limited Platinum Edition, in which only 50,000 will be available.
Op de officiële Tiberian Sun website vind je meer info, en ook een countdown schermpie.
