Nier Replicant has officially gone gold

NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139… has officially gone gold, which means it's ready for mass production and shipping, Nier director Yosuke Saito confirmed.

NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139…, an updated version of Nier Replicant, which previously only released for the Japanese market has inched closed to its release date. According to the game's director Yosuke Saito, the new Nier Replicant has officially gone gold.

"NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139… has gone gold! (It has been Gold for a while) So once the downloadable content is approved (which is free this time!), we can finally take a break. Please look forward to the announcement of the DLCs contents and release date. We're also taking pre-orders for the game! Please buy it," Saito tweeted, roughly translated by Google. 

In case you are not familiar with the term, gone gold in the gaming industry basically means that the game has been completed and is now in the final stage before release, ready for shipping and mass production.

Nier Replicant is a prequel to Square Enix's critically-acclaimed Nier: Automata. The new version of the game is set to introduce better visuals, performance boost and a couple of other upgrades. 

The story follows a kind young man living in a remote village. In order to save his sister Yonah, who fell terminally ill to the Black Scrawl, he sets out with Grimoire Weiss, a strange talking tome, to search for the "Sealed verses."

NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139… is coming to PC via Steam, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.