Namco Bandai has announced that their big autumn title, Enslaved: Journey to the West has gone gold.

This means that the game has headed off to be duplicated and distributed to outlets read for release on the 8th of October.

The post-apocalyptic story is the first multi-platform release from Heavenly Sword studio and it takes inspiration from Naughty Dog's 2.

Enslaved was also co-directed by the game's mo-cap star Andy Serkis. Serkis lends his voice as well as his animation to the game's main character Monkey.

By Ewan Aiton