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Definitely No Duke Nukem Forever

Discussion in 'Playground' started by Dalveen, May 7, 2009.

  1. Dalveen

    Dalveen Rimmer gone Bald Veteran

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    Remove all ads!
    It looks like 3DRealms has totally gone down the pan, which means we are never going to see Duke Nukem Forever. Links
     
    Dalveen, May 7, 2009
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    It's not necessarily a lost cause (well, no more than it was before, anyway), as Take-Two Interactive, the publisher, still has the rights to the title Duke Nukem Forever. So we can think of DNF as suspended indefinitely, which is not that different from how it was up till now, really.
     
    henkie, May 7, 2009
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    Edit: started writing this before henkie's reply.

    Sure we will, it just won't be made by 3D Realms... Take-Two owns the rights to the title, so they'll just get someone else to develop it. It's a real shame about 3D Realms going bust though... they had a huge presence in the old days and their historical significance in PC game development is considerable.

    Even their website has apparently been taken offline... what a sad end.
     
    Taluntain, May 7, 2009
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    What a shame :( I used to love 3D Realms, waaaaay back when they still called themselves Apogee and made the best shareware games you could get. I haven't had any hopes for DNF for years but I was still hoping that Apogee would be able to stay around.
     
    Ziad, May 7, 2009
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    While I'm not happy to see them go, twelve years without a release?

    Frankly, it's ludicrous that they were able to survive as long as they did.
     
    AMaster, May 8, 2009
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    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    They've had several releases in those 12 years (though nearly all of them as publishers/producers), so it's not like they haven't released anything in 12 years... they could have probably carried on in a diminished capacity as a decent publisher quite easily, but the DNF money black hole apparently did them in.
     
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    I hope whoever gets to make it makes it.

    Rest in... pieces.
     
    Trellheim, May 8, 2009
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    Apparently, the chapter on DNF isn't closed yet. Rumors are that 3D Realms is trying to sell the Duke Nukem franchise in order to acquire additional funds for finishing DNF. Which, as the article suggests, can lead to conflicts, as 3D Realms tries to sell the franchise to other publishers while Take-Two Interactive still holds the rights to DNF.
     
    henkie, May 11, 2009
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    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    Selling off their IP rights is a natural step at this point...
     
    Taluntain, May 11, 2009
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    I was going to make a new thread, but I suppose this falls under this category.

    DNF may never be released, but that hasn't stopped Zero Punctuation from reviewing it...
     
    Dalveen, May 30, 2009
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