Posts Tagged ‘duke nukem forever’
3D Realms spent $20 million on DNF
In an escalating court battle with Take Two over Duken Nukem Forever, developer 3D Realms has revealed that they spent $20 million of their own money on Duken Nukem Forever development, on top of the millions received from Take Two for the project. 3DR also revealed that development was supposed to be complete in 2010, but was suspended when the developer went bankrupt in April 2009.
Voodoo Extreme has more details here, including official court documents filed by 3D Realms.
Take-Two law suit reveals Duke Begins
Sure, Duke Nukem Forever may have been in development forever but it seems the guys over at 2K Games also had a Duke title in the works; Duke Begins.
This news comes to us as Take-Two attempts to get back some loans they gave to Apogee for the development of Duke Nukem Forever. Unfortunately, Apogee says that 2K Games put a stop to Duke Begins development in what Joystiq says is an attempt to gain the rights to the Duke Nukem franchise.
If there are any Duke Nukem hopefuls left out there you better keep your eyes peeled as there very well may be an onslaught of Duke news very soon.
Take Two claims 3D Realms hides money in off shore accounts
The Take Two vs. 3D Realms lawsuit just got a bit more complicated (if it wasn’t complicated enough as it is). In the lawsuit, Take Two has raised new claims, alleging that 3D Realms received at least $2.5 million last year to fund development of Duken Nukem Forever, money which Take Two now believes 3D Realms stuffed in an off shore account in order to avoid paying it back, which it was legally obliged to do after September 2009, had the game not been completed by that date.
3D Realms still exists, retains Duke Nukem rights
It seems that 3D Realms still exists, albeit as a much smaller company, who’s only purpose it to retain rights and control the Duke Nukem franchise. The company released the following statement:
“Despite rumors and statements to the contrary, 3D Realms has not closed and is not closing. 3DR retains ownership of the Duke Nukem franchise. Due to lack of funding, however, we are saddened to confirm that we let the Duke Nukem Forever development team go on May 6th, while we regroup as a company.”
3D Realms also commented on the Take Two lawsuit rumors, saying that the company received no money from Take Two for Duke Nukem Forever, and that Take Two initially tried to buy 3D Realms and the Duke Nukem franchise, but the company didn’t see it as a decent deal.
More here.
Take-Two sueing Apogee over Duke Nukem Forever
It seems that the closure of 3D Realms ticked someone off over at Take-Two because they have recently announced they will be sueing the now debunk company over the unfinished Duke Nukem Forever.
Since 3D Realms is no longer around to take the wrath, Take-Two will turn to the brand’s creator, Apogee:
“Apogee continually delayed the completion date for the Duke Nukem Forever,” Take-Two said in the complaint. “Apogee repeatedly assured Take-Two and the video-gaming community that it was diligently working toward competing development of the PC Version of the Duke Nukem Forever.”
It doesn’t seem like Apogee has much of a counterarguement in this lawsuit but maybe Take-Two will put DNF in the hands of another developer and actually get the game out the door.
Read (Destructoid)
3D Realms officially says Goodbye
3D Realms has officially shut down and has posted a “Goodbye” message on the official website. A photo of the team and a simple message reading “Thanks for being fans and for all your support”.
Duke Nuken Forever screenshots, art revealed
Art Director Tramell Isaac, who worked at 3D Realms for the past two years on Duke Nukem Forever, has, like the rest of his teammates, been let go with the closure of the studio. He posts several screenshots of the uncompleted Duke Nukem game, alongside some art as well. It certainly looks impressive, check out the rest of the gallery on his blog.
Duke Nukem developer 3D Realms shuts down
The upcoming Duke Nukem Forever release just got a lot less likely — Duke Nukem developer 3D Realms has officially shut down. The employees have reportedly already been let go and the company is in liquidation.
However, luckily, the shutdown of 3D Realms has not affected the development of the upcoming Duke Nukem handheld trilogy, developed at Frontline Games.
Tags: duke nukem forever
Duke Nukem Forever dev team reaches milestone
It seems that Duke Nukem is taking Forever is getting closer and closer to completetion. George Broussard, a member of the development team over at 3D Realms, has recently revealed via Twitter that the team has surpassed a milestone this week:
Closing out a milestone this week. 71 more tasks to do and we started with probably 800-900. Been a good push. Next one starts Monday.
71 more to go, huh? Well let’s see, the game was announced in April of 1997 which means it has been in development for about 12 years now. If we go by what Mr. Bourssard is saying by starting off with 800-900 tasks, we can calculate that the team has completed about 70 tasks per year. So, if they keep it up, we might actually be seeing Duke Nukem Forever hit shelves sometime within the next 2 years. Then again, probably not.
New Duke Nukem Forever Screens
Now I know what your thinking, why should you care about a game, once thought to be vaporware, that has been in development since god knows when?
Well, because new HD screens have hit the net, of course.
Duke Nukem Forever is supposedly currently under development by 3D Realms and is expected to ship “When it’s done.”.
(Via: Gemaga)
Duke Nukem Forever "Coming Together"
Finally breaking the code of silence on Duke Nukem Forever, George Broussard of 3D Realms offered word that the game is finally coming together.
“There are several hours of fairly polished game to play,” he said, adding that they are currently getting feedback from play testers. “It’s fun, it’s in focus, we know what bits are fun and which are not, and it’s just a matter of time now. I’ve probably never been as happy or excited about the game as I am these days.”
It has been a decade since the game entered development. Hopefully it will be released sometime soon… maybe in the next five years or so.