3DRealms - RIP

Post by **Trey** » Sat May 09, 2009 12:32 am

Oddly, the fate of the aptly titled 'Duke Nukem Forever' is still up in the air because the rights are held by a seperate company...

http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/ ... es;title;1

Post by **Scaryfun** » Sat May 09, 2009 1:34 am

I was going to post this too. Take-Two only owns the publishing rights. Maybe 3DRealms guys will form a new company and finish it....but don't hold your breath.

Post by **Trey** » Sat May 09, 2009 1:46 am

If I'd been holding my breath I would have been dead 12 years ago.

jjim · Post by **jjim** » Sat May 09, 2009 4:02 am

Well - Piracy certainly didn't kill them - They avoided that by not releasing games and spending time on development only.

Doomed_Space_Marine · Post by **Doomed_Space_Marine** » Sat May 09, 2009 8:29 am

I read about this recently too.

I was wondering when they would finally go under. How many times could they get away with re releasing Duke 3D

I really hope the rights to the DNF game code get bought by some developer who would be interested in polishing it off and finally releasing it. 3D Realms were never going to do it, so I think this is the only way forward for the game

Post by **InsaneFury** » Sat May 09, 2009 10:23 pm

Just face it, Duke is too big a name to just discard. Duke Nukem Forever might take even longer now, but it WILL surface.

DoctorShark · Post by **DoctorShark** » Sun May 10, 2009 5:07 am

i think this only requires a response like this:

WTF 3D Realms W-T-F

Post by **dead-meat** » Sun May 10, 2009 2:49 pm

I've been waiting for this for years. Seriously, how could they survive that long anyway? Developing a game for over 10 years...

Still I'd love to play the old levels based on the Quake engine as well as those on the UT one

kvaki · Post by **kvaki** » Mon May 11, 2009 2:38 am

lol maybe another company will actually finish the game

Doomed_Space_Marine · Post by **Doomed_Space_Marine** » Mon May 11, 2009 4:24 am

COME GET SOME.

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/user ... 16675.html

Post by **Trey** » Mon May 11, 2009 5:07 am

*sigh*

Doomed_Space_Marine · Post by **Doomed_Space_Marine** » Mon May 11, 2009 5:27 am

Trey wrote:*sigh*

Yeah. I know the feeling. Looks better than anything else out there doesn't it . .

edit:

Take solace from Battlestrike: Shadow Of Stalingrad hehe

DoctorShark · Post by **DoctorShark** » Mon May 11, 2009 11:24 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=AU&hl=e ... XvdoTYlVtk it's ben yahtzee crowshaw and friends in this awesome pilot for a pet project they have and has a hilarious DKF joke in it

3dslUserLoad · Post by **3dslUserLoad** » Mon May 18, 2009 8:47 pm

After so many years and so many games in the FPS genre, I don't expect any new inventions to this game.
I have played Wolfenstein, Duke-Nukem-3D (of course), Quake1234, Unreal???, HalfLife12xy, Chronicles-of-Riddick (one of the best games ever made) ... and so many other good games!
How do they want to surpass these?
I think that's the real reason why they can't cash the high expectations.

Post by **Scaryfun** » Tue May 19, 2009 11:28 pm

Whether or not it is ground-breaking FPS, fans would still enjoy seeing the character and experience the humor - something which is usually lacking in games like this.

Latest news claiming 3D Realms still live but DNF development team was let go. http://www.gamespot.com/news/6209901.ht ... es;title;3
Lawsuits are flying so who knows how this will turn out.