Gaming Duke Nukem developer goes bust

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Veteran games developer 3D Realms has closed down because of a lack of funds.

Founded in 1987, the firm popularised the concept of shareware gaming and published the seminal Duke Nukem and Wolfenstein 3D first-person shooters.

The company was working on a follow-up title, Duke Nukem Forever, which after being in development for 12 years has become the object of industry derision.

BBC NEWS | Technology | Duke Nukem developer goes bust

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seph ir oth

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I guess you could say that they are all out of gum?

I remember reading some quote from the company head saying something like "we like World of Warcraft ... a lot!" That could explain why things weren't getting done in their offices.
 
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Heard about this yesterday, sucks hard, Duke Nukem was a great game and whether or not the company had recent releases, they were working on the new Duke Nukem game...

RIP Duke I guess.*

* Having just read the article, it claims that the 3rd Duke Nukem title is still going to be under development
 
Vellu

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Read about it yesterday, and I went numb. 12 years of development for nothing.:thdown:
 
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Darg said:
Veteran games developer 3D Realms has closed down because of a lack of funds.

Founded in 1987, the firm popularised the concept of shareware gaming and published the seminal Duke Nukem and Wolfenstein 3D first-person shooters.

The company was working on a follow-up title, Duke Nukem Forever, which after being in development for 12 years has become the object of industry derision.

Read more here .

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DNF: Did not finish...
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Blackveiled

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The Duke Nukem game probably wasnt able to keep up with current games, and the developers we're probably getting lazy.
 
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Vellu said:
Read about it yesterday, and I went numb. 12 years of development for nothing.:thdown:
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It's not like all that development would have been cumulative. It is more likely that they couldn't stick to a single design and periodically "started over."
 
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I saw a video posted from several months back of some game reviewer who got a chance to actually play the game . I'm sure the video is still around somewhere.
 
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Forever waiting...
 
Samael88

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Damn:(

I still remember playing Duke Nukem 3D, that game was really easy to mod:p

I made the RPG so powerfull once so that if it was fired it was basically a nuke, it blew up everyone visible to it on the largest map:p


Duke Nukem Forever, 12years, I can't recall any other game that have had 10year aniversery during developement:p
 
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