3d Realms

[Paper Carnival]

3d Realms is no more Take Two stopped funding them, and they ran out of money.

Previously unreleased footage of the mythical Duke Nukem Forever is being released now, and turns out there really WAS a game in development. Or maybe they are still messing with us. Either way, they did make some good games, and I suppose we lost some future good titles.

A video: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YLHALVVM
If DNF manages to get released someday, it'd better be good. 12 years in development? Heh.

[Anian]

In this day and age if you develop the game for more than 2 years, when it comes out it'll be outdated in 80% of the cases.

3d Realms is no more, but as I understood, the game is still "alive" and it's still being developed. Who's to say who ownes who in this crazy corporate world. :p

[Ghost]

A shame, they made a lotta good stuff I fondly remember, and they positively invented "When it's done..." I tip my hat.

[Darth Mandarb]

I have always found it funny that Duke Nukem Forever ... DNF ... Did Not Finish

Personally I've always thought it was a huge publicity stunt to keep the company in the spotlight for their other ventures and they never intended to release the game.

Bummer they folded.

[Arboris]

One thing I never understood was why they changed their name to that uninspiring '3D Realms'. 'Apogee' sounded much better, not to mention  I (and most likely others) have fond memories of the games they made under that name

[Ghost]

Didn't they start to use that name when they released Witchaven? I think back then a cool pseudo-3D-engine was enough to boast about, so the change would make some sense... As Apogee, however, they had the probably coolest logo fade-in ever...
Hmmm, the side scrollersthey had...
*searches DosBox link*

[Ponch]

I have to admit, I was really shocked by this news. For me, Duke Nukem Forever had become some sort of universal constant, like entropy. Something happening in a way that can't be truly observed but you still sleep well at night knowing that it is happening.

In a world in which 3D Realms is no longer working in darkness on a game that will never see the light of day... Well, it will be a lot harder to sleep at night, won't it? Will gravity fail next? *shudder*

Fortunately, I'll always have Daikatana.

- Ponch

[Ishmael]

Based on that video the game would have probably been the best 3D shooter ever, just after Doom. Sad to see them go, I do hope the game doesn't die along with them.

[mkennedy]

 :'(
Hopefully somebody will bail them out, Not the government per say , but Bill Gates maybe?
Still I'd rather have 3D Realms get a bail out then the greedy boneheads in charge of the banks.

[Shinan]

I honestly thought Duke Nukem Forever would come out eventually. It feels a bit strange to be in a world where it no longer is in development nor ever will come out.

(not that I was going to play it since I'm not a huge fan but still)

[Layabout]

Maybe Take-2 will do the right thing and get one of the Rockstar studios to develop a new Duke Nukem game. In fact, any studio would be able to develop Duke Forever and get it completed a lot quicker than 3d Realms. I mean WTF were they doing for 11 years? 3D realms must have been one hell of a BAD company to not be able to make that game.

But think about it. A Duke game by Rockstar? That so has the potential to blow peoples minds. FOREVER!!!

[Stupot]

Here's my two cents:

Maybe Take-2 will do the right thing and get one of the Rockstar studios to develop a new Duke Nukem game. In fact, any studio would be able to develop Duke Forever and get it completed a lot quicker than 3d Realms. I mean WTF were they doing for 11 years? 3D realms must have been one hell of a BAD company to not be able to make that game.

But think about it. A Duke game by Rockstar? That so has the potential to blow peoples minds. FOREVER!!!

P.S
Can I have my midget now please Ryan?

[Ishmael]

After seeing GTAIV I wouldn't let Rockstar near a Duke Nukem game. Not one as promising as Forever is based on that video.

[Ponch]

Previously unreleased footage of the mythical Duke Nukem Forever is being released now, and turns out there really WAS a game in development.

A video: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YLHALVVM

Just watched that video. Damn, that game looked pretty fun. I wonder how much of it was actually finished? Not that there's any excuse for being in development for that many years, but I have to admit, it looked like a game I would have bought.

- Ponch

[TerranRich]

Guys... don't you get it? The mere subtitle "Forever" should've been the ultimate hint for all of us... meaning how long it would take to release this game.

[InCreator]

Well, I don't get it.
Duke nukem 3D was simply a first person shooter. FPS games can and are developed in less than 2 years today. Even good ones.

What possibly in the world took over a decade and still still got unfinished?

A group of experienced enthusiasts (or official team) could make new Duke3d, in all its glory, coolness and success on Source or Unreal 3 engine and that stupid "Forever/Never" story would be done and over with.

It was never about graphics, wasn't it? I mean, BUILD engine looked slightly better over others in 1996, but it was nowhere THAT good to rely on eye candy only. Also, Quake engine was out already, giving true 3D over 2D sprites BUILD did. All BUILD engine was good at, was hosting array of really cool games, like Blood, Shadow Warrior, Redneck Rampage...

I remember playing D3D because how cool it was to waste pig cops with shotgun, the awesome multiplayer, flying around and exotic maps, such as space station and submarine and weapons, from shrinker to laser trip bombs.

It was still the gameplay, level design, weapons array and atmosphere that made it popular. Why waste decade on rewriting a graphics engine?

[Layabout]

Ishmael, how can you not like GTA4? I thought that was impossible. For one thing, Rockstar are actually capable of releasing a game in 2 years. And secondly, I said a Rockstar Studio, not Rockstar North. And thirdly, I think Duke would work better as a well made 3rd person action game as opposed to a FPS. FPS' are so cliche these days. Its the humour and visual gags and stuff that makes duke awesome.

And to Stupot, I'm out of midgets, would you accept Nacho instead?!

It's hard to judge whether a new Duke game would have been GOOD, since we all view Duke3D through rose-coloured specs. Was it all that good with it's stolen dialog, cheap titty thrills and all that?

[Ishmael]

I do like GTA4 while I don't have to suffer of the horrible controls and the lack of stuff that just seems way too logical to be there to shine with it's absence. And the way it's all built, the lenght you have to go to simply load a game or get to a multiplayer game. Maybe consoles just aren't designed for me then... So I'd prefer they keep the PC games PC games.

[Ghost]

Was it all that good with it's stolen dialog, cheap titty thrills and all that?

Good and bad is in the eye of the beholder. Was the original Doom a good game, with its non-existent AI, a player character unable to jump over a waist-height fence, and its cheap bloody gore? For its time, the Duke was ground-breakingly fresh, stablishing new standards for the genre. So yeah, I'd say it was good.

In a few years, in a forum far, far away, people again will ask: "Half Life 2? Was is all that good with it's mute main character, cheap physic playthingumies and all that?"

[Akatosh]

Aw man, that's sad. I mean, I can hardly consciously recall a time when this wasn't in developement... I was like 6, 7 or 8 when that trainwreck started to get rolling...