Thu, May 07, 2009 | 06:40 BST
3DRealms closes, Take-Two keeps hold of Nukem
3DRealms has closed, according to numerous reports, thanks to a lack of funding.
“It’s not a marketing thing,” said company webmaster webmaster Joe Siegler.
“It’s true. I have nothing further to say at this time.”
Take-Two issued a statement overnight, saying it’s retained the rights to Duke Nukem Forever.
“We can confirm that our relationship with 3D Realms for Duke Nukem Forever was a publishing arrangement, which did not include ongoing funds for development of the title,” said comms VP Alan Lewis.
“In addition, Take-Two continues to retain the publishing rights to Duke Nukem Forever.”
Apogee Software and Deep Silver have confirmed that the closure has not affected Frontline Games’ upcoming handheld Duke Nukem Trilogy.
“Deep Silver and Apogee Software are not affected by the situation at 3D Realms,” said a rep.
“Development on the Duke Nukem Trilogy is continuing as planned.”
No senior 3DRealms staffers have yet to make a statement.
It really was “forever,” then. Shacknews has the fullest report on this.
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Posted in: Action, America, Development, Hot, PC, Shooter, Take-Two
Tags: 3drealms, duke nukem forever
15 comments
#1
Shatner
07/05/09, 7:34 am
Suddenly I’m reminded of this.
Which, for my money, is the most entertaining Duke Nukem related media I’ve seen in years.
Damn, that woman’s got a mouth on her!
#2
Tiger Walts
07/05/09, 7:35 am
I’d love to read a postmortem on all this. How can you not finish a game in 12 years.
#3
Gekidami
07/05/09, 7:44 am
Thats awesome Shatner lol.
#4
rainer
07/05/09, 8:13 am
Wow though I’m sorta surprised they lasted this long they haven’t really been putting out much in the way of games in general (not just Duke).
#5
Blerk
07/05/09, 8:15 am
Oh dear. To be honest, I’m amazed they’ve lasted this long.
#6
Lutz
07/05/09, 8:24 am
Just…. HOW?! 12 years! 12 YEARS FFS! And they’ve shown a single screenshot.
It really does begger belief.
#7
SplatteredHouse
07/05/09, 8:37 am
If ever there were time for a /picard, now is that time. Anyone got the necessary AscII skills for the virtual graffiti?
#8
David
07/05/09, 8:40 am
http://www.tesuji.org/picard_facepalm.html
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#9
Patrick Garratt
07/05/09, 8:59 am
*salutes*
#10
Tiger Walts
07/05/09, 9:27 am
There was also a trailer a couple of years back.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPX_y7wP_ko
#11
DaMan
07/05/09, 12:00 pm
RIP
man.. ten years ago, I never thought they would end like this.
#12
Cort
07/05/09, 12:49 pm
This is the third most-read article on BBC News online today.
#13
SticKboy
07/05/09, 1:24 pm
Words cannot express… i was *so sure* that DN4 would see the light of day. I guess I was a huge fan of the character and a big believer than 3D Realms could still display some of their old magic. I’m proiperly gutted about this.
I just hope that George Brossard sees fit to release something – anything! – from the game to the community as a fan service, like screens of a trailer or something.
#14
No_PUDding
07/05/09, 1:27 pm
Words cannot express… I was *so* completely not bothered for this.
it would have turned out to be a piece of shit, so lets save the crying for when another much better game gets canned. I only feel sorry for the people who were working on it losing their jobs.
#15
Cort
08/05/09, 11:19 pm
If I was the IP owner I’d be instructing lawyers to sue the “developers” who have been payed for over ten years during which time they delivered fuck all.