3D Realms is kaput.

The Core Video Games Forum
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At long last, the infamous developers of one of the most well-known and ridiculed pieces of vaporware ever conceived, have finally gone under.

And the peasants didn’t give a shit, and probably nothing of value was lost.

I guess that puts an end to the “things that happened since the announcement of Duke Nukem Forever” list.

EDIT: Or maybe not entirely. Word is that the development of DNF might survive its creators. Might. I dunno, I don’t really care either way. Is someone really willing to pick up this crap?

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I’m hoping that somebody will keep it going just for the sake of the joke.

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Its about time.

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Oh well, I remember the time when 3D Realms wasn’t a joke and DNF was one of the few shooters that didn’t suck (Wolf 3d, Doom, Heretic, Hexen).

5

Gotta feel sorry for this guy.

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They released a whirlwind of media for Duke Nukem Forever today.

And Sinistral, frankly 3D Realms/Apogee was one of the best shareware game developers of the early PC gaming age. I used to be able to rattle off 15 or 20 superb Apogee games (the only one I can remember is Raptor). Although when you work on the same game for 10+ years with no progress reports to the public, it’s a wonder they didn’t fold sooner.

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We’ve seen more of the Duke in the last 48 hours than in the last 12 years.

Funny how that works.

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I find it rather ironic.
Though it would be awesome to see somebody actually pick up DNF and FINALLY finish it. Sounds very unlikely however.

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I think it just means that the project is going to be picked up by someone else, with the development staff intact.

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I’m still pissed at the almost finished Interplay version of Fallout 3 that got abandoned. Millions have been used in bankers’ post-crisis parties while part of that party money could have seen FO3 released. I rest my case.