+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted June 23, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted June 23, 2009 Getting slightly sick of all this to-and-fro myself, but if you're still hanging on the development status of Duke Nukem Forever, developers 3D Realms claim the game is still being worked on. The disclosure can be found within court documents relating to the franchise, and specifically reads "[3D Realms/Apogee Ltd.] admits that it has continually worked on the development of the DNF for many years, and continues to do so". In addition to this reveal, it seems publisher Take-Two began development of another Duke Nukem game, Duke Begins, in 2007. This title, however, was canned in April 2009, right around the time the publisher's support of Duke Nukem Forever dried up, leading to speculation that "Duke Begins" was as much a bargaining chip in negotiations with 3D Realms as it was a legitimate product. Am I the only person in the world who reads all this and thinks "why?". This is Duke Nukem we're talking about here, not Halo. It stuns me that Take-Two continued to sink so much money (we're talking millions upon millions) into not Duke Nukem project (which this side of the 1990's was one too many), but two. Source: http://kotaku.com/5300592/duke-nukem-forev...-in-development Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
master2k27 Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 they still making the game , let it die it wont be ready any time soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sethos Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 This game is the poster-child for the word vaporware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hell-In-A-Handbasket Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 once i heard that it was stopping development, first thing i thought was " Publicity Stunt ". literally this thing has been in development for so long its fallen off the map, they are needing something to keep it in the light, thus getting more funding. im thinking their DNF development team consists of 1 person, and they are taking the marketing route of GnR chinese Domocracy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reacon Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 I hope we all eventually get to play the game, and when we do, I hope we all can safely admit it's the most badass game of all time. I can dream, can't I? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoXY Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Holy freaking hell not this s*** again. Please. Leave all of us in peace. Just let the game die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zer0_II Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 The game that wouldn't die, yet never existed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabron Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Holy freaking hell not this s*** again. Please. Leave all of us in peace. Just let the game die. +1 let the game die, is even stupid to stay talking about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giantpotato Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Well, at least it has an ironic acronym. DNF in racing = "did not finish". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malechai Veteran Posted June 23, 2009 Veteran Share Posted June 23, 2009 (edited) <snipped> Edited June 23, 2009 by John S. don't circumvent the swear filter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayepecks Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Good. The stuff released looked interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remysaus Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 <snip> :laugh: So, who's placing any bets on how long it's going to take before the cancel/delay this wreck again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miuku. Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 They make me cry too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REM2000 Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 if they are still developing it, they need to quickly polish it and just release it, it would be stupid to plough any more time into developing futher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slammers Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Duke Nukem is big bucks, I guarantee any new Duke Nukem game will push solid units no matter how good it is. Plus after the massive amounts of hype around the footage that was released just a month ago, you'd be silly too not finish the game. This can only mean a possibly great game for us, the gamers, if you don't like it then don't read the headlines about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindkvist Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Duke Nukem is big bucks, I guarantee any new Duke Nukem game will push solid units no matter how good it is. Plus after the massive amounts of hype around the footage that was released just a month ago, you'd be silly too not finish the game. This can only mean a possibly great game for us, the gamers, if you don't like it then don't read the headlines about it. If Duke Nukem was big bucks, it wouldn't have been canceled in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+John. Subscriber¹ Posted June 24, 2009 Subscriber¹ Share Posted June 24, 2009 Duke Nukem has gone way past the point of interest for most people. It's just getting silly now. It'ls more popular as the game that will never be released, rather than an average, run-of-the-mill game. It's really nothing special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xerxes Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Duke Nukem has gone way past the point of interest for most people. It's just getting silly now. It'ls more popular as the game that will never be released, rather than an average, run-of-the-mill game. It's really nothing special. Yeah, way past it's hey day and has been reduced to nothing but a running joke! Still, if it ever did come back I'd still be interested in checking it out...I think it's time to dig up my copy of Duke 3D and the HD pack for it, "It's time to kick ass and chew bubble gum. And I'm all out of gum. " :p :) oh and a perfect quote (I think) from Duke for this thread "What are you waiting for? Christmas? " :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slammers Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Duke Nukem has gone way past the point of interest for most people. It's just getting silly now. It'ls more popular as the game that will never be released, rather than an average, run-of-the-mill game. It's really nothing special. Exactly. It's so popular for being the game that will never get released, that if it did finally get released, it would generate more hype than any other game on the fact that it was even finished, let alone anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huddy Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Duke Nukem is big bucks, I guarantee any new Duke Nukem game will push solid units no matter how good it is. Plus after the massive amounts of hype around the footage that was released just a month ago, you'd be silly too not finish the game. This can only mean a possibly great game for us, the gamers, if you don't like it then don't read the headlines about it. In order to re-coup most of it's cost, this game must sell millions of copies and that will never happen as I imagine this will be the most pirated game of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayepecks Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 In order to re-coup most of it's cost, this game must sell millions of copies and that will never happen as I imagine this will be the most pirated game of all time. According to court documents, it cost about half of what Halo 3 cost to make... so it's not like it's really anywhere near as expensive as you're making it out to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead_Monkey Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Prey came and went and came again more than once in development, then it went completely underground, resurfaced, and sold a million units. These vaporware products can be successful based on Prey's example. However, Prey had specific technical gameplay aspects that made it unique, which were part of the originally publicized designs (portals), that no one else released as features until the same window in which Prey ultimately shipped. I don't know that DN has any hooks on that level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted June 24, 2009 Veteran Share Posted June 24, 2009 Prey was mediocre at best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiracyX Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Prey was mediocre at best. I quite liked Prey in all fairness. By the way DrunknMunky, I thought you were part of the News Staff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead_Monkey Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 I liked Prey a lot, and it was much better than I expected it to be. Then again, I also liked Doom3, and apparently it's fashionable to think it's **** now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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