Posts Tagged ‘Duke Nukem Forever’
By: Jon Christensen on November 30th, 2009 pm30 12:49 pm
The official Facebook page for Duke Nukem has been updated with one picture. The caption for the image simply reads “D-Day,” with no other information on why or what the screenshot represents. Could this be a completely new Duke Nukem that is on the horizon, or is this an image from the now defunct Duke Nukem: Forever game? Nobody seems to have an answer.
If you analyzes the picture, you’ll notice it somewhat looks like a scene from the leaked footage of Forever showing Duke battling a monster/robot in a football stadium, which was first seen back in May. Although, most of that footage was definitely a callback to the original games.
Hopefully more information on what this ‘D-Day’ image actually means is forthcoming.
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By: Jon Christensen on July 14th, 2009 pm31 1:20 pm
Last year, we ran an exclusive story about how Gearbox was working on a Duke Nukem game. Thanks to some court documents, which shacknews uncovered, Gearbox was indeed working a brand new Duke Nukem title, called “Duke Begins.” The studio was named by Take-Two’s counterclaim for the pending lawsuit against 3D Realms.
As of now, Take-Two has announced that Duke Begins has not been cancelled, but “has for the time being been halted.” Basically, the shooter is in limbo and if the lawsuit isn’t straighten out soon — than most likely it will be dropped.
Originally, Duke Begins was scheduled for release sometime in mid-2010, however, if it ever sees the light of day — chances are it will be much later.
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By: Jon Christensen on May 18th, 2009 pm31 4:23 pm
According to the remaining executives over at 3D Realms, they are insisting that their studio is not closing, but regrouping and becoming a “much smaller studio“. It was reported by pretty much every video game blog/website that the company, which was founded in 1987 was shutting its doors for good because Take-Two was no longer funding the studio.
“Despite rumors and statements to the contrary, 3D Realms (3DR) has not closed and is not closing,” read in a statement. “3DR retains ownership of the Duke Nukem franchise. Due to lack of funding, however, we are saddened to confirm that we let the Duke Nukem Forever (DNF) development team go on May 6th, while we regroup as a company. While 3DR is a much smaller studio now, we will continue to operate as a company and continue to license and co-create games based upon the Duke Nukem franchise.”
Last week, Take-Two announced what they ‘thought’ was a defunct company owed the publisher money, which was reported as high as $12 million because of cash that was supposedly given to 3D Realms to complete the infamous Duke Nukem Forever. However, 3D Realms seems to disagree with Take-Two, and has responded to the lawsuit:
“Take-Two never paid 3DR advances or any signing bonus or any other funds related to DNF, up until July 2008, at which time they paid $2.5m in connection with another agreement for an unannounced game,” it read. “This is the sum total Take-Two has paid 3DR in connection with DNF.”
Just last week, 3D Realms all but confirmed that the studio was closing because of a post on their website. The post had a picture (above) of the employees of the studio and up top read “goodbye”, and a quick snippet was written suggesting that 3D Realms had indeed closed forever: “Thanks for being fans and for all your support.”
source: Shacknews
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By: Jon Christensen on May 11th, 2009 am31 2:08 am
If you head over to the official 3D Realms website, the first thing you will notice is the same picture above. Directly below the photo it reads, “Thanks for being fans and for all your support.”
If you don’t know already, the 22 year-old studio had just recently closed its doors for good. The disappointing news came about when Take-Two had decided to no longer fund the team behind Duke Nukem Forever, leaving the long overdue game in jeopardy for the time being.
Seeing the picture above is a harsh reality that no company is safe, especially in a industry so young, and its still just trying to learn the ropes of a newly formed business. As the gaming industry continues to grow at an alarming rate, more surprise like this will come about. However, that is the nature of the beast.
I would just like to wish everyone good luck who worked for the legendary studio, and thank you for making memorable forms of entertainment. You will surly be missed.
After the jump, read each name who is in the photo above. (more…)
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By: Jon Christensen on May 10th, 2009 pm31 6:19 pm
When we all heard the sad news that 3D Realms has shut down their doors for good, I had a feeling that we would finally see footage of Duke Nukem Forever, sooner rather than later. Well I was right because someone, most likely from the ex-studio, has leaked gameplay footage, as well as some early development stages of the game. Basically, after 12 years, we have our first ever Duke Nukem Forever video blowout. Hey — it’s better than nothing, right? 
If this video was somehow released last week, everyone would have been abuzz. Now, since the closure of the company, which was founded in 1987, it is a somber moment.
Oddly enough, the game looked liked it was shaping up to be a decent title and if anything, feature mindless entertainment. Which wasn’t that the point of the original games?
Anyway, check out the video up top and ponder at what could have been. We should also warn you that their is a brief shot of a naked chick, so it’s NSFW.
On a side note, the game looked like it was somewhat far along in the development process. If that is the case, we have a better chance of maybe seeing another company picking up the rights. And if we are lucky, maybe one day they will actually release it.
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By: Jon Christensen on May 7th, 2009 pm31 11:14 pm
Slash000 over at the fan dictated website for Duke Nukem Forever called duke.a-13, has shown something that has been in his possession since August 13, 2001. The gamer went into his local Gamestop, put $10 down to reserve Duke Nukem Forever for the PC and still has his receipt to prove it.
Back than, if you were to pre-order a game back then at the gaming retailer it was 10 bucks, rather than todays $5 reserve. It was that long go.
Way back when, I was one of those employees who worked for Gamestop, and I had my fair share of customers who pre-ordered the same game. Some even, ordered it before 2001.
I wonder? Do they still have their receipt? And if they do, I hope the company can still reimburse them considering 3D Realms is now gone.
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By: Jon Christensen on May 7th, 2009 pm31 12:49 pm
Yesterday, the video game website Shacknews reported from a “reliable source” that the studio 3D Realms had shut down. The reason for the closer was because of funding concerns. Over the next few hours, more information started to leak including a statement from the webmaster Joe Siegler, for the official site of 3D Realms. “It’s not a marketing thing. It’s true. I have nothing further to say at this time,” Siegler said.
3D Realms is known for developing many shooters including Max Payne and their popular series Duke Nukem. In 1997, the company announced a sequel to the famous first-person shooter, called Duke Nukem Forever. Since that time, fans of the series have been waiting patently, as the team behind the game continually promised it would indeed come out….eventually.
Just last month George Broussard, the creator of Duke Nukem, wrote on his twitter about how a ‘milestone’ had been achieved in the development process for Duke Nukem Forever. Not only that, screenshots, video and even some gameplay has been released to the internet, giving fans hope that maybe soon they would see the 12 year-old announced shooter, in stores.
Sorry to say, as of now, those same fans who had hope, now could become crushed by a statement from Alan Lewis who is the VP of Communications from the publisher of Take-Two Interactive.
“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. In addition, Take-Two continues to retain the publishing rights to Duke Nukem Forever.”
This might sound like horrible news, but a few things could happen. First, Take-Two could hold the rights to the title and never release/finish it. Or, this one seems more likely, they could sell the rights and game to another publisher who would than be prepared to finish the job. However, the price would need to be right for both companies to agree on something like this example.
Even if the scenario does unfold, the chances of seeing most of the team who worked for 3D Realms back on the project is highly unlikely. And generally speaking, any game which was taken over by another studio mid-way through development, sadly, just doesn’t turn out well.
We’ll keep you updated when more news hits.
[Thanks to Seth]
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By: Jon Christensen on April 16th, 2009 am30 1:40 am
Could this be really true? According to the creator of the Duke Nukem George Broussard, Duke Nukem Forever is 90% complete. Broussard talked about the accomplishment on his twitter.
“Closing out a milestone this week. 71 more tasks to do and we started with probably 800-900. Been a good push. Next one starts Monday.”
If you’ve been living under a rock and don’t know, Duke Nukem Forever was announced over 10 years ago on April of 1997, by 3DRealms. To put this into perspective: Zelda: Ocarina of Time wasn’t released on the N64, Bill Clinton was President, the iPod didn’t exist and super hot Hayden Panettiere looked like this. Yes, it was along time ago.
If it only took 12 years to get 90% done, then it should take another few years before we actually see it in stores — awesome. (more…)
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By: Jon Christensen on September 28th, 2008 pm30 11:09 pm
If you read up on Duke Nukem 3D for XBLA, than you know about the unlockable galleries that are available in the game. However, 3D Realms decided to throw a surprise in the mix of pictures given to the player.
Not only do the consumers who purchased the game had access to sketches and concepts of the original Duke Nukem, but they had at their disposal, two screenshots for the game that is 11-years in the making — yup, that’s right Duke Nukem Forever. And we have them for you.
Although, it’s hardly any new information about the game, it’s good to know 3D Realms is at the very least, still thinking about the LONG awaited game. The screens both look to be in-game shots. One seems to be gameplay, while the other looks to be a cut screen inside a nudity bar (top).
After the jump, check out the other picture. (more…)
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By: Jon Christensen on August 28th, 2008 pm31 10:14 pm
Thanks to a source who is closely related with Gearbox software, we have some information about what the company’s next project is going to be. The source, who shall remain nameless, gave us a tip a few days ago regarding what the Dallas based company was working on. It’s not Halo 4. We thought about posting the story right away but we waited to make sure the source was legit. Here is what he/she first said:
“Well, I can tell you that it’s not Halo 4. When it is announced fans of a series from the past will be surprised.”
While we verified the information, some news broke about how the game was in fact going to be a shooter and how it is going to be multi-platform. Obviously if it was Halo 4, it would be exclusively for the Xbox 360, thus not multi-platform. So just like our source said, it wasn’t Halo 4.
Today our source contacted us once again and gave us a little more detailed information about what game they’re working on:
“The game is closely related to the story [on Slashgamer.com] that was posted on Aug. 27th at 5:37 P.M. Very closely related.”
We then searched our articles and were surprised by the title of the post that he was referring to; “‘Duke Nukem as of Now has ‘Several Hours’ of Gameplay Under it’s Belt“.
That’s right, our insider has implied that Gearbox is working on Duke Nukem, not necessarily Duke Nukem Forever, but something that has to do with Duke Nukem none the less. After doing a little research and looking up the history of the President of Gearbox Software, Randy Pitchford, we noticed that he did work on Duke Nukem 3D as well as the N64 version Duke Nukem 64.
After digesting that information, it does make a lot of sense that Randy Pitchford would call this game “big” if it were Duke because of his history with the series. If we get anymore tips about the game we’ll post it.
Although we can’t 100% confirm this rumor, it doesn’t sound that far fetched either.
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By: Jon Christensen on August 27th, 2008 pm31 5:37 pm
Teamxbox had taken upon themselves to ask 3D Realms’ George Broussard about their LONG awaited game Duke Nukem Forever. Broussard said,
“It’s going really well. There are several hours of fairly polished game to play. We’re actively testing parts of the game and getting feedback from play testers and things are coming together. It’s fun, it’s in focus, we know what bits are fun and which are not, and it’s just a matter of time now. I’ve probably never been as happy or excited about the game as I am these days.”
Its great to know that 3D Realms have put together a few hours of gameplay and it’s only taken them 11 years to make it ‘playable.’ I’m just concerned after waiting this long, is there anyway the game could even come close to living up the hype. Heck, does it even have hype anymore?
3D Realms expects Duke Nukem Forever to be released on Oct 14, 2129.
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