3D Realms SHUTS DOWN (No More DNF)

[MusicallyInspired]

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/58519

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8037688.stm

http://gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=23518

Truly a sad day for nostalgic gamers and believers in the release of Duke Nukem Forever. Couldn't really believe it at first. Just came as such a shock. I guess it was a long time coming, but still. It's yet another (very large) link to the golden era of PC gaming broken. Apparently 3DR went to Take Two (the publisher for DNF) asking for $5 million more to finish the game and they refused but instead offered to sell them back the franchise again for $30 million which 3DR declined. Another source says it was actually Take Two who offered to buy the rights to the Duke Nukem franchise for $30 million and make the game themselves. Not sure which is true. Even after all this, though, Take Two still retains publishing rights to DNF but not IP rights. The newly revived Apogee, however, looks to be unaffected and is continuing work on the Duke Nukem trilogy for the PSP and DS.

RIP 3D Realms

[jharris01]

I always believed Duke Nukem Forever to be a running joke for everyone inside the gaming industry. Personally I grew tired of it long time ago.

What I am going to miss is their support files for many of their old games (for example, the patch for installing Duke Nukem of modern machines ["out of memory" error with the installer]). Wish I had made a permanent copy of it somewhere.

[RvLeshrac]

Guaranteed that someone will have it archived. I'm sure there will be a 3DR memorial and archive set up by someone.

As much as DNF was a joke.... yeah, 3DR was one of the companies I grew up with. Duke Nukem (the platformer) was probably one of the first shareware games I played.

[jharris01]

The 3D Realms website is still up so there is some time left for anyone interested in their support stuff.