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[EmCeeGramr]

How the fuck did they not complete the game after all these years? It's their own damn fault.

Their development process. It was a mixture of, as posted before in this thread, having self-funded development (entire levels being made to beta quality before the higher-ups even getting to see them), and probably the insistence of many of the head honchos (like Broussard) that the game be on the cutting edge.

Every time some new kind of innovation happened in game development, a new engine, a new whatever, they had to rework Duke to be even better. To them, DNF couldn't just be a good game or even a great game, it had to be a milestone game. I suspect that as the development time grew longer and longer, that became even more important. If you're going to make Duke Nukem Forever, releasing anything less than jaw-dropping amazing would be unthinkably shameful.

 

[Kai Dracon]

Duke Nukem Fornever, indeed.

 

[needlesmcgirk]

I hope someone picks it up and just finishes it up.

 

[clashfan]

It's interesting reading about some of the names from the past. Does anyone remember reading .plan files? Ah those ole days before the blogs...

 

[Doc Evils]

Damn what a disaster. So how much did they receive in funding for those 12 years? one has to also ask where it also went...

 

[Boerseun]

It's probably just bits of tech at this point, I doubt there's anything solid to pick up. Unless you go back to a very early build, and that would be just pointless.

 

[Jaagen]

Bethesda will pick it up, and then everyone will wine about it just beeing Oblivion with guns.

 

[KittenMaster]

The community should band together and make it a source mod. I bet source would be capable of doing a lot of stuff seen in the 2001 trailer.

 

[epmode]

He said "for now."

HE SAID "FOR NOW."

BELIEVE.

I DO. GOD HELP ME, I DO.

 

[BruceLeeRoy]

Whether its true or not "The Chair" was quite a entertaining read.
Did anyone re-host any of the pictures he was posting? I want to see Kool Aid Cliffy.

 

[Haunted]

Their development process. It was a mixture of, as posted before in this thread, having self-funded development (entire levels being made to beta quality before the higher-ups even getting to see them), and probably the insistence of many of the head honchos (like Broussard) that the game be on the cutting edge.

Every time some new kind of innovation happened in game development, a new engine, a new whatever, they had to rework Duke to be even better. To them, DNF couldn't just be a good game or even a great game, it had to be a milestone game. I suspect that as the development time grew longer and longer, that became even more important. If you're going to make Duke Nukem Forever, releasing anything less than jaw-dropping amazing would be unthinkably shameful.

As opposed to the situation we have now.

>_>

 

[ahoyhoy]

Bethesda will pick it up, and then everyone will wine about it just beeing Oblivion with guns.

You mean they'll say it's just Fallout 3 with INTERACTIVE STRIPPER DIALOG

What's the story tonight, baby?
Hey bitch, got any gum?
(Make lewdfull comment about face/ass)
(Shove bills into panties)

 

[maniac-kun]

if they need just $5.000.000 i think they will find some publisher who will pay this. just of this legendary development time will sell them 4+ million copys :lol

 

[EmCeeGramr]

It's probably just bits of tech at this point, I doubt there's anything solid to pick up. Unless you go back to a very early build, and that would be just pointless.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VtIDbSALkE

 

[TwIsTeD]

considering the fact that DNF was announced when i was in middle school, and i have since graduated college and the damn thing is still vaporware i`m actually excited, someone else will buy up the franchise and we will finally see DNF


maybe?

 

[Fox318]

if they need just $5.000.000 i think they will find some publisher who will pay this. just of this legendary development time will sell them 4+ million copys :lol

You forget they also need talent and the ability to write more than one line of code.

 

[Kung Fu Jedi]

I think a lot of people overestimate the Duke franchise. It's not that big any more, and it's become much more of a joke than anything else. They squandered developing a game that is never going to come out.

 

[Madman]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VtIDbSALkE

Wow. That looks really far along. What a shame.

 

[antiloop]

Didnt expect them to actually finish the game. So not surprised.

 

[Phobophile]

if they need just $5.000.000 i think they will find some publisher who will pay this. just of this legendary development time will sell them 4+ million copys :lol

Five dollars seems rather small, don't you think?

 

[Xdrive05]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VtIDbSALkE

How cool would it be for that to leak out. That looks like something we could at least fuck around with.

By the way, what would be that state of the Duke Nukem license because of all this? Would the team be able to continue development under another pub? Would they be able to sell it to another team to develop? Or does Duke Nukem inevitably die along with this breakup?

 

[bathala]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VtIDbSALkE

that looks good. Doom 3 engine?

 

[Baraka in the White House]

http://colbertnoooooo.ytmnd.com/

 

[toneroni]

that looks good. Doom 3 engine?

i think i read UE3?
wish it would release though..

 

[Leonsito]

that looks good. Doom 3 engine?

Heavy modded UE2 iirc.

 

[Aalyx]

...what? Last time I saw it, it was looking fairly far along. What a shame, hope it gets released in some form.

 

[Boerseun]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VtIDbSALkE

So what? We've been seeing bits of gameplay for ages now. There's no evidence of any actual game or central structure that these link up with.

That having been said, I'd love for a budget conscious (i.e. smart) developer like Rebellion to have a go at the last thirteen years' worth of assets in molding something worthwhile out of this mess.

...what? Last time I saw it, it was looking fairly far along. What a shame, hope it gets released in some form.

The game was said to be almost done when it was still running on the Quake II engine.

 

[fallengorn]

That's a shame.

 

[jmdajr]

well that sucks

 

[FoxSpirit]

Noooo. someone HAS to finish DNF!! ANYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[grandjedi6]

oh, this is sad

 

[needlesmcgirk]

Someone will at least pick up the rights to Duke Nukem since they still drop a lot of titles for this series. I would imagine sooner or later the new consoles will get something.

 

[Xater]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VtIDbSALkE

I don't see how that proves anything? A few sequences that are far along don't make a game.

 

[Space Runaway]

Lame. If it's not gonna be completed by 3D Realms then I don't care if Duke ever comes out anymore.

Least I had a great trip down memory lane when Duke 3D hit Live.

 

[sooperkool]

Just think:

Someone could have gone to college for 4 years, graduated then gotten about 6 or 7 years experience and still have been able to join the Duke team and finish the project.

Some of you Duke fans could have done that.

*boggles*

 

[EXGN]

Not sure if this was posted yet, just saw this on N4G, and it almost seems too hard to believe. This story, from Charlier Weirderhold's(3DR 1998-2006) personal blog, tells of a huge conspiracy between 3DR and Epic Games behind DNF's development.

http://gamingisstupid.com/2009/05/06/the-chair-story-revival/

 

[FirstInHell]

To reiterate a point made earlier:

This is the best thing to happen to our prospects of ever seeing this game released. This is probably the greatest amount progress on Duke Nukem Forever that has been made in the past 12 years.

 

[MisterHero]

So the Planeteers finally won

 

[RiZ III]

Just think:

Someone could have gone to college for 4 years, graduated then gotten about 6 or 7 years experience and still have been able to join the Duke team and finish the project.

Some of you Duke fans could have done that.

*boggles*

I've waited half my life for this game!

Spoiler

Well, I haven't ever anticipated this game, but its been in development for half my life :lol

 

[edgefusion]

Did Not Finish.

 

[Nocebo]

Not sure if this was posted yet, just saw this on N4G, and it almost seems too hard to believe. This story, from Charlier Weirderhold's(3DR 1998-2006) personal blog, tells of a huge conspiracy between 3DR and Epic Games behind DNF's development.

http://gamingisstupid.com/2009/05/06/the-chair-story-revival/

It's fake. :lol Already been posted too.

 

[Joseph Merrick]

almost seems too hard to believe? really? :lol

edit: I'm not sure that makes sense either way. heh.

 

[Boerseun]

It's fake. :lol Already been posted too.

Everyone only believes it to be fake because it is in fact too good to be true.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Old? New? Don't care:

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6209271.html?tag=latestheadlines;title;5

UPDATE: Citing company policy, Take-Two vice president of communications and public affairs Alan Lewis declined to comment on reports of 3D Realms' closure directly. However, he did say the company "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." Lewis also confirmed the DNF IP is still owned by 3D Realms.

3D Realms' closure marks a cruelly ironic end to the Duke Nukem Forever saga. After being completely restarted from scratch using the Doom 3 engine, the shooter resurfaced in December 2007 in the form of a brief teaser trailer (above). After a quickly retracted Dallas Business Journal report said the game was coming to the PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3, several snippets were shown on the Web show of former Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment vice president (and now movie producer) Jason "Jace" Hall.

This year, work appeared to be progressing on Duke Nukem Forever. According to 3D Realms studio head George Broussard's Twitter feed, Take-Two was shown the project on January 26 or 27. He made no subsequent updates about the publisher's reaction to the game, the fate of which is now uncertain. As of press time, requests for comment sent to Broussard had not been answered.

 

[Joseph Merrick]

Old. Also the information in the text is WRONG.

 

[djtiesto]

Meh, granted I'm not a fan of the series but good riddance, I say... there's no explanation for why this game was still in development for 12 years. Give the IP to a competent developer, for the fans' sake.

 

[b.e.r.g]

Take notes and learn; 13 years to develop a game is just too damn long!

Sad news though I hope for someone to pick it up.

 

[LCfiner]

needs to be on the new page :lol


that is pretty much exactly how I felt when I heard 3DR was closing. It didn't feel like it would ever shut down.

It had become something bigger than just a studio. it had become like Willy Wonka's Chocolate factory, something surreal, surrounded in myth.

And now it's gone.

 

[PnCIa]

So, in a nutshell: 3d realms was overambitious for many years, now they are on track but ran out of money. Asks Take 2 to help them out, Take 2 denies them and they are finished. Who should i blame?

 

[I AM JOHN!]

From Charlie Wiederhold's (former 3DRealms employee) blog:
Note:

• 3drealms.com is down so the provided images aren't working.
• The Chair Story is obviously fiction

http://gamingisstupid.com/2009/05/06/the-chair-story-revival/

Bullshit as the chair story is, for some reason I have no trouble believing that there was a conspiracy with Epic and GoD's involvement, and that something went sour which caused Epic to pull out.