3D Realms Closing – The Duke Is Dead. Long Live The Duke.
With rumors circulating around the web the past 24 hours regarding Duke Nukem Forever developer 3D Realms shutting down, the guys over at
“Deep Silver and Apogee Software are not affected by the situation at 3D Realms,” a representative for the companies told us. “Development on the Duke Nukem Trilogy is continuing as planned.”
It appears that, quite simply, money ran out for development of Duke Nukem Forever. For a project that has been ongoing for over a decade, it is not surprising to see money woes becoming the falling hammer.
For the employees over at 3D Realms, I really feel for them right now (as I know first hand what it is like to be unemployed during a recession). While it was fun to poke humor at them whilst employed, not so much now (“beating a dead horse” comes to mind). I can only imagine the ego bruising George Broussard must be having right now (we still love you, George!). There is still a small glimmer of hope that the project could be resurrected down the road. After all, “forever” is such a strong word (and Duke could kick its ass still).
Rest assured, the Duke Nukem legacy is anything but dead. But it certainly seems that the Duke Nukem Forever game is, for all practical purposes, deceased.
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8 Comments on 3D Realms Closing – The Duke Is Dead. Long Live The Duke.
Steve
On May 7, 2009 at 4:18 pm
Whee. Responding to my own news post, silly much?
Found some unconfirmed post from a 3D Realms programmer that the project isn’t dead. I’d take it with a grain of salt though:
http://www.reddit.com/user/DukenukemForeverXX/
The question is, should they just let it die?
lolfang
On May 7, 2009 at 7:34 pm
Let’s hope they release something at least… an SDK or similar =P
It should be fun to play with that.
But anyways, it’s a sad loss, but time moves on.
Kanadwen
On May 7, 2009 at 8:11 pm
This is sad, but I think Forever should be released, and stop there. RIP 3D Realms
drsgfire
On May 8, 2009 at 5:14 am
It’s funny, but deep down inside I kinda already felt like this game would never see the light of day. No matter how long it took.
ManOfTeal
On May 8, 2009 at 6:37 am
Isn’t this the reining joke of the video game world anyway? Something will change and it will come to life again I’m sure…Go Marlins!!!!
Eva
On May 8, 2009 at 9:43 am
Come on, updating Duke Nukem as a modern day hero wasn’t exactly as extreme a make over as turning Adam West’s Batman into today’s Dark Knight. However that was a fairly gradual process and this is a radical sudden update. I was never convinced that the Duke could make the leap between eighties action hero, albeit a parody of one, to the flawed anti-hero popular today intact.
nonW00t
On May 9, 2009 at 12:57 am
“It’s done when it’s done” — haha, they’re done first. Good ridance I say.
dukenukemnever
On May 27, 2009 at 11:36 pm
No surprise here.