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DNF: Pipe Bombs are still pretty awesome

donhonkdonhonk Registered User regular
edited September 2010 in Games and Technology
A very reliable source with inside knowledge of Duke Nukem Forever developer 3D Realms today told Shacknews that the company has been shut down.
The closure came about as a result of funding issues, our source explained, with the shut down said to affect both 3D Realms and the recently resurrected Apogee name.

Phone calls and e-mails to various 3D Realms veterans have thus far gone unanswered, with publishing partner Take-Two likewise unavailable for comment.

3D Realms was founded in 1987 by Scott Miller and George Broussard. The company had infamously been working on Duke Nukem Forever over the past 13 years.

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God I hope not...

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  • RakaiRakai Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Won't somebody think of the jokes?!

    And Slash's pre-order?!

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  • FightTestFightTest Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    over the past 13 years.

    lolamirite

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    They best public domain everything.

    Even the builds from E3 '98.

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  • Psychotic OnePsychotic One The Lord of No Pants Parts UnknownRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Enter the Duke Nukem ForNever jokes now

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  • donhonkdonhonk Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    LewieP wrote: »
    They best public domain everything.

    Even the builds from E3 '98.

    This is the best course of action, maybe then the community could make Duke what he should be.

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  • NuzakNuzak Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    shiiitttt

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  • SkutSkutSkutSkut Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    But now we won't get Duke Nukem Forever! :(

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  • PeewiPeewi Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Looks like DNF DNF.
    DNF stands for both Duke Nukem Forever and "did not finish" for those that don't get it.

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  • abotkinabotkin Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Wow, that is a special kind of fail. Not super surprising, I mean how many people still actually expected DNF to come out? But still all kinds of fail.

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  • RamiRami Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    My surpriseometer is registering a 0 at this news.

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  • NuzakNuzak Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    time to kick ass and chew jobs

    and i'm all out of a... damn

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  • WillethWilleth Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    I call dibs on the rights when they go on sale.

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  • SpaceDrakeSpaceDrake Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    It's really only amazing that they held on this long. I'm not surprised that their creditors came knocking and that they had to liquidate the company (I imagine).

    I do hope we get to see the old DNF protos, though. What a bit of history that'd be.

    Also this means that Slash has to frame his preorder slip.

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  • ImpersonatorImpersonator Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Slash must be heartbroken. :lol:

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  • KyouguKyougu Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    So does Slash get his money back? Won't someone think of Slash?!

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  • stavesacrestavesacre Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    This I think is better news for forum jokes than the game being released.

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  • SheepSheep Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2009
    I'm shocked. SHOCKED!
    Well not that shocked

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  • LednehLedneh shinesquawk Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Paging slash000 to this thread in case ego searching hasn't worked yet

    Paging slash000 to this thread



    That out of the way, I'm sort of glad to see some closure on this sad story. Now I can remember Duke Nukem for what he was, rather than the horror that he was becoming.

    Shine on, Duke. Shine on.

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  • ZephosZephos Climbin in yo ski lifts, snatchin your people up. MichiganRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Just out of curiosity, has slash ever contacted anyone at gamestop to make sure his pre-order is still valid?

    i mean, when i worked there DNF wasn't in the system, and typically reserved games that never get picked up or canceled games that never have the deposit reclaimed i think eventually have their value folded back into the company coffers.

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  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    That out of the way, I'm sort of glad to see some closure on this sad story. Now I can remember Duke Nukem for what he was, rather than the horror that he was becoming.
    The '90's personified?

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  • donhonkdonhonk Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    I have prepared a tribute to the great man Duke. He will always live on in our hearts.

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    And listen to this song from Outlaws. It fits Mr. Duke.

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  • LednehLedneh shinesquawk Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Pretty much, yeah.

    And strippers.

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  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Zephos wrote: »
    Just out of curiosity, has slash ever contacted anyone at gamestop to make sure his pre-order is still valid?

    i mean, when i worked there DNF wasn't in the system, and typically reserved games that never get picked up or canceled games that never have the deposit reclaimed i think eventually have their value folded back into the company coffers.

    It is no longer valid from what I remember of the last DNF thread.

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  • ZephosZephos Climbin in yo ski lifts, snatchin your people up. MichiganRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Couscous wrote: »
    Zephos wrote: »
    Just out of curiosity, has slash ever contacted anyone at gamestop to make sure his pre-order is still valid?

    i mean, when i worked there DNF wasn't in the system, and typically reserved games that never get picked up or canceled games that never have the deposit reclaimed i think eventually have their value folded back into the company coffers.

    It is no longer valid from what I remember of the last DNF thread.

    Which, if he never got his money back, i'd claim bullshit. hah

    i'm sure they have something written legalizing the absorption of his money, but it'd be fun as hell to read a news story about him trying to get back his money.

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  • WillethWilleth Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Couscous wrote: »
    Zephos wrote: »
    Just out of curiosity, has slash ever contacted anyone at gamestop to make sure his pre-order is still valid?

    i mean, when i worked there DNF wasn't in the system, and typically reserved games that never get picked up or canceled games that never have the deposit reclaimed i think eventually have their value folded back into the company coffers.

    It is no longer valid from what I remember of the last DNF thread.

    That sounds like the beginning of an interesting article, actually.

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  • ZephosZephos Climbin in yo ski lifts, snatchin your people up. MichiganRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Willeth wrote: »
    Couscous wrote: »
    Zephos wrote: »
    Just out of curiosity, has slash ever contacted anyone at gamestop to make sure his pre-order is still valid?

    i mean, when i worked there DNF wasn't in the system, and typically reserved games that never get picked up or canceled games that never have the deposit reclaimed i think eventually have their value folded back into the company coffers.

    It is no longer valid from what I remember of the last DNF thread.

    That sounds like the beginning of an interesting article, actually.

    yeah, thats what i'm thinking.

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  • Handsome CostanzaHandsome Costanza Ask me about 8bitdo RIP Iwata-sanRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    So this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6K00DCK1l98 is the last thing they ever did, then?



    If so, thats a pretty good one to go out on.

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  • ImpersonatorImpersonator Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Haha, the famous trailer that showcased nothing more than a few logos.

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  • manwiththemachinegunmanwiththemachinegun METAL GEAR?! Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

    That is hysterical.

    Weren't they just saying they were like, 99% done with the game?

    Not like anyone should be surprised at this point.

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  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited May 2009
    I'm surprised. Seriously, I never expected development on this game to end be it cancellation or retail release. They've been working on DNF for over half my life. It's a damn fixture now!

    Don't take it away from meeeee.

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Raise your hand if you saw this bullshit coming.

    Still waiting for the "very reliable source" thing to not be someone talking out of their ass though.

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  • darleysamdarleysam On my way to UKRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Handsome Costanza wrote: »
    So this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6K00DCK1l98 is the last thing they ever did, then?



    If so, thats a pretty good one to go out on.

    I feel I should put my speakers up to full and stand with one hand on my heart, the other arm round a hooker.

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  • WillethWilleth Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    You have at least one very large hand.

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  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Man, I don't even have the heart to post the giant list of "stuff that has been released in the time that DNF has been in development.

    Especially since that list was like four years out of date.

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  • ValernosValernos Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    I'm gonna go ahead and call this here. This is the first step in an elaborate campaign to show DNF at E3 this year.

    I might be wrong, and I wouldn't bet my cock on it, but this feels like the start of a marketing campaign.

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  • darleysamdarleysam On my way to UKRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Willeth wrote: »
    You have at least one very large hand.

    Good point, I should edit that to arm.

    Ahh edit functions, where would I be without you?

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  • SheepSheep Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2009
    Hey, maybe they can sell the IP to someone who can actually make the game.

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  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    The book about 3DRealms is going to be awesome. We need more videogame historians.

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  • donhonkdonhonk Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Sheep wrote: »
    Hey, maybe they can sell the IP to someone who can actually make the game.

    I wonder what Valve Duke Nukem would be like.

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  • darleysamdarleysam On my way to UKRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Sheep wrote: »
    Hey, maybe they can sell the IP to someone who can actually make the game.

    Blizzard.

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