Duke Nukem officially dead? 3drealms closed down?

datter · 05-06-2009, 04:18 PM

I just "heard this on a forum" so I know how that goes, but I thought this would be the place to actually see if it's true. According to the anonymous internet source, 3d Realms closed down this afternoon.

True or false?

TomChick · 05-06-2009, 04:19 PM

Source?

-Tom

datter · 05-06-2009, 04:20 PM

None was forthcoming, so I thought I'd check with you guys. Might be something, might be nothing... I was hoping to find that out here.

Cory · 05-06-2009, 04:21 PM

adree?

Charles · 05-06-2009, 04:21 PM

Good troll. 7/10.

kerzain · 05-06-2009, 04:22 PM

That would be some pretty significant news. That would depress me, I've been a fan of 3D realms since their days as Apogee. I hope it's just a big huge fat lie of a rumor.

Besides, ten years ago or so I heard Megadeth recorded the theme song for the game, and I've been curious to know if they'd still use it.

flyinj · 05-06-2009, 04:23 PM

More 3D realms viral marketing.

TomChick · 05-06-2009, 04:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by datter

None was forthcoming, so I thought I'd check with you guys.

You heard it on a forum and yet no source was forthcoming? So it was an imaginary forum? :)

-Tom

Alan Au · 05-06-2009, 04:26 PM

GamingInsider doesn't have any news about it, so I'm calling shenanigans.

- Alan

Jose Liz · 05-06-2009, 04:26 PM

I'm pretty sure they're still making enough on licensing to keep going (plus early payments from Activision for Forever, selling Max Payne, ect). Although not making a real game in like 12 years does tend to hurt a company...

cesare · 05-06-2009, 04:29 PM

Article at Shack News. Not saying that makes it true, but there you go.

datter · 05-06-2009, 04:30 PM

Again, please take this for what it's worth what with this being the internet and all.

Quote:

"3d Realms went to Take 2 asking for about 5 million more to finish Duke Nukem, which Take 2 declined, instead offering to sell the franchise back to 3d Realms for around 30 million. 3d Realms shut it's doors instead."

From someone who has a relative working in the company. When you think about it you guys are getting this from me, who heard it from a guy on the internet who heard it from a relative who supposedly works at the company in question. Yes, it's that kind of thing.

Again, not coming here proclaiming any "breaking news"... just to see if anyone here has heard anything related.

SolomonGrundy · 05-06-2009, 04:31 PM

I've been hearing the same thing...

Cory · 05-06-2009, 04:35 PM

this thread just got linked in the official 3d realms forums:

http://forums.3drealms.com/vb/showthread.php?t=35533

Rimbo · 05-06-2009, 04:36 PM

Uh-oh. I hope this isn't true.

Mordrak · 05-06-2009, 04:38 PM

I guess the publisher was all out of bubble gum.

Demon G Sides · 05-06-2009, 04:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mordrak

I guess the publisher was all out of bubble gum.

So they ripped off 3D Realms head and shit down its throat?

Cory · 05-06-2009, 04:43 PM

someone just posted this in the 3d realms forums:

Quote:

It's definitely true. 100% confirmed from current 3DR employees.

kerzain · 05-06-2009, 04:44 PM

I've been taunting my wife with this game for ten years now. Promising her the chance to watch me shoot 3d half naked strippers.

JD · 05-06-2009, 04:48 PM

Wow. I'm sad. I was really looking forward to seeing the final game some day...

I wonder what it must be like to work on a game so long, just to see it - haha... - nuked. Despite the natural fluctuation within the company, I guess there must have been a few people other than Broussard that have been on it for ages.

DDB · 05-06-2009, 04:49 PM

It's time to kick ass and fund my company. And I'm all out of funds.

Cory · 05-06-2009, 04:51 PM

see tom. you open the floodgates yet again and this is what happens.

Creole Ned · 05-06-2009, 04:51 PM

If this is true I'm sad I will probably never get to play DNF. On the other hand, I am hopeful that we'll start getting some good stories on the development hell that was Duke Nukem Forever from the people that were there.

Tom Ohle · 05-06-2009, 04:53 PM

big-time sad face.

kerzain · 05-06-2009, 04:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Creole Ned

If this is true I'm sad I will probably never get to play DNF. On the other hand, I am hopeful that we'll start getting some good stories on the development hell that was Duke Nukem Forever from the people that were there.

Yes, one of the dev guys needs to team with a ghost writer and put these tales down on paper. I'd read it.

Rimbo · 05-06-2009, 04:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kerzain

Yes, one of the dev guys needs to team with a ghost writer and put these tales down on paper. I'd read it.

Other than Broussard himself, has any one guy been involved with it for the whole 13 years?

Edit: Even DN creator Todd Replogle ditched after a while.

rei · 05-06-2009, 04:55 PM

One of the producers is an irregular QTer who posted here recently. What a mismanagement clusterfuck of epic proportions.

steve · 05-06-2009, 04:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rimbo

Other than Broussard himself, has any one guy been involved with it for the whole 13 years?

Edit: Even DN creator Todd Replogle ditched after a while.

Scott Miller.

Mike Pugliese · 05-06-2009, 04:56 PM

Less talk, more Duke Nukem-related quips.

spiffy · 05-06-2009, 05:00 PM

Whatever. I'm so tired of hearing about this game. After ten years of waiting it would've been a giant let down anyway. I hope it's dead and it stays dead.

05-06-2009, 04:18 PM	#1
datter Mad Chester Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Nova Scotia Gamertag : mrdatter Posts: 1,298	Duke Nukem officially dead? 3drealms closed down? I just "heard this on a forum" so I know how that goes, but I thought this would be the place to actually see if it's true. According to the anonymous internet source, 3d Realms closed down this afternoon. True or false?

05-06-2009, 04:19 PM	#2
TomChick Administrator World's End Supernova Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 18,200	Source? -Tom

05-06-2009, 04:20 PM	#3
datter Mad Chester Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Nova Scotia Gamertag : mrdatter Posts: 1,298	None was forthcoming, so I thought I'd check with you guys. Might be something, might be nothing... I was hoping to find that out here.

05-06-2009, 04:21 PM	#4
Cory New Romantic Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Lafayette, IN ---> XBL: Cubit33 --------------> PSN: Cubit85 --------------> Posts: 9,413	adree?

05-06-2009, 04:21 PM	#5
Charles [Solium Infernum] How To Go Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 14,438	Good troll. 7/10.

05-06-2009, 04:22 PM	#6
kerzain Social Worker Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Pacific Northwest XBL & Steam: kerzain Posts: 4,620	That would be some pretty significant news. That would depress me, I've been a fan of 3D realms since their days as Apogee. I hope it's just a big huge fat lie of a rumor. Besides, ten years ago or so I heard Megadeth recorded the theme song for the game, and I've been curious to know if they'd still use it.

05-06-2009, 04:23 PM	#7
flyinj Social Worker Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 4,373	More 3D realms viral marketing.

05-06-2009, 04:26 PM	#9
Alan Au New Romantic Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Studying instead of gaming Posts: 6,233	GamingInsider doesn't have any news about it, so I'm calling shenanigans. - Alan

05-06-2009, 04:26 PM	#10
Jose Liz Social Worker Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 2,822	I'm pretty sure they're still making enough on licensing to keep going (plus early payments from Activision for Forever, selling Max Payne, ect). Although not making a real game in like 12 years does tend to hurt a company...

05-06-2009, 04:29 PM	#11
cesare Spinning Toe Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: ..the furthest you can live from the government. Posts: 619	Article at Shack News. Not saying that makes it true, but there you go.

05-06-2009, 04:31 PM	#13
SolomonGrundy Social Worker Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: out of body Posts: 2,885	I've been hearing the same thing...

05-06-2009, 04:35 PM	#14
Cory New Romantic Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Lafayette, IN ---> XBL: Cubit33 --------------> PSN: Cubit85 --------------> Posts: 9,413	this thread just got linked in the official 3d realms forums: http://forums.3drealms.com/vb/showthread.php?t=35533

05-06-2009, 04:36 PM	#15
Rimbo 6th Grade Spelling Bee Loser World's End Supernova Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Xbox Gamertag: Rimbosity Posts: 20,260	Uh-oh. I hope this isn't true.

05-06-2009, 04:38 PM	#16
Mordrak How To Go Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 12,209	I guess the publisher was all out of bubble gum.

05-06-2009, 04:44 PM	#19
kerzain Social Worker Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Pacific Northwest XBL & Steam: kerzain Posts: 4,620	I've been taunting my wife with this game for ten years now. Promising her the chance to watch me shoot 3d half naked strippers.

05-06-2009, 04:48 PM	#20
JD Social Worker Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Berlin Posts: 3,629	Wow. I'm sad. I was really looking forward to seeing the final game some day... I wonder what it must be like to work on a game so long, just to see it - haha... - nuked. Despite the natural fluctuation within the company, I guess there must have been a few people other than Broussard that have been on it for ages.

05-06-2009, 04:49 PM	#21
DDB Hustle Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 330	It's time to kick ass and fund my company. And I'm all out of funds.

05-06-2009, 04:51 PM	#22
Cory New Romantic Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Lafayette, IN ---> XBL: Cubit33 --------------> PSN: Cubit85 --------------> Posts: 9,413	see tom. you open the floodgates yet again and this is what happens.

05-06-2009, 04:51 PM	#23
Creole Ned Social Worker Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Vancouver Posts: 4,215	If this is true I'm sad I will probably never get to play DNF. On the other hand, I am hopeful that we'll start getting some good stories on the development hell that was Duke Nukem Forever from the people that were there.

05-06-2009, 04:53 PM	#24
Tom Ohle Social Worker Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Edmonton, AB, Canada Posts: 2,489	big-time sad face.

05-06-2009, 04:55 PM	#27
rei New Romantic Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Edmonton Posts: 5,838	One of the producers is an irregular QTer who posted here recently. What a mismanagement clusterfuck of epic proportions.

05-06-2009, 04:56 PM	#29
Mike Pugliese Broad Band Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: New York Posts: 173	Less talk, more Duke Nukem-related quips.

05-06-2009, 05:00 PM	#30
spiffy Social Worker Join Date: May 2006 Location: oakland,CA Posts: 2,579	Whatever. I'm so tired of hearing about this game. After ten years of waiting it would've been a giant let down anyway. I hope it's dead and it stays dead.

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