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Posted 13 April 2006 - 11:00 AM

Gamasutra notes an article published in the May 2006 issue of Computer Games Magazine that discusses, among other things, the current state of Duke Nukem Forever. A game that has been in questionable development almost a decade now, DNF has managed to achieve a certain notoriety for its seemingly eternal incompleteness.

The title was apparently run for CGM at 3D Realms' studios and was described as being mainly "pieces of a game in progress and tech demos." Included in the pieces were a vehicle sequence, an early level, and a few rooms.

One interesting note is that publisher Take-Two is apparently still willing to invest rather heavily in the DN franchise:

A recently reported-on Take-Two financial filing shows that the game's long-time publisher has significant interest in the game's completion date, noting: "One other notable payment was the renegotiation of a $6 million charge due [to former publisher GT Interactive, now owned by Atari] upon delivery of the final PC version of Duke Nukem Forever back in March 2005. The epic delay of 3D Realms' shooter has meant that $4.25 million of the final milestone payment has already been paid, alongside the promise of a final $500,000 upon the commercial release of Duke Nukem Forever prior to December 31, 2006."
As has been noted many times in the past, DNF is still treading water, and may actually see release...at some point.
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Posted 13 April 2006 - 01:33 PM

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Posted 13 April 2006 - 02:14 PM

Duke Nukem Forever has been listed as #1 on Wired's top ten internet spoofs:

"1. Duke Nukem Forever: This game was first announced in 1997. Then its release date was pushed back. Again. And again. 3D Realms Entertainment swears it will deliver this thing eventually. Hopefully the developers are not getting paid by the hour, although if they are, perhaps that's the whole problem right there. When do we stop taking this product seriously? I would argue that nine years is long enough.

There you have it -- the top 10 hoaxes. As is traditional for these things, the best one wasn't ranked No. 1."

http://wiredblogs.tr...index.album?i=9

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Posted 13 April 2006 - 02:18 PM

View PostFat Bastard Canada, on April 13th 2006, 01:14 PM, said:

Duke Nukem Forever has been listed as #1 on Wired's top ten internet spoofs:

"1. Duke Nukem Forever: This game was first announced in 1997. Then its release date was pushed back. Again. And again. 3D Realms Entertainment swears it will deliver this thing eventually. Hopefully the developers are not getting paid by the hour, although if they are, perhaps that's the whole problem right there. When do we stop taking this product seriously? I would argue that nine years is long enough.

There you have it -- the top 10 hoaxes. As is traditional for these things, the best one wasn't ranked No. 1."

http://wiredblogs.tr...index.album?i=9

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Posted 13 April 2006 - 03:03 PM

Perhaps they should just go straight to making a movie of it.  It could be the latest trend in Hollywood....movies based on vaporware.
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Posted 13 April 2006 - 03:33 PM

As long as Uwe Boll doesn't get his filthy hands on them... :blarf:
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Posted 13 April 2006 - 04:35 PM

When they started making DNF we were still in OS 9! What a long strange trip it's been…
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Posted 13 April 2006 - 04:46 PM

View PostShagz, on April 13th 2006, 04:03 PM, said:

Perhaps they should just go straight to making a movie of it.  It could be the latest trend in Hollywood....movies based on vaporware.

There was a movie in development years ago IIRC.
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Posted 13 April 2006 - 04:57 PM

View Postehuelga, on April 13th 2006, 10:35 PM, said:

When they started making DNF we were still in OS 9! What a long strange trip it's been…

Umm....1997; try MacOS 7.6 or maybe MacOS 8 by the end of the year...