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Duke Nukem Not Out In 2003, Manhunt, GTA, More..

Posted by simoniker on from the take-several-pills-and-sit-down dept.

Thanks to several readers for pointing out Take Two's financial results for Q2 2003, as the owner of the Rockstar, Gotham Games, and Gathering labels had a 58 percent increase in profit, largely due to Rockstar's massive Grand Theft Auto franchise and the new Midnight Club 2. The accompanying earnings conference call had a question about Duke Nukem Forever coming out in 2003, which the CEO answered: "for this holiday season.. no.. we're just hopeful that the team in Dallas will finish it." Also trailed was "a significant Xbox game" from Rockstar to release in Q1 2004 (GTA, anyone?), and that one of Gathering's (PC?) titles is using the Halo engine. Finally, there was another mention of Rockstar North's mysterious Manhunt - an even darker, more twisted game from the GTA developers?

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  1. About fell out of my chair by CaptainStormfield · · Score: 5, Funny

    When I skimmed the headline and missed the "not."

    Wake me when Duke is coming now. Now that will be news!

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    1. Re:About fell out of my chair by Danse · · Score: 2, Funny

      Nothing to see here. This is just the annual announcement that Duke will not be released this year. It's a tradition, dating back to 1998, which will be with us for years to come. I feel like we should start having annual Duke parties where we dress up and stuff. Maybe with a theme based on the most recent rumors about the game. Could be fun :)

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      It's not enough to bash in heads, you've got to bash in minds. - Captain Hammer
    2. Re:About fell out of my chair by sekra · · Score: 2, Funny

      Perhaps they are trying to port it to HURD and will release Duke Nukem Forever together with the HURD release.

  2. Duke Nuken was ready, but SCO claims they own it.. by Desmoden · · Score: 2, Funny


    according to SCO there are 1-2 lines of code that appear in Duke that they claim rights to. So until this is settled the game is on hold.

  3. Re:Duke Nuken was ready, but SCO claims they own i by smoondog · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... And they are:

    "int main() {"

    and

    "}"

    -Sean

  4. Re:Is Duke Nuke Em Forever Real? by IanBevan · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think they dumped all those engines for a V6, and are now headed out of town as quick as possible.

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  5. Re:Manhunt stealthiness (was Re:flash) by TrippTDF · · Score: 2, Funny

    I live in New York City, and from time to time I see giant Rockstar logos on sides of buildings and other places. Just the big R.

    It seems like they are really tring to get the Rockstar logo on the same level as the McDonalds logo. An interesting way to go- letting people see the logo without the name, and then let them see the name somewhere else.

    I could go for a burger right now, followed by a massive killing spree.

  6. If Duke was published by... by QEDog · · Score: 3, Funny
    Nintendo - it will be cancelled a week before its release date, with a full-page NYTimes ad explaining why it is good to wait.

    Blizzard - no one would complain, everyone would say they are just going to release it when they are ready

    Hideo Kojima - it would come out, but you would play as one of the strippers

    Apple - it would look really really cool, and somewhat feminine at the same time

    Eidos - Duke would have big boobs

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    "There is no teacher but the enemy."-Mazer Rackham
  7. Re:I heard that 3DR will be renaming DNF... by vraxoin · · Score: 2, Funny

    Funny, in the racing world "DNF" means "Did Not Finish". Hmmm....