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

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?

Comments

About fell out of my chair

[CaptainStormfield]

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

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

Re:Is Duke Nuke Em Forever Real?

[IanBevan]

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

If Duke was published by...

[QEDog]

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