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2003 Vaporware Awards

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the annual-traditions dept.

7x7 writes "Wired News has the 2003 Vaporware Awards available for your perusal. Winning the Lifetime Achievement Award, if you hadn't guessed already: Duke Nukem Forever!"

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  1. The List by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Lifetime Achievement Award: Duke Nukem Forever

    10. RadioShark (Griffin Technology)
    9. Amiga OS 4.0 (Amiga)
    8. Wrist PDA (Fossil)
    7. HDTV TiVo (TiVo)
    6. RealPC (FWB)
    5. Wi-Fi SD Card for Palm (SanDisk)
    4. Team Fortress 2 (Valve)
    3. Phantom Gaming System (Infinium Labs)
    2. Fallout 3 (Black Isle Studios)
    1. Half-Life 2 (Valve) /anon

  2. Re:WMDs by drafalski · · Score: 5, Informative
    From the article:
    Dishonorable shout outs also go to Valve's Counter-Strike: Condition Zero; President George W. Bush's weapons of mass destruction...
  3. very important missing game by dAzED1 · · Score: 4, Informative
    Ummm...EQ2?

    A long time ago, the EQ2 FAQ said that EQ2 would be out Q32003. Then, it said Q42003. Then it said Q12004.

    Now, it simply says:
    n will EverQuest II be released?
    EverQuest II will launch in 2004.

    I know that EQ2 will arrive eventually, but it definately fits in the group of "all those eagerly anticipated gizmos in 2003 that were put off, put away or quietly put down."

    Isn't EQ a big game, relative to anyone that would be playing Duke Nukem, even if it had come out?

  4. 7. HDTV TiVo (TiVo) ... by goofballs · · Score: 4, Informative

    is actually coming out it looks like: models to be available

  5. Re:Duke Nukem Forever by (54)T-Dub · · Score: 5, Informative

    They don't need investors. They made enough money off of Duke Nukem and the Max Payne license to fund themseleves.

    --

    "I can not bring myself to believe that if knowledge presents danger, the solution is ignorance" - Isaac Asimov
  6. Re:Story of Duke Nukem Forever? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    The Official Duke Nukem Forever FAQ
    There's really not much mentioning of the delay except that they changed engines during the development, which set them back quite a bit. But there is some interesting information regarding other apsects of the game.