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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. RIP, Fallout 3 by frenetic3 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    let us have a moment of silence. (seriously).

    that was such a kick in the nuts.

    -fren

    --
    "Where are we going, and why am I in this handbasket?"
  2. Just A Reminder Everyone by devphaeton · · Score: 5, Interesting

    .... of why you shouldn't Pre-Order stuff.

    I'm still waiting for Gran Turismo 2000 to hit the shelves.

    Software Etc. will listen with empathy about my loud proclamations of GT2K == GT3-Aspec, and the sales weasels will agree with me. But the mgmt. shall not, will not, could not would not refund my money, nor give me a store credit until:

    1) A game called Gran Turismo 2000 ships.
    2) Official word from Sony arrives that the game is canceled.

    bastards.

    --


    do() || do_not(); // try();
  3. Re:HL2 should not have been #1... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    from reading/playing with the code (erm, I mean a friend told me, yeah, that's it), the hl2 source was no were near ready in Sept./Oct. HL2 ship date would have been pushed back even if the source had not been stolen, because it simply wasn't done. If anything, having it release was a good thing, because it gave them a public excuse to delay, and causes them to perform a decent code review when it's finally "done."

    As for TF2, it's now a mod for HL2, so of course it's delayed.