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3D Realms Buys Physics For Duke Nukem Forever
sp00 writes "In a press release, Meqon announces 3DRealms has purchased the Meqon Game Dynamics SDK engine for the upcoming title Duke Nukem Forever. There are some neat demos of the engine here. Is DNF finally a reality?"
Pretty damn well.
Download the tech demo from the site in the story. And check Custom Elements -> Particles.
^_^
It's not a 3D engine, it's a physics engine.
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Upcoming kind of implies that it's actually going to happen some day soon. As opposed to "the upcoming sun going supernova" - which is on about the same timescale as Duke Nukem Forever.
;)
Our sun has insufficient mass to ever go supernova. In other words, you are absolutely correct.
No, DNF was always a FPS. I remember seeing the first screenshots for it (Quake 2 engine, I believe).
I know, I know, DNF almost certainly isn't going to see the light of day any time this side of 2010. If it does, it will almost certainly be a flop of Daikatana-like proportions.
However...
Wouldn't it just be wonderfully ironic if 3d Realms did actually pull a great game out of the hat. I mean, Duke Nukem 3d *was* good... in many ways better than Quake. I just wonder how the gaming press would feel if DNF were to come out in the next 6 months and blow everybody away? Remember how until last year, everybody thought Valve were just sitting around doing nothing, until the HL2 trailer appeared? Suddenly, Valve were hot again. And now we have... oh...
Wait a moment...
Let's not press that comparison too far, eh?