Duke Nukem Forever Update

Gamasutra reports on an update to one of the longest running jokes in the games industry, Duke Nukem Forever. The title, already ten years in development, may (possibly) see release this decade. From the blurb: "3DR's George Broussard also demonstrated world interactivity that includes Duke standing in front of a computer and emailing the player, if he provides his email address for the game. But, according to the piece, Broussard was bashful, overall, about showing off the game, commenting: 'The problem is that when we show it, people are going to be like, Yeah, whatever. Honestly, at this point we just want to finish it.'"

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I know their pain - JAST USA

[peter Payne]

If you know what bishoujo games are (or as we call them in the US marketplace, "PC dating-sim games"), then you might know my company, JAST USA http://www.jastusa.com/. We are an indies distributor that licenses Japanese bishoujo games and translates them, and in our history, we have had frustrating 4 year-or-so development cycles for games, which really sucked. One game that took a long time for us to release did so because we came out with it right as Windows XP came out, but the engine wasn't compatible -- so we had to rework it with a new engine. In retrospect, it would have been better to skip the work and just move on to new products, but we have a small but dedicated customer base and never tell them something can't be done, if we can handle it. I just try to learn from my mistakes and make things go more smoothly next time.

(Currently at work beta testing a game we announced in 2003 or so...)