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Duke Nukem Forever Due This Year?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the an-end-in-sight dept.

nz17 writes "Under the original deal, 3D Realms was to receive some $6 million from Take-Two to develop the title. Now the Texas-based developer will receive only $4,250 for the oft-delayed game when it is completed. Just the same, 3D Realms has a fairly large incentive to get Duke Nukem Forever done by the end of the year; Take-Two has offered the studio $500,000 in the form of a promissory note if the game sees commercial release by December 31, 2006."

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  1. Who saw that pig go by? by Red+Samurai · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sorry folks, this is over 2 months late.

    1. Re:Who saw that pig go by? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      .... and in other news, a weather update for Hell calls for frost warnings, wth possible freezing temperatures. Details at 10.

    2. Re:Who saw that pig go by? by Jugalator · · Score: 5, Funny

      Flying pig?

      By now it's a flying Bill Gates as a super hero praising open source and destroying proprietary software companies with fricking lasers from his head.

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    3. Re:Who saw that pig go by? by Traiklin · · Score: 2, Funny

      Don't you mean It's over 9 years old?
      It's pretty bad to go from $6 million in development to $4,250.

      unless of course after 10 years, 3 engines and a lot of emberassed execs, $4,250 is all they have left of the initial $6 million.

    4. Re:Who saw that pig go by? by stunt_penguin · · Score: 2, Funny

      'It's time to kick ass and chew gum, and i'm all outta....... oh wait'

      Meh

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    5. Re:Who saw that pig go by? by G+Morgan · · Score: 2, Funny

      Apparently the devs on Duke Forever are big pals with the guys working on the HURD.

  2. Windows Vista by fph+il+quozientatore · · Score: 5, Funny

    So you /do/ confirm that DNF will ship before Windows Vista?

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    1. Re:Windows Vista by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Where have you been? Duke Nukem IS THE CODE NAME for Windows Vista! Think about it...

      Come on people, try to keep up!

  3. $4250 ? by GroeFaZ · · Score: 5, Funny

    $1 for each day of development?

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  4. The funniest response to this article EVER by jacobw · · Score: 5, Funny

    I am working on an amazing response to this article. Trust me, it'll be great--not just funny, but incredibly insightful. It will take your breath away. It is destined to be the most talked-about Slashdot posting of 2006. Unfortunately, it's not ready to post yet, but it will be ready within about 10 minutes. I just wanted to give everybody a heads up. Look for it here!

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    1. Re:The funniest response to this article EVER by jacobw · · Score: 5, Funny

      Sorry, 'm havng some problems wth one of the keys on my keyboard. Gve me another half hour or so, and the post wll be ready. Trust me, t's worth watng for. t'll be AMAZNG!

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    2. Re:The funniest response to this article EVER by Gli7ch · · Score: 4, Funny

      OMG I can't wait! It's going to be the best post since the last one you made!

    3. Re:The funniest response to this article EVER by jacobw · · Score: 5, Funny

      OK, it turned out there was a little bit of Cheeto crumb stuck in my keyboard. I just shook it upside down for a minute, and now everything's working again. Fortunately, the slight delay has given me time to reconsider my development environment. I was writing the amazing response I have to the article in TextEdit, but I've decided to switch to TacoHTML. This will enable me to give you--the comment reader--the sort of impressive, modern HTML styles you've come to expect from a quality post. Unfortunately, I forgot to save when I quit TextEdit, so I've had to start my post from scratch. But it ought to be ready within an hour at most. Watch this space!

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    4. Re:The funniest response to this article EVER by jacobw · · Score: 5, Funny

      I've had to take a break from writing my post to go watch the England/Paraguay World Cup Game, but I will be back and have everything finished in three hours, TOPS.

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    5. Re:The funniest response to this article EVER by natrius · · Score: 4, Funny

      Look jacobw, your comment is way behind schedule. If you don't get it out soon, interest in your comment will have waned, and it probably won't be of the quality that people are used to by then. Comment writers have been using more advanced tools to write their posts that make them wittier and more insightful, and your comment was started before these tools were available. Here's the deal: If you get you post your comment within the next two hours, I will give you a +1, Insightful mod. Hurry up. Your fans are waiting.

    6. Re:The funniest response to this article EVER by jacobw · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'm back! And I have my comment ready to go, and I could definitely post it, but here's the thing: While I was watching the World Cup game, I started thinking, "It's so much better to see a game then just to read about it." And then I started thinking, what if instead of just reading my post, you could see it, too? So I've decided that rather than put up a purely verbal post now, it's better to take the time to transform it into a really incredible visual post. So hang in there. My amazing response is coming, and it's going to be even better than before! I just need a day or two to learn Photoshop.

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    7. Re:The funniest response to this article EVER by jacobw · · Score: 5, Funny

      Actually, I'm taking a net karma loss on this. +1 funny doesn't give karma, as you say, but -1 Redundant takes it away. Fortunately, when my Amazing Comment is ready to ship, it's going to be SO amazing that they're going to invent a whole new category for it-- +1,000,000 BEST COMMENT EVER. At least, I hope so. If not, I'm facing karma bankruptcy.

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  5. Re:Good Idea? by jamesh · · Score: 5, Funny

    C:\> dnf.exe

    Welcome to Duke Nukem Forever! Would you like instructions?

    You are standing at the end of a road before a small brick building. Around you is a forest. A small stream flows out of the building and down a gully to the south.

    > _


    I'll have my $500,000 now thankyou.

  6. Duke Nukem Forever Due This Year. by jkrise · · Score: 3, Funny

    2006: Duke Nukem Forever Due This Year.
    2007: Duke Nukem Forever Due This Year.
    2008: Duke Nukem Forever Due This Year.
    2009: Duke Nukem Forever Due This Year. .. .. ..
    2020: Duke Nukem Forever Due This Year.

    Unlike Microsoft, the DNF folks have been consistent. They haven't changed their stance over several years....

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  7. Waaaait a minute... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Guns n' Roses will release Chinese Democracy, Take Two will release Duke Nukem Forever...

    Does anybody else feel like there must be a large comet headed our way? If you see the Phantom mentioned in the coming months, drop what you're doing and head for the hills.

    1. Re:Waaaait a minute... by SheeEttin · · Score: 2, Funny

      You, sir, have not been paying attention.

  8. Don't you know why? by Gli7ch · · Score: 3, Funny

    Guys! Don't you know? The only reason they took so long developing it is because they had to recode the whole thing for its exclusive release for the Infinium Labs Phantom!

    Duh!

  9. Re:quite the paycut by Simon+Thulbourn · · Score: 2, Funny

    This just in Duke Nukem Forever discovered to be Nigeria's biggest 419 scam EVER

  10. In related news.... by cyriustek · · Score: 3, Funny

    In related news...

    Windows Vista is to ship this year.

    We will no longer have to wait for Godot.

    The second coming of Christ will come this year.

    The US will pull out of Iraq this year.

    The US will find Osama.

  11. Re:hell freezes over again... by Mathiasdm · · Score: 1, Funny

    Let's sum things up for the last few years:
    -Finland wins the Eurovision song contest
    -Intelligent Design is taught in American schools
    -Debian Sarge goes stable
    -Apple switches to Intel

    Next up:
    -Windows Vista gets released
    -Duke Nukem gets released

    What's after that? Slashdot getting a layout overhaul?

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  12. Re:AO rating? by gmenhorn · · Score: 3, Funny

    You mean DOA?

  13. Re:Basically by McTaggart · · Score: 2, Funny

    New Old Hat: coming winter 2008

  14. the truth is in the punctuation by elmarkitse · · Score: 5, Funny

    Duke Nukem, Forever Due 'This Year'...

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  15. All I can say is if it doesn't run..... by i_want_you_to_throw_ · · Score: 2, Funny

    on my new AMIGA then I'm gonna be pissed.

  16. Re:I Believe It by Jim+Hall · · Score: 5, Funny

    DNF will ship. Who knows how good it will be, or what condition it will be in. They can make money after the fact with expansions.

    But will you have the system to handle DNF? I have a pre-market copy of the DNF box right here ... let's see .... MS-DOS 6.22 (Windows 3.11 users will need to exit to DOS), 32MB XMS memory (HIMEM), 100MB free space on hard drive.

  17. MS is very interested in this! by marcelo.mosca · · Score: 2, Funny

    Actualy, they are looking forward to replacing Solitaire in vista with it ;)