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Duke in Trouble?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the need-more-than-a-headshot-here dept.

1up reports on rumours of trouble at 3D Realms, the long-term developers of the Duke Nukem Forever project. The duke project is apparently in jeopardy, according to the buzz, as several key developers have left the company for greener pastures. 3D Realms webmaster Joe Siegler has responded to these rumours, saying on the message boards "It's internal business - all employee departures and comings have always been that way. This is nothing new. People have left before, IT IS THE NATURE OF THIS BUSINESS. It's the way it goes ... There's honestly nothing to be concerned about. People leave. People come. There's staff on the project you don't know about."

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  1. Doesn't matter by repruhsent · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I don't think anyone still thought this game was ever going to be released anyway.

  2. Of course people left by MobyDisk · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Duke Nukem has been in the making for 10 years! With an average lifespan in this undustry of 3 -5 years, how the heck could a 10 year project be completed with the same set of employees?

    "It's time to write code and chew gum... and I'm all outta gum."

  3. nearly 10 years later... by logicassasin · · Score: 2, Insightful

    C'mon now... Duke Nukem Forever is taking forever to release. The majority of people that were waiting for this game have forgotten about it. Those that remember it treat it as a joke. The hype surrounding this game once rivaled or surpassed Daikatana but, hey, at lease Daikatana was actually released. Duke Nukem Forever will go down in history as the one piece of software that completely defines the term "Vaporware".

    I would have appreciated it more if 3DRealms said "Hey, we fucked up on this one... DNF will never be released. We're busy working on 'Rise of the Triads 2006' and 'Blake Stone: I Come To Kick Ass'". At least you can respect them for admitting a screw-up instead of constantly dragging Duke's good name through the mud.

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  4. IDEA!! by nascarguy27 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Since it'll never be completely done, open source Duke Nukem Forever. That way it can forever be in beta AND people can use it. Unless of course it's unusable at all now. Hopefully it's beyond that.

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