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3D Realms Sued Over Failed Duke Nukem Forever Plans
Take-Two Interactive has now sued 3D Realms over the cancellation of Duke Nukem Forever . Take-Two did not provide continuous funding for the game, but they did pay $12 million for the publishing rights to the game. A Bloomberg report quotes Take-Two's complaint as saying that 3D Realms "continually delayed the completion date" and "repeatedly assured Take-Two and the video-gaming community that it was diligently working toward competing development of the PC Version" of the game. (The complaint refers to 3D Realms as part of Apogee Software, Ltd., not to be confused with Apogee Software, LLC, the publisher behind the still-forthcoming Duke Nukem Trilogy.)
.. that this ugly business is all a hoax, and they are preparing to release it, but that's probably just me in denial :(
It's time to sue everyone and chew bubble gum... and I'm all outta gum!
They might get the current build of the game, though.
I sure know which out of the two I'd want if I was Take Two!
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3D Realms threw a handful of bills at Take Two Interactive's bitch lawyers and said, "Wanna dance?"
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3D Realms don't have $12 million. If they did they wouldn't have gone belly up. A game developer has virtually no tangible assets. Computers will add up to the tens of thousands at most, devkits are owned by the console manufacturers, offices are leased. The IP is typically not going to have anyone wanting to buy it.
The only exception to that last point is Take Two. They have a vested interest in making this game a reality. Presumably the point to this is that they become creditors and so will have a claim on the aspects of DNF that have been completed.
They might get the current build of the game, though.
2 DVDs filled with videos of strippers for reference material, 1 CD-ROM containing training for weapons and explosives, 20 sci-fi magazines about aliens, 1 small "cheezy phrase" booklet, 30 artist sketches of what the monsters would look like, and 1 bag of tepid air to be used for marketing.
I sure know which out of the two I'd want if I was Take Two!
Those two DVDs seem to be interesting, and you never know when you need a bag of tepid air.
...they should just go to the 3D Realms headquarters, rip their heads off and shit down their neck.
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This is a relief.
I was afraid that the most famous vaporware in the history of computing was about to really evaporate. Now that this is going on, this should keep hopes alive for at least another five years.
-JJS
Then it's the only software that ever did, and should be preserved for historical reference. Oh, dear, that kernel was useless.
Here it is http://www.gossipgamers.com/duke-nukem-forever-gameplay-footage-leaked/
They have the Duke Nukem Intellectual Property, as well as whatever other games 3d Realms has produced over the years. Winning that in court would allow them to produce games, as well as movies or anything else. In the long term, it could be worth well north of the 12 million.
Dang! Someone give me 12 million dollars to simply MAKE a game, and I could get it done in ten years. By myself... Finding it hard to have pity for 3D Realms...
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Don't you get it? The story is the game, and it will last *forever*.
The Collector's Edition is said to replace the bag of tepid air with a container of smoke and a short length of garden hose...
The container, of course, being in the form of a suppository...
They paid that money 9 years ago. Yeah, most people believed the game might be someday finished 9 years ago. Even 7 years ago it was "soon". 5 years ago it was "gotta be sometime in the next couple of years". 3 years ago it was "are they actually still working on it?"