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Duke Nukem Forever Not Dead? (Yes, This Again)

Posted by Soulskill on from the you-didn't-think-it-was-over-did-you? dept.

kaychoro writes "There may be hope for Duke Nukem Forever (again). 'Jon St. John, better known as the voice of Duke Nukem, said some interesting words during a panel discussion at the Music and Games Festival (MAGFest) that took place January 1 – 4 in Alexandria, Virginia, according to Pixel Enemy. Answering a question from the crowd regarding DNF, St. John said: "... let me go ahead and tell you right now that I'm not allowed to talk about Duke Nukem Forever. No, no, don't be disappointed, read between the lines — why am I not allowed to talk about it?"'"

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  1. Meh by Kjella · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The only thing he sounded like, was "I'd like to tell you all about that shit and how horribly mismanaged that disaster was, but I've been gagged from telling you"

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  2. Of Course it's Not Dead by segedunum · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's only been dead because the whole thing was totally mismanaged for the best part of a decade, and those in charge of it got themselves into what can only be described as a mental illness. It's far easier to promise that a game will blow away everything else if you don't deliver it, and given that DN pre-dated games like Quake and an age where 3D games were developing fast I can sort of understand it, if not forgive.

    The story, plot and characters of the game are still worth quite a bit. There still isn't anything quite like Duke Nukem even after all the FPS games that came after. The question is, can anyone take those up and create an actual game to some sort of plan?

  3. Re:Duke Nuken For.... WTF?! by petermgreen · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Why didn't they just get someone to develop something and slap a name on it?
    They did slap the duke nukem name on third party stuff a couple of times, duke nukem time to kill and duke nuem manhatten project spring to mind.

    It always appeared to me that the big problem with dnf was they really wanted it to be a ground breaking game but others kept overtaking them and so they kept rearchitecting the game over and over again.

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  4. You're all drawing the wrong conclusion by Quarters · · Score: 5, Insightful

    He's not allowed to talk about it because there is now ongoing litigation between Take2 and 3DRealms over contracts, monetary advances, etc...