3D Realms shuts down

[Clownzilla]

Pft. Companies come and go, but intellectual property never dies. Oh ye of little faith.

Once 3D Realms goes then the Duke Nukem IP will be much easier (and cheaper) to buy. Somebody will pick it up and do something with it.

[Diosoth]

This no doubt kills the DS and PSP Trilogy releases, too. Oh well.

[RCM]

While I never dealt with them directly, it's pretty clear that the folks running the show at 3DR were really out of touch. At least that's what my colleagues conveyed. REgardless, it's too bad we never got a proper Duke sequel.

[roushimsx]

This no doubt kills the DS and PSP Trilogy releases, too. Oh well.

Deep Silver announced that the DS and PSP releases of Critical Mass are going to be unaffected by whatever is going down at 3DR.

[grolt]

Fools. While they were wasting time and money on endless rethinks of the same tired concept, the Quakes, Unreals, Tomb Raiders, Resident Evils and the like all crafted franchises and made a mint. This certainly closes off one of the biggest jokes in gaming development history.

[Push Upstairs]

First "Chinese Democracy" gets released, now the end of Duke Nukem Forever.

We're losing all the tried and true jokes.

[roushimsx]

We're losing all the tried and true jokes.

As long as Spark Unlimited continues to release games, we'll have at least one running joke.

[Trumpman]

This sucks...Duke Nukem was my childhood. I always held out some (foolish) hope that DNF would be released, but it looks like all the naysayers were right all along.

[Vlcice]

First "Chinese Democracy" gets released, now the end of Duke Nukem Forever.

We're losing all the tried and true jokes.

DNF was pretty much the last of old era vapourware, wasn't it? Team Fortress 2, Mother 3, Too Human, Chinese Democracy all were eventually released. Even Smile got an actual release.

[Push Upstairs]

DNF was pretty much the last of old era vapourware, wasn't it? Team Fortress 2, Mother 3, Too Human, Chinese Democracy all were eventually released. Even Smile got an actual release.

Even "Prey" got released, and before Duke Forever.

I'm still shocked at that.

[Poofta!]

DNF was pretty much the last of old era vapourware, wasn't it? Team Fortress 2, Mother 3, Too Human, Chinese Democracy all were eventually released. Even Smile got an actual release.

I'm still looking forward to Gravy Trader. (bonus points for people who know)

[Baloo]

Looks like Duke Nukem Forever just became Duke Nukem ForNever it seems.

But if Take-Two still retains publishing rights, who knows, they might lease them out to a good developer this time.

[Diosoth]

Looks like Duke Nukem Forever just became Duke Nukem ForNever it seems.

But if Take-Two still retains publishing rights, who knows, they might lease them out to a good developer this time.

Given how many Duke Nukem games have been made by OTHER COMPANIES since Duke 3D was released, it really hasn't been a 3D Realms franchise for a long time.