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3D Realms Out Of Business?

Heavy rumor reports that Duke Nukem Forever's developer has shut its doors.

You can't see it, but me and this dude are holding ALWAYS BET ON DUKE poker chips. Also, this was taken at E3 in 1998. Yeah. 1998.
You can't see it, but me and this dude are holding ALWAYS BET ON DUKE poker chips. Also, this was taken at E3 in 1998. Yeah. 1998.
Wow. So... Shacknews is reporting via a "very reliable source" that 3D Realms has been shut down due to funding issues. The Apogee name, which was recently brought back, is also said to be defunct.

We'll do some digging and see what turns up. So far, sounds like no one's commenting one way or the other.
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You can't see it, but me and this dude are holding ALWAYS BET ON DUKE poker chips. Also, this was taken at E3 in 1998. Yeah. 1998.
You can't see it, but me and this dude are holding ALWAYS BET ON DUKE poker chips. Also, this was taken at E3 in 1998. Yeah. 1998.
Wow. So... Shacknews is reporting via a "very reliable source" that 3D Realms has been shut down due to funding issues. The Apogee name, which was recently brought back, is also said to be defunct.

We'll do some digging and see what turns up. So far, sounds like no one's commenting one way or the other.
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Duke Nukem Fornever! i honestly can't come up with anything worse and more played out.

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NOOOOO......... you got recession in my Duke Nukem

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I always knew that DNF was a smoke screen to just bring in money it someone bought them or they had to shut down.

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Goddamn it.  This would have to happen after they actually tease us with screenshots and the like.

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DNF will never come out?!

Why am I not shocked at all?
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WTF?! No Duke Nukem Forever now?! Lame.

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I hope this is bullshit, I've been waiting a good ten years for Duke Nukem Forever.

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Methinks that id, Raven or Monolith has some rights they need to buy.

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I still have faith.

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This is a day that will live in infamy.

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Duke Nukem Forever actually isn't coming out? I'm flabbergasted!

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I'll be first in line to purchase the license rights to a shadow warrior sequel.

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This is a sad day for us all.

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But what will happen to the DNF jokes?

DNF also stands for "Did Not Finish".

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 i guess now its Duke Nukem Never.   lolololololol

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Duke Nukem Forever must come out!

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Recession blows..

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LiveOrDie1212 said:
"

 i guess now its Duke Nukem Never.   lolololololol

"
You are so clever.
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All they had to do was release Duke Nukem. 

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Shirley this is all eyes and this eat. The Duke must abide.

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I'm so glad you said Duke Nukem Never, because that's the ultimate "good" joke title.

Duke Nukem Forever, Never Forget

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Duke Nukem Forever will come out. It will. It will. IT WILL!

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fuckin bullshit,this better not be true,I want my Duke Nukem Foerever dammit!!!!

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Last real episode of scrubs today and now THIS!? man this is truly a sad, sad day... Im crossing my fingers and hoping the best for George & Co.

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damnit, now where am i going to get a game with cheesy one liners, strippers, pipe bombs and aliens?

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Duke Nukem Forever? More like DUKE NUKEM FOR NEVER.


Also anyone that thought 3D Realms was still relevant after 1995 was pretty damn stupid. Duke3D? Yeah, that was a quick phone-in port to keep their "development" (read: hookers and blow) going.

Good riddance, maybe if you actually didn't "switch engines" and released it (and it had gameplay, something Daikatana didn't have) you'd be floating.
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After reading everyone's post, it's surprising that there's still hope for Duke Nukem Forever. :/

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Well, at least this ends the whole 12 year long "duke nukem forever" saga. Now we KNOW  for sure that it's not coming out.....EVER. Not even in another 12 years.....
Sad end for the duke.I was really sure this time was it  when I saw the 2007 teaser.

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Tragic! TRAGIIIIIIIIIIIIIC! 

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There are very few events in history that end up being as funny as this. The only thing I can think of that's funnier is a symbol of peace in Eastern culture becoming the logo for intolerance and hatred.....Maybe the history of the bra...

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welp, roll back the "Duke Nukem Forever" release date another decade I guess

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Noooooooo! A company that has a game in development for twelve years goes out of business? WHO SAW THAT COMING?

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Somehow it wouldn't be a surprise if this turned out to be true.

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will we ever play duke nukem forever!

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Metroid545 said:
"will we ever play duke nukem forever!"
If it gets leaked.
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Wow, people still thought that Forever was coming out? Why?

Even then, is Duke Nukem still all that relevant?

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FlipperDesert said:
"Wow, people still thought that Forever was coming out? Why?Even then, is Duke Nukem still all that relevant?"
It was coming out, they were still working on it, most recently a picture of a list was released that showed they were very close to completion.
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When they chose the working title "Duke Nukem: Forever," they could never have guessed how perfect that was. The title will live on, in infamy, as the ultimate piece of vaporware (assuming this is true, of course).

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Okay, you know what. I am kinda not surprised. The game was in development for 13 years. At some point the money's  gonna run out. It was either this or the game is cancelled.

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ALWAYS bet on Duke.

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Jeff i got to say you look really stoned in that picture!

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Well it's tough making a profit when you spent more then 10 years working on your product and your still not finished.

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Man seriously what could have taken that long to finish DNF. This sucks!

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MarvelAssassin said:
"Man seriously what could have taken that long to finish DNF. This sucks!"
Remaking it to update the graphics.
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Old School picture!

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And so marks the end to 13 year old personal quest that began with me finishing Duke Nukem 3D and saying to myself, "man I cant wait for a sequel to this!"

Hopefully the whole thing is being exaggerated and that DNF comes out in some form or another. Or maybe if the company is folding they can release the source code of the unfinished game and let the ubernerds try to make a complete game out of it.

3D realms didnt have a problem releasing an alpha version of Duke Nukem 3D as freeware, so I couldnt see why they wouldnt throw a bone to the fans and at least end the whole mess on a high note.