I'm no lawyer, but it seems as though the Duke Nukem Forever legal mess is over. 3D Realms and Take-Two have filed to dismiss litigation "with prejudice," according to court documentsShacknews has obtained, meaning neither party can sue with the same claims again. Whew.

How did this legal brouhaha start? Shack has been on the case of the case for a while now (though nowhere near as long as 3D Realms has spent developing DNF buh-dum-bum), following the drama from its unfortunate beginnings in May 2009, the month 3D Realms handed out pink slips to staff that were crafting DNF. The litigation kicked off in June, when Take-Two got real and sued 3D Realms assuming that DNF was, you know, cancelled as a result of the missing staff. This action prompted 3D Realms to get their sue on. And it did; 3D Realms counter-sued Take-Two, alleging that work was still being done on DNF.

I'm no lawyer, but it seems as though the Duke Nukem Forever legal mess is over. 3D Realms and Take-Two have filed to dismiss litigation "with prejudice," according to court documentsShacknews has obtained, meaning neither party can sue with the same claims again. Whew.

How did this legal brouhaha start? Shack has been on the case of the case for a while now (though nowhere near as long as 3D Realms has spent developing DNF buh-dum-bum), following the drama from its unfortunate beginnings in May 2009, the month 3D Realms handed out pink slips to staff that were crafting DNF. The litigation kicked off in June, when Take-Two got real and sued 3D Realms assuming that DNF was, you know, cancelled as a result of the missing staff. This action prompted 3D Realms to get their sue on. And it did; 3D Realms counter-sued Take-Two, alleging that work was still being done on DNF.

umm

As expected. Do they ever manage to sue people when things like this happen?

Finally, may we never hear anything about this non-existent game again.

You guys just now got around to reporting this?

At least this lawsuit didn't last forever.

dun dun

"At least this lawsuit didn't last forever. "

2D Duke anyone?  Apogee?  Apogee?   Bueller?
 
Pretty telling that 3DRealm's last blog entry was nearly 1 year ago to the day. And that was for Prey on the iPhone, which has a truly terrifying HUD.  6 buttons and 4 arrow sliders?  Really?

Can't wait for this game!

Hmm.......so......is something supposed to happen with this?

" Finally, may we never hear anything about this non-existent game again. "

" @Molenator85 said:

" Finally, may we never hear anything about this non-existent game again. "

Someone didn't read the article. If anything, this means that DUKE LIVES. "

We'll see DNF the moment that 3D Realms runs out of bubblegum.

Quit fighting and make a new Duke game!

Duke Nukem Forever, Game of the Every Year. When it finally comes out, all you nay-sayers will look back and say "wow, I was a dumb 10 year old that just didn't get it" before you shoot yourselves for not betting on Duke. Always bet on Duke.

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Duke Nukem Forever, Game of the Every Year. When it finally comes out, all you nay-sayers will look back and say "wow, I was a dumb 10 year old that just didn't get it" before you shoot yourselves for not betting on Duke. Always bet on Duke.

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Duke Nukem Forever, Game of the Every Year. When it finally comes out, all you nay-sayers will look back and say "wow, I was a dumb 10 year old that just didn't get it" before you shoot yourselves for not betting on Duke. Always bet on Duke.

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If this game is at E3 then I will be a happy person.

can you call it a prequel if the game its preceding has not come out.  The fact that 3d realms claims that it has never stopped being developed is the kicker in this article. 

The leaked video with brief gameplay was awesome. Just release it as is, damn it!

GET HYPE

Give it time lads, it shall be ours in time.

The only thing that surprises me is that there are still people who haven't moved on from this fucking joke. 
 
The game isn't coming out, and if it does by some miracle of God see the light of day, it's going to be middling to horrible.  The time for that type of shooter has passed.

Stop feeding the masses. It's never coming out. Duke is dead. Let him rest.
 
Also, here's another (poor) excuse to post this great, great video:
 
 

I'd pay $20 to get my hands on whatever playable builds on DNF they have around.  It'd be sweet just to see all of the different iterations over the decade it was in development.

this game will take forever to be released...

Duke duked out and told them to finish his damn game already!

I hope that they talk about this on the Bombcast. I want to hear Jeff opinion, if nothing else.

The Duke is all outta gum and will probably be for the time being. No new Duke game coming out anytime soon I think.

this title should fucking die 

I hope this game comes out and I hope it's fucking horrible. I hope no one buys it.

Wolf Dick. 

Hail to the king baby!

No mentioning of that valve rumor?

"...  it looks like whoever has it is probably clear to finish it."  
 
WHAAAAAAT??

Game is never coming out.

Not sure why anyone thinks this is good news.  3D Realms took
money to build DNF & after 15 years they still have nothing. They've
basically used other people's cash & squandered the millions upon
millions they made from the first Duke Nukem.  This game will never
be made.  They already covered it in Wired magazine. 
 
A year or two from now, they'll start shopping for seed money to keep
the con of "DNF game development" going..straight into retirement.

Jeez i never put together the initials and the eventual fate of DNF but omg lmao

Call me a retard, but I'm still waiting for Duke Forever, and I'll play the hell out of it when it comes out.  Assuming my grandkids get it for me.

It will never end.