Duke Nukem Developer 3D Realms Shuts Down (??)

I just rofld out loud here when I read then and everyone looked around to see why I was laughing.

Wouldv'e been quicker to have set fire to the pile of money

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Old joke post from Charlie Wiederhold (worked at 3DR, now at Gearbox.)

Infinity Ward, he's on MW2.

On to the BBC:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8037688.stm

So George B, not just fat and hairy - but also incompetent and useless?

something tells me this is still part of their PR machine and maybe preparation for a release? or mabye not

what are we gonna joke about now??

Deus Ex 3 of course!

Duke Nuke Forever's coming out next year. Take Two still owns publishing rights to the game, and given how poorly 3DR have treated the franchise over the last 14 years, of course they'd sell the entire license away to the first bidder. It'll follow the exact same path as Prey.

I still think it's a marketing ploy, too many unanswered questions for me to believe it yet.

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I still think it's a marketing ploy, too many unanswered questions for me to believe it yet.

yeah, see how much spotlight it gave the game already.

the game really is cursed...

good riddance

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the game really is cursed...

Saying the game is cursed is implying there's an external fault besides the guys running 3DRealms

or matt damon

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or matt damon

our apologies to matt damon

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good riddance

No. What the hell is there to celebrate about a developer shutting down, especially one as influential as this?

And to the hell with the qq about taking too long. They've said they'd love to be working on Duke 5 or 6 too. Stuff happens. And there hasn't exactly been a dry spell of other games to play in the meantime.

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