3D Realms' Reign Comes To An End

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The gaming punchline that is Duke Nukem Forever may finally be abandoned after news today that its developer, 3D Realms, seems to be shutting its doors. Phone calls and emails to the developer have gone unanswered, while over on Shacknews, they've seemingly received confirmation from the team's webmaster that their initial source about the closure was correct. Apparently, all employees were let go.

Take-Two Interactive has made a short statement to say that they still retain publishing rights to Duke Nukem Forever, but with 3D Realms seemingly collapsing under financial pressures, a release for that game seems as far away as ever. Apogee Software, an external subsidiary company, and Deep Silver, who together were publishing the Duke Nukem Trilogy portable titles, were unaffected.

Reader Comments:

Posted by G-Train 08/05/2009 1:16pm

Gigantic Meh.

Posted by RJG 08/05/2009 1:21pm

"3D Realm's Reign"

Reign over what? What have they ruled in the last 13 years?

Posted by nshady 08/05/2009 2:04pm

It was a pun about 'realm'.

Posted by insanopointless 08/05/2009 7:02pm

Some people are saying Duke Nukem Forever is now canned, others are saying it's not affected.

I actually really wanted to see it be released. Just because... well, it's DNF.

Posted by admeister 08/05/2009 7:04pm

Reign over what? What have they ruled in the last 13 years?

They've had a monopoly on the vaporware market.