Duke Nukem Forever 6 - Game over

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Op maandag 11 mei 2009 22:03 schreef Athlon_2o0o het volgende:
DNF zou door kunnen gaan, maar dan moet er een nieuwe financier gevonden worden. Of een ander team zou eraan verder kunnen werken.

Ik zie geen reden om van een marketingstunt uit te gaan. 12 jaar doen over een game en dan het bedrijf failliet verklaren. Slechtere marketing kan bijna niet.

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Op maandag 11 mei 2009 22:21 schreef Gamer_V het volgende:
Het is voorbij Swetsenegger. Kom uit de ontkenningsfase.

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Op maandag 11 mei 2009 22:34 schreef Athlon_2o0o het volgende:

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Dat zou ik ook zeggen ja

Het feit dat al die media lekt, lijkt het wel te bevestigen. Oud-werknemers willen nog met hun werk pronken om later een nieuwe baan te vinden. Zodat het niet overkomt dat ze 12 jaar niks hebben zitten doen.

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Originally Posted by Swetsenegger
I can not imagine professional artists, developers, animators and designers would do such a thing because they are 'pissed'. Everybody gets screwed at work sooner or later in one or another form. Revenge sounds greats, but everybody knows it would harm your own career more then you can realise at that moment.

If these leaks are for real it could hunt those guys for years. Are they really that stupid? Would YOU leak IP from your employer just because you are pissed?

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Well, guys . . . I just drove past 3DR HQ and there were about 30 cars there. Kind of strange if the only ones left are George, Scott, Steven and Bryan and Joe! I think George is having a bit of a go with us all.

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When the news broke that Duke Nukem Forever developer 3D Realms was shutting down, many fans were letdown--perhaps moreso than if it had happened several years ago.
The reason? After over 12 years in development, trailers were starting to find their way out again. Footage had been shown. Screenshots were released. Word from company executives indicated that the final push had began.

And following the closing of the studio, new details seem to indicate that this was the case. Leaked internal 3D Realms documents have shown that many of the game's levels were nearly finished.

"The game was awesome and getting very close," 3D Realms designer Richard Huenink tells us.

But now 3D Realms is no more, the employees already scattered. Does this leave any hope that Duke Nukem Forever, as it stands today, might eventually be released in some official form?

When asked of its deal with 3D Realms, publisher Take-Two told us that it owns the exclusive rights to publish Duke Nukem Forever. And upon further questioning, this contract appears to be binding.

"We have the exclusive publishing rights, not right of first refusal," Take-Two spokesman Alan Lewis explained. "Meaning we are the only ones that have the right to publish the title."

Lewis later clarified that these rights will never expire.

When asked whether Take-Two also owned the Duke Nukem Forever assets under that agreement, Lewis reiterated that it simply retains the publishing rights--indicating that 3D Realms likely still owns the accumulated assets and work done on DNF. 3D Realms' George Broussard declined to comment on the matter.

So while 3D Realms could independently find a new home for the game, Take-Two has the ultimate right to publish the title--or to not publish it. In the latter case, whether it would sell those rights to another company, or whether 3D Realms might try to sidestep its agreement by changing the game's content to a degree, is something that we can only speculate on.

In any case, 3D Realms still owns the rights to Duke Nukem himself, meaning that the series will not be locked down by a publisher unwilling to use it. A Fallout 3-style revival of the series by a new studio remains a possibility.

Apogee Software is promising a new Duke-related press release this week, meaning the King might return to the spotlight sooner than expected.
_bron

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Op maandag 11 mei 2009 22:53 schreef Athlon_2o0o het volgende:

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Waarom is het onlogisch? Waarom zouden ze het anders gelekt hebben?

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Op dinsdag 12 mei 2009 01:00 schreef Athlon_2o0o het volgende:

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Jawel, we weten dit: dat de studio van 3D Realms gesloten is. De rest (marketingtrucs en dat Duke al gold is en meer speculatieve onzin) bedenken anderen erbij.

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An alledged transcript of a top-secret meeting at an undisclosed location (with snipers on the roof)


Devs: OK, George, we have posted enough media to whip the fans into a frenzy.

George: Good work guys, now shut down the blogs as planned.
George: Wait! What about the bogus plot leak?

Devs: Done.

George: Splendid! Time to move to the next phase!
George: Muwahahahaha ooowahahaha haaaaaaaaaa!

Devs: Er, we'll just lay low for now, ok, boss?

George: ahhhhhahahahaha haaaaaahahaaaaaaaaahaa

Devs: ...

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Didn't no one notice the the dates of the file?

Take a look at this:



I know it's in Spanish, but below are the translations:

Organization: 3D Realms
Creation date: 09/03/07 0:28
Last modification date: 29/07/08 23:04(Marked in red)
Last printed: 29/07/08 22:50

By that time, the supposed percentage of the game levels was about 60,8%

I've been playing with these dates on Excel, and found out this:




If I'm right, the last day developers were able to work on the game was on 05/05/09 (The previous day before 3DR closed down). If the dates in that file are correct and if we take them as reference (From the first day it was created, until the last day it was modified), in 508 days a 60,8% of the game had been developed. That is an approximate average of 0,119% from the total of the game levels creation per day.

It's been 280 days since the last update of that file on 29/07/08. If we follow the approximate level creation average per day, we'd obtain that an aproximate 30%~35% of the total of the game levels have been created by the day 3DR closed.

That is, ladies and gentlemen, the state of the levels was about 90%~95% finished the day 3DR shut down!!!

I can't believe they left the game when there was only 5%~10% of content left.

Your opinions are welcome

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Op dinsdag 12 mei 2009 15:56 schreef HugoBaas het volgende:
Co-founder van Apogee Software, Terry Nagy, heeft via zijn Twitter kanaal medegedeeld dat er volgende week een aankondiging komt omtrent Duke Nukem doormiddel van een persbericht.

“New press release from Apogee Software regarding Duke Nukem coming next week.”

Afgelopen donderdag werd bekend gemaakt dat 3D Realms, ontwikkelaar van de succesvolle Duke Nukem reeks, failliet is verklaard.

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Zusterbedrijf Apogee Software, welke opgezet is nadat 3D Realms eerder in geldproblemen zaten,

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blijft wel bestaan. Momenteel zijn hun bezig met het ontwikkelen van Duke Nukem Trilogy, die voor de PSP en Nintendo DS gaan verschijnen. Of Apogee Software een aankondiging gaat doen omtrent deze game of Duke Nukem Forever, daarvoor moeten we even wachten tot volgende week.

http://twitter.com/ApogeeSoftware/status/1747381530

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Op dinsdag 12 mei 2009 15:59 schreef JohnnyKnoxville het volgende:
Mêh, lijkt wel een BNW danwel TRU speculatie op niets meer dan een Excel-bestandje.
Is wel heel erg flimsy.

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Op dinsdag 12 mei 2009 16:07 schreef HugoBaas het volgende:
Klopt is van 10 Mei inderdaad, maar zag hem net pas.

Maarja waar het mij om gaat is dat er volgende week een persbericht komt dus ben benieuwd.

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Op dinsdag 12 mei 2009 16:16 schreef Athlon_2o0o het volgende:

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Het gaat er niet om of DNF in de toekomst wel of niet uitkomt. We weten dat de studio gesloten is. De mensen staan dus op straat. Het is dan logisch dat er niet meer aan de game gewerkt wordt door 3D Realms. In de toekomst zou een ander bedrijf eraan kunnen werken, maar dat is pure speculatie.

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Op dinsdag 12 mei 2009 16:12 schreef HugoBaas het volgende:

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Of volgende week.
Sommige mensen tellen de nieuwe week vanaf zondag.

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Op dinsdag 12 mei 2009 16:21 schreef FreakyMrCaleb het volgende:
12 jaar loopt het al we have just joined in.

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Op dinsdag 12 mei 2009 16:22 schreef Athlon_2o0o het volgende:

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Waarom zou je daar vanuit gaan?

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Die gast zegt "It is NOT a marketing thing. It's true". Dus: of hij liegt,

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of alles wat in de media beweerd wordt is waar.

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Het enige wat ik kan doen is uitgaan van het tweede, aangezien er verder geen andere berichten zijn. Maar je hebt verder gelijk, want het enige wat ik voorlopig kan doen is uitgaan van dit bericht. De volgende persuitlating zien we wel verder

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Op dinsdag 12 mei 2009 16:12 schreef HugoBaas het volgende:

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Of volgende week.
Sommige mensen tellen de nieuwe week vanaf zondag.

Maar lang hoeven we in ieder geval niet te wachten.

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Op dinsdag 12 mei 2009 19:14 schreef appelsientje het volgende:

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Ben jij serieus 't hele internet aan het zoeken naar bewijs
(ik zeg trouwens goed bezig )

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Op dinsdag 12 mei 2009 21:59 schreef Jordy-B het volgende:

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Duke wants you to stop stealing our bandwidth.

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Op dinsdag 12 mei 2009 21:32 schreef Twin1983 het volgende:
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Ik weet niet van wanneer deze foto is, maar het is de afscheidsfoto van het team van 3drealms. Valt het nou niemand op dat al die gasten met een big smile staan te kijken ?

Iets wat ik nou niet echt zou doen als mijn bedrijf failliet is gegaan en ik daarmee m`n baan verlies.

Something smells....


voor grotere versie www.3drealms.com

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Op dinsdag 12 mei 2009 22:29 schreef Spatzmann het volgende:

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ze waren voor die foto eerst de kroeg ingegaan....

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Op woensdag 13 mei 2009 08:12 schreef Spatzmann het volgende:

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Joe Siegler @ forums van 3drealms.

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Op woensdag 13 mei 2009 08:28 schreef Djaser het volgende:

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Nouja je kunt natuurlijk moeilijk huilend op zo'n foto gaan.

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Op woensdag 13 mei 2009 09:58 schreef Gamer_V het volgende:
Ze noemen de game Duke Nukem 4 en dan komen ze onder de publishing agreement uit. En dan rechtzaken!!11!

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Apogee LLC's Promised Duke Announcement Arrives, Does Not Even Mention Duke Nukem Forever

Apogee Software LLC has apparently made the promised Duke-related announcement, and the big news is that Apogee's expanding its search for a live-action Duke.
Making no mention of 3D Realms's closure or the doomed Duke Nukem Forever, Apogee announced that budding Dukes can now submit their auditions reels online.

The winning Duke will market Apogee's upcoming Duke Nukem Trilogy for the Nintendo DS and PSP, which sees Duke in a variety of genres and time periods, including WW2. Developed by Frontline Studios, the first installment 'Critical Mass' is due out this fall.

The men--and women--who would be Duke can size up the competition at the Duke Is Back website before uploading a video of their best grimace, flexing and one-liners.
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Op woensdag 13 mei 2009 19:58 schreef Q. het volgende:
Wat had je dan verwacht?

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Op woensdag 13 mei 2009 20:20 schreef Spatzmann het volgende:

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Apogee LLC heeft natuurlijk ook niets met apogee LTD /3d realms te maken. Het is gewoon een bedrijf dat betaalt voor de naam + IP. Compleet apart bedrijf wat niet in de apogee LTD holding zit

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Company History

Since 1987, Apogee Software has been a multifaceted pioneer and innovator in the PC gaming industry. Apogee’s first breakthrough was in shareware marketing. Known in the shareware industry as the “Apogee model”, our breakthrough method of releasing a portion of a full game (an “episode”) as shareware (years before the Internet became popular) was risky and innovative, and done well before other PC game publishers released demos of their games — now standard practice.

Among other innovations popularized by Apogee in our early years include cheat codes (standard practice for our games as far back as in 1987), level warps and the so-called “god” invincibility mode. Apogee’s games, have always included skill levels and save/load game options, both very rare in PC games in the late 80’s and early 90’s.

Apogee is considered the founder and original champion of the independent game developer. Apogee nurtured some of today’s powerhouse developers, including id Software who relocated to Dallas have a closer working relationship with us during the development of Wolfenstein 3-D.

In 1994 Apogee created a new division, 3D Realms Entertainment, with the goal of developing innovative, interactive, immersive and of course fun 3D action games.

After a 13 year absence, Apogee Software is “Back in Action” as a publisher will continue its proud tradition of bringing top quality PC games direct to the consumer via digital distribution while at the same time expanding its publication muscle into next generation consoles.

Apogee Software, LLC, is a privately held Texas limited liability company, with a core team of industry experts in game development, publishing, and distribution. Apogee publishes original content for retail distribution of games for the PC and next generation consoles and handhelds.
_bron

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Op woensdag 13 mei 2009 20:47 schreef Grrrrrrrr het volgende:
Moet ik me al zorgen gaan maken en een Reker-avatar bestellen?

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Op woensdag 13 mei 2009 21:20 schreef Spatzmann het volgende:

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Scott Miller werkt nu toch bij Radar Group?

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Terry Nagy, originally of 3D Realms, now Chief Operating Officer of the newly resurrected Appogee Software is on hand to discuss just what it means for Duke to be back. As he said, "It's time."

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Op donderdag 14 mei 2009 09:09 schreef c0nd0r het volgende:

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Dus ze zijn nu de post erop aan het zetten met: "1 april met verlengsnoerr!1!111!! Hij komt toch nog! En wel volgende week! Kick ass!"?

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Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. filed a breach of contract suit against Apogee Software Ltd. this week in a Manhattan Court over the developer's "continually delayed" Duke Nukem sequel. Details of the suit were not disclosed in a report by Bloomberg, nor has the New York County Civil Court provided specifics about the damages Take-Two is seeking.

(For the record, the legal name of 3D Realms is Apogee Software Ltd., the party being sued. It is a separate entity from Apogee Software LLC, developers of the still alive Duke Nukem Trilogy.)

According to the complaint, "Apogee repeatedly assured Take-Two and the video-gaming community that it was diligently working toward competing development of the PC Version of the Duke Nukem Forever."

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Op vrijdag 15 mei 2009 09:22 schreef Spatzmann het volgende:
waarom doen ze het in new york? Terwijl 3drealms in texas zit...of zit take 2 in new york.

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By: ScottMi11er x
>>> Did Take Two give 3DR that $12 million for development <<<

No. We didn't get a penny of that money. This, along with so much else, is 100% spin, being eaten up by those who have no clue whatsoever. But, we cannot talk yet. We will, soon...
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Op vrijdag 15 mei 2009 22:46 schreef Grrrrrrrr het volgende:
Ik neem al even een voorschot op mijn gelijk en flikker mijn Reker-avatar in de prullenbak en begin al een beetje te lachen naar de conspiracy believers

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2003
http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=7653477

"By: Cygnus X-1 x
Isnt 3dr financing Duke THEMSELVES? WTF does their publisher have to do but wait for for it to be done?
May 29, 2003 3:08pm CST

By: GeorgeB3DR
Exactly. Take Two needs to STFU imo."

2003
http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=6846402

"By: Scott3DR x
The write-off has to do with the fee that Take2 paid to Infogrames to buy the rights to DNF. 3DR got no part of this money -- a total of $12 million.

The reason Take2 did this is that it's a smart revenue management move: Take a markdown now while Vice City is super successful and overall revenues are sky high, then when DNF comes out it's 100% pure profit (because they took the write-down well before the game came out).

2006
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6152687.html

"Broussard went on to outline the current status of Duke Nukem Forever. "Our deal is simple," he said. "We're making the game. It'll be done when it's done. We've funded 99.999% of the game (aside from a very, very small advance from GT Interactive, years ago, before Take 2 bought the game from them). It's our risk, our necks and our gamble. Under the deal we should be earning royalties from about unit 30,000 or so (that's a real small number)."

2007
http://www.yougamers.com/(...)would_be_king-page4/

"Given the publishing experience of 3DRealms and their willingness to tackle difference platforms, it made sense to enquire as to what lies ahead for DNF too. For example, are Take 2 Interactive Software still publishing Duke Nukem Forever? Given the amount of experience 3D Realms has in the production area, it might make more sense for 3DRealms to do this themselves:

Scott: Possibly, but Take2 has inherited the agreement we originally signed with GT Interactive back in the 90’s. This agreement does allow us to direct sale the game, such as through an online digital service, and we plan to take full advantage of this."

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By: ScottMi11er x
REPLY
>>> I would have sold the IP in a heart beat and created a new IP with that 30 million dollars. <<<

Hell, I would have also!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19932664#itemanchor_19932664

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By: ScottMi11er x
>>> T2 declined but offered $30M for ownership of the IP and 3DR would have finished DNF.

We would have taken this offer without hesitation. Not. Even. Close.
http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19932691#itemanchor_19932691

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Op zaterdag 16 mei 2009 13:11 schreef Athlon_2o0o het volgende:

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Dit hoort allemaal bij de marketingstunt joh

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Op maandag 11 mei 2009 22:56 schreef Swetsenegger het volgende:

Anyway. Tot op heden weten we simpelweg -niets- .

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Op dinsdag 12 mei 2009 01:00 schreef Athlon_2o0o het volgende:

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Jawel, we weten dit: dat de studio van 3D Realms gesloten is. De rest (marketingtrucs en dat Duke al gold is en meer speculatieve onzin) bedenken anderen erbij.

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Op dinsdag 12 mei 2009 08:26 schreef Swetsenegger het volgende:

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Precies. En faillisementen en dat DNF nooit meer uitkomt enzo. Ook dat wordt erbij verzonnen.

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Op maandag 18 mei 2009 11:44 schreef HugoBaas het volgende:
Nog steeds geen persbericht.
Hmm zou toch wel moeten komen eigenlijk, aangezien er vorig weekend werd aangekondigt dat er een persbericht zou komen de komende week.

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Op maandag 18 mei 2009 21:03 schreef Gamer_V het volgende:
Hou eens op met me hoop te geven

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Hey gang..

While I don't work at 3DR anymore, I did participate in what I'm about to talk about before I walked out the door. The project will be finished by Bryan Turner (who is still at 3DR for the time being), but I was given the OK to talk about this.

As I've kind of hinted at in other forum posts, there is a big update coming for the 3D Realms Online Store. For the last two days I worked at 3DR, I did nothing more than one final major remaster of the product line. I took all the files that we were selling as downloadable items and remastered them. I put DOSBox wrappers around them. This is probably less of an issue for folks on these forums, but the majority of tech queries we got were from people who had zero idea on how to install a DOS program, much less run it. So they all got DOSBox wrappers.

But it didn't stop there. I took all the games that we sold as CD media only, and created downloadable installs for them, too. That includes Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior, Death Rally, & Terminal Velocity. So these games will be available in our store.

But it didn't stop there, either. I also hit some other games. We will be selling Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project as a download for the first time, and we will also be selling something we have not sold in several years now. BALLS OF STEEL! This is basically every game that we can still sell that hasn't been released as freeware. They'll all be available in the new store update that is coming.

But I saved the best for last. Long time 3DR forum members will remember me talking about a ROTT CD master that never got made. It was to combine the Site License ROTT CD with the EROTT CD, as well as a pile of user created things. Well, that CD never got pressed, and the version we've sold in the store for awhile was a lesser version. NOT NOW! This new ROTT download (which is 48.3Mb) has everything you can think of. It's every single stinkin thing that Apogee ever released for ROTT back in the day. It also includes a pile of user created things. Also, given my personal love for ROTT, I tossed in a few surprises for people who buy that.

Redoing the product line with a DOSBox wrapper, as well as bringing back and/or adding several things to the online store was my final act as an actual employee of 3DR. I saved ROTT for last. It was mastered between about 6:40PM and 8:15PM Central time on Friday May 22nd.

Now the part I have to say I don't know is when. It's supposed to be this week, but I can't tell you exactly when - and I won't be involved with the actual launch, either. My part in all this was to remaster the product line. That was quite a challenge, as I had to learn a new install program, go over the whole product line, make sure everything was there, build the installs, test them - it was QUITE the whirlwind, I tell you.

These downloads come with those PDF manuals and the hint sheets (where available), as well as with Windows icons, it's all quite nice. It was a freakin whirlwind for me to get 26 game files remastered. I did one and a half on Thursday (mostly to get the structure right, and to learn the install program), and did the remaining 23 and a half on Friday. Man, that was one long day. But it was my last, and I've always considered game installs my baby, so I'm glad I got to do this one final time, and make the installs something nice.

The complete list of stuff that will be available for sale through the new 3D Realms store site update is:

Balls of Steel
Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold
Commander Keen Galaxy
Commander Keen Vorticons
Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure
Crystal Caves
Death Rally
Duke Nukum
Duke Nukem II
Duke Nukem 3D: Atomic Edition
Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project
Hocus Pocus
Math Rescue
Monster Bash
Mystic Towers
Paganitzu
Planet Strike
Raptor: Call of the Shadows
Realms of Chaos
Rise of the Triad (or as I call it, Ultimate ROTT)
Secret Agent
Shadow Warrior
Terminal Velocity
Wacky Wheels
Wolfenstein 3D
Word Rescue

I have no idea what the pricing on this stuff will be, so don't ask. That was all stuff handled this week, after I've left. I was just given permission to talk about the remastering stuff and that it will be available shortly.

This will be in a new store - Yahoo store won't be active anymore for new sales once the new stuff goes up. But at this point, you're probably better off waiting for the new store downloads.

From a technical standpoint, I used the Inno Install program, which uses LZMA compression routines, so things are packed more efficiently. This is an in issue as I'm including DOSBox with every install, too.

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Duke Nukem series creator 3D Realms/Apogee Ltd. has responded to publisher Take-Two's lawsuit over the incomplete state of Duke Nukem Forever, revealing that 3DR is continuing to work on the long-delayed title alongside word that a previously unknown separate Duke game was in the works at a "well-known videogame developer."

Duke Nukem Forever
The new effort, titled "Duke Begins," was part of the October 2007 Agreement that saw Take-Two provide 3D Realms with $2.5 million. That sum was paid July 2008 in order to "help fund the development of the DNF game," with 3D Realms having previously said the money was "in connection with another agreement for an unannounced game."

The Take-Two-published Duke Begins was slated for release by mid-2010, with development set to begin within 2 months of the October 2007 agreement and 3D Realms stating that it needed to approve "any changes to that [development] schedule."

"All development work by the third-party game developer" on Duke Begins was halted in April 2009, 3D Realms claims "upon information and belief." However, 3D Realms says that "Take-Two...simply denied [the stoppage]," with a later letter to Take-Two VP Dan Emereson regarding the game's status said to have been "ignored."

As 3DR believes that Duke Begins "has been delayed by 12 months or longer," the company says that the push has harmed both 3DR and the Duke franchise, and will "delay any royalty payments...from sales of the Duke Begins game and prevent Apogee from being able to repay the [$2.5 million] advance when it becomes due in 2012."

Furthermore, 3D Realms believes that Take-Two is "taking such actions with a goal of pressuring [3D Realms/Apogee Ltd.] to sell the Duke Nukem franchise rights to Take-Two for less than their true value."

Since 3DR was not consulted regarding its perceived delay of Duke Begins, the company accuses Take-Two of breaching the October 2007 contract, and is demanding a jury trial, with damages believed to "be far in excess of $75,000, excluding interest and costs, including lost royalties and damage to the Duke Nukem franchise rights."

3D Realms adds that the October 2007 Agreement also served to "extinguish any right Take-Two had to any sequel to the DNF game or any videogames based upon a Duke Nukem movie."

On Duke Nukem Forever

The developer also shed additional light on negotiations with Take-Two regarding a 3D Realms-developed Xbox 360 edition of the then-PC only Duke Nukem Forever. Along with the Xbox 360 port, the negotiations included the addition of multiplayer and the funding necessary for 3D Realms to complete Duke Nukem Forever PC within 12 months.

3D Realms says that it requested $6 million to "cover the costs to complete both the Xbox 360 and PC versions" of the notoriously long-in-development title, with Take-Two supposedly agreeing to this amount. However, Take-Two lowered the amount of $5 million, and, "at the last minute (on April 22 [2009])" further lowered it to $2.5 million.

This coincides with 3D Realms' previous statement that Take-Two "materially changed the parameters of the proposed funding agreement" into something 3D Realms could not "financially afford," with 3D Realms then rejecting an "unacceptable" proposal Take-Two made for the franchise and development team.

3D Realms adds that Take-Two couldn't have been "unsure of the development progress" for the game, as Take-Two claimed in its filing, because Take-Two "stated it was impressed with the gameplay and pleased with the development progress on the game" when 3D Realms visited the company in April 2009.

The negotiations ceased on May 1, 2009, according to 3D Realms, with the company laying off "most of the DNF game development team" a few days later on May 6. 3D Realms claims that "Take-Two was fully aware this was going to happen weeks before this date is a funding agreement was not reached."

In addition, 3D Realms denied allegations that it has "a substantial amount of funds deposited in an off-shore account."

Lastly, 3D Realms says that "Take-Two in not entitled to any relief on its claims" for various reasons, including "unclean hands," noting that "Take-Two has no right to access the source code for the PC Version of the DNF Game until the game is completed by [3D Realms/Apogee Ltd.]," the "DNF License Agreement does not provide a deadline," and "the option [for Take-Two] to develop such 'Console Versions' of the DNF game is not exercisable unless and until the PC Version of the DNF game is released at retail."

Surprisingly, 3D Realms explicitly notes that it continues to work on "the development of" Duke Nukem Forever, though "it released the majority of its employees working on the development" because of a "lack of funding to sustain the high level of development."

"[3D Realms/Apogee Ltd.] admits that it has continually worked on the development of the DNF for many years, and continues to do so," reads the specific clause.

"3DR has been in nearly a dozen lawsuits (including against Warner and Fox)," 3D Realms/Apogee Ltd. founder Scott Miller said of Take-Two's pending litigation exactly one week ago. "We're always innocent, and we always win. This one is no exception. Give it a year, then the truth will come out."

At the time, Miller added that "filed lawsuits are entirely one-sided statements, based on knee-deep BS and with more spin that[sic] a top."
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Op vrijdag 10 juli 2009 13:11 schreef appelsientje het volgende:

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zouden ze er dan toch weer mee verder gaan?? ach hoop doet leven

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Duke Nukem series creator 3D Realms/Apogee Ltd. has responded to publisher Take-Two's lawsuit over the incomplete state of Duke Nukem Forever, revealing that 3DR is continuing to work on the long-delayed title

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Op dinsdag 14 juli 2009 18:44 schreef Gamer_V het volgende:
Dat zou een awesome eindbaas geweest zijn

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Op zondag 13 juni 2010 14:32 schreef Mr.J het volgende:
"With the legal drama out of the way, the road to the long-awaited release of Duke Nukem Forever is apparently clear of legal hurdles--the game just needs to be finished."

Kijk als dat alles is verwacht ik hem voor mijn 40ste nog te kunnen spelen!