Duke Nukem Forever?!?

[TripleDES]

Uh, I don't know what the hell's the deal, but IGN / GameStop suddenly list it for Nov 15, 2004. Also some guy on another forum made a picture in some EB Games store having it listed handwritten with other release dates on some papers.

Did I miss something?

http://www.gamestop.com/product.asp?product%5Fid=640700


(Yeah I know it's stamp size, but the guy that posted it is kinda trustworthy)

[Rodent]

Hrm... Not likely... Atleast I hope not... That would mean we would have to change our "HL2: TBA, DNF: TBA" sign

[Trippy]

Um, DOOM 3, Half-Life 2, and Duke Nukem Forever all released in the same year? Isn't that like one of the Signs of the Apocalypse?

[TripleDES]

Maybe it's a dud afterall? Either noone cares or it didn't reach other places yet.

--edit--
Other people are saying it'll use Unreal3, which would pretty much kill a Nov 2004 date. There's no proof, there's just an announced game on Epics Unreal Engine site, which doesn't say what engine tho. Could be Unreal2 and still come out in Nov.

http://www.unrealtechnology.com/html/powered/announced.shtml

[Merusk]

That sign also says WOW 12/8 while EB games online still has it listed as 11/15. Since I know both of those dates are pulled from thin air, I expect the DNF one is as well.

[Soukyan]

To save you the false hope, just start calling it Duke Nukem: Forgetit.

[Sable Blaze]

3DRealms states specifically on their website that NO date is accurate. It's all about "when it's done."

I find that rather humorous myself, but 3DRealms does seem to be serious about it. Especially after they comment about the three engine changes, two total scrap/redesigns, etc.,etc.

I wouldn't hold my breath...

[TripleDES]

Still interesting how something suddenly turns from TBD to a certain date without reason.

[Sable Blaze]

There must have been some reason/rumor for them to post it. It'd be very interesting to find out exactly what, but we'll probably never know.

Nothing from 3DRealms, that's for certain.

[ahoythematey]

My guess would be that since Valve has actually made recent mention of Team Fortress 2, then a speculative date for DNF would only feel natural to EB and Gamestop.  I mean, they are kind of like the yin and yang of vaporware.

[rattran]

NECRO MADNESS!

Duke Nukem For Never 3dRealms seems to have shuttered.

[NiX]

Well, so much for a long running joke.

[cironian]

NOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...

Ah, who am I kidding? Still, I was somehow looking forward to seeing the damn thing released another decade down the road and having it be a Daikatana-bad turd. Sort of as the final act of the comedy.

[Xuri]

Aww, that's too sad. Oh well. We still have Dawn to look forward to.

[schild]

Aww, that's too sad. Oh well. We still have Dawn to look forward to.

You already got Darkfall, isn't that enough?

[Xuri]

Can you dig (vertically) in Darkfall?

Also, Duke related: The Chair Story (revival)

[Goreschach]

I can't seem to shake the feeling that this is some kind of trick. Could it be the release is actually near?

[schild]

Can you dig (vertically) in Darkfall?

Also, Duke related: The Chair Story (revival)

The chair story is good, but a little on the mafioso side. It does explain the Duke Nukem feature creep and Unreal Engine announcements, but I can't shake the feeling that all the decent talent left 3DR at least 5 years ago.

[kildorn]

This will be the most interesting or most boring post mortem ever, but I want to know what the holy hell they did for 13 fucking years thinking they wouldn't run out of money doing it.

[schild]

This will be the most interesting or most boring post mortem ever, but I want to know what the holy hell they did for 13 fucking years thinking they wouldn't run out of money doing it.

Click the Chair Story link.

[kildorn]

I did, I have a hard time buying the "and then they tried to beat me with a chair leg if I didn't go along, officer" part.

That screams 'signed contract, RAN TO THE FEDS' if it actually happened.

[UnSub]

It becomes a "he-said, she-said" scenario.

Much better to hold on to the story and use it (if true) if the deal went south and the contract becomes a liability.

I could completely see Mike Wilson going for a "let's market a game that we'll never release!". Good to see that Gamecock no longer exists either.

[Ratman_tf]

At this point, like most corporate bungling (or not  ) we'll never know the whole story.

But that chair story is so crazy I can see it being true, or having truth in there somewhere.

 

[schild]

At this point, like most corporate bungling (or not  ) we'll never know the whole story.

But that chair story is so crazy I can see it being true, or having truth in there somewhere.

 

The important part of that story is the whole UE3 angle. All the rest is inconsequential. The UE3 bit explains EVERYTHING about 3D Realms.

What it doesn't explain is why anyone would want to join Broussard's GameIlluminati.com thing.

Even though never releasing a game and only hyping it is exactly what some paranoid illuminati type might do.

[Miasma]

This a terrible blow to running jokes everywhere.

[dusematic]

The chair story sounds like complete bullshit.  I'm supposed to believe a cabal of computer nerds threatened a guy on pain of death into entering a secret fraternity bent on sustaining perpetual game development hell during one of the largest conventions in the world? 

[Koyasha]

Yeah, I don't buy the chair story except maybe as a very creative embellishment.  I might buy the idea behind it, that the whole thing was planned to be that way, but not that the guy was threatened with pieces of busted-up chair.

[Xuri]

Probably seen already by many of you at one point in time or another, but still an interesting page: The Duke Nukem Forever List

[Koyasha]

The list at the end of "Things that have taken less time than Duke Nukem Forever's Development" is perhaps the most amusing part of that page.

[UnSub]

Yeah, I don't buy the chair story except maybe as a very creative embellishment.  I might buy the idea behind it, that the whole thing was planned to be that way, but not that the guy was threatened with pieces of busted-up chair.

I've known too many unstable nerds to pass that story off as fiction out of hand.

Plus I'm aware of certain studios having done insanely illegal things (for example, what basically amounts to kidnapping and deprivation of liberty for an extended period) to their employees but ultimately get off because no-one wants to risk their job. Which is exactly what the original story says - he could have run to the police with that story, but it would have cost him his job and his career.

[raydeen]

Patience is a virtue.

http://i.a-13.net/slash000.jpg

[Bunk]

This did make me chuckle:

"Britney Spears' entire musical career as a pop star has taken place during Duke Nukem Forever's development."

[IainC]

[TripleDES]

Not sure what this intentional dragging out thing is about. Alone for the reason that the only people actually remembering Duke Nukem and knowing/remotely caring about DNF are old jaded gamers. Not the main market.

[dusematic]

Yeah, I don't buy the chair story except maybe as a very creative embellishment.  I might buy the idea behind it, that the whole thing was planned to be that way, but not that the guy was threatened with pieces of busted-up chair.

I've known too many unstable nerds to pass that story off as fiction out of hand.

Plus I'm aware of certain studios having done insanely illegal things (for example, what basically amounts to kidnapping and deprivation of liberty for an extended period) to their employees but ultimately get off because no-one wants to risk their job. Which is exactly what the original story says - he could have run to the police with that story, but it would have cost him his job and his career.

I mean they were going to stab him with a wooden splinter in the middle of the busiest place in L.A.?  It's preposterous.