Duke Nukem!!! It may be forever……
by Nathan_Explosion on Mar.08, 2010, under Other Games
I know you all love Duke, so I figured I would post some news on “The Case of the Missing King”. It seems our friend Duke is in the middle of a big legal dispute between the developer 3D Realms, and a publisher called Take-Two Interactive. In a nut shell. What happened is 3D realms layed off pretty much their entire staff that was working on Duke Nukem Forever. They then later closed their doors. Take-Two filed a lawsuit against them because it seems 3D has no intention of finishing by the given deadline of 2012. Take-Two wants it’s 2.5million dollars back (plus interest, and all possible earnings leading up to 2012) and is not going to budge. Though the deadline is 2012, there is a lot of debate whether Duke’s legacy will even continue. With 3D out of the picture, Take-Two is trying to get it’s hands on the PC source code. Take-Two says they have the right for the code due to a 2007 contract. There is more about counter claims, not owing squat until 2012, ect. Basically, until they settle their differences Duke is either going to be a big star, or sold dirt cheap to another developer. One who will hopefully make the game all of us fans have been waiting for. For the ones out of the know. We should be seeing something turn up around 2012 or when the case is settled. I think I speak for everyone when I say I can’t wait! It’s most likely going to be a console game…….but there is a PC version possible as well! We can all hope.
Untill next time my batch of misfits!
Nathan_Explosion!
March 8th, 2010 on 4:20 am
In the grand scheme of things, I think it’s time we looked at Duke Nukem without the veil of geeky romanticism or nostalgia. While fun, obnoxious and slightly revolutionary for the waning days of the 486, what did Duke Nukem bring to the table ? Yes, we all got to indulge our inner bastard that chomped cigars, womanized, dispensed one liners like a Tourette’s Syndrome teenager on meth and of course, blowing shit up. Hooray. But what can Duke Nukem offer today that isn’t already done by another game ? Pixel based shooters like Wolfenstien, Quake and Duke Nukem may be fun for reliving the glory days of 9600 baud modems (remember initialization scripts? ADTD, anyone?), but as a gamer, I’m pretty content with the current field of franchises out there; especially Battlefield and Team Fortress 2.