3D Realms to Close Their Doors

[Tardcore]

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/05/06/rumor-duke-nukem-dev-3d-realms-shut-down

Honestly, I figured this would happen, with them working on one game for the last 12 odd years or so.

I do like some of their games. Duke Nukem 3D is a classic and will always be in my top ten favorite games of all time.

What do you guys think?

[Scorch]

rumor rumor rumor. no hard confirmation yet (that's what she said).

//edit: just saw the latest update. that wasn't posted on kotaku. d'oh.

//edit2: WTF MAX PAYNE 3!? This shouldn't effect it, right? Rockstar's developing it this time, right? Please tell me MP3 isn't effected!

[Lord_Kefka]

I'm shocked that it comes as a surprise to anyone. I've been reading the 3drealms forum to catch up on it all. It's really sad to see them talking about losing their forum.

Duke Nukem 3D was a fun game, but not earth-shattering. Outside of the small success of Max Payne and Prey, what else have they done? So many engine changes, so many scraps and redo's.

Supposed ex-employee quote pulled from The Duke Nukem Forever List (http://duke.a-13.net/)

"The 2001 trailer was 100% scripted cinematic, and not actual gameplay. They built specific demo maps just to record video from to make a trailer. Everything you see in that trailer was phony.

The typical work flow there went something like this:
Designer would be assigned a task (build a new map, rebuild an old map, polish a bit of a map, etc.). Designer would work on said task for two, three weeks, a month, all the while lower management would be looking over it and making sure it was going in a "good general direction." Designer would move on to another task. A month or two later upper management would finally look at the work and say, "It's all wrong, do it again." Rinse, repeat."

Sad to see another developer go....but I don't think Duke Nukem Forever was ever going to come out. Or if it did, it was only going to get coverage ala Chinese Democracy. I don't think it was going to sell Halo level numbers.

[mguiddy]

Duke Nukem never...
I have no reason to live anymore...
:cry:

[mtxbass1]

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=223717

[hordak]

Wow... and this means no Prey 2! :( I'm one of the few who thought Prey was AMAZINGLY FUN. Hopefully, someone else buys the IP and continues the work... kind of like Deus Ex 3.

[Holy_Headshot]

Yeah, Prey was gr8 too, what a shame. I don't remember hearing they were having problems either, it was just out of the blue. What a shame, I hope someone else picks these two titles up and runs with them.