Duke Nukem Forever - Gold!

[eastyy]

Have to say cannot say i am sad really....i mean its business sense....if you want to make money released a product

[Bort]

Dang.

The notoriety might be enough for someone to pick it up (DNF) if it's anywhere near complete. If no one does hopefully it'll be leaked.

[Dazzyman]

I cant see much hope from it. The character design looks ropey and alot like Prey. Just looks like they have been having one big party with the name for donkeys years then run out of money.

[Dogg Thang]

The studio heads should write a book about the whole thing detailing every penny spent in all those years of production and just whose money it was. I imagine it would make for fascinating reading.

[nem]

Always bet on Duke

Ropey character design? That's part of the charm. Pig cops are awesome.

[sj33]

I still can't help but feel a bit gutted, even if I didn't expect the final product to be any good. Still have memories of playing the game on the Saturn in late 97.

[Dazzyman]

Always bet on Duke

Ropey character design? That's part of the charm. Pig cops are awesome.

For 12yrs it looks ropey I would have expected Pig cops but not a few year old prey looking engine from the screen grabs. The characters just dont look that well made. Not on about the artistic design of who they are Im on about how their shown. Just looks very dated.

I hope we get a movie of Apogae's antics over the years of why it took so long and what they got up to. Animal house in a office I would expect lol

[sj33]

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[nem]

Duke's not about being cutting edge. Duke Nukem 3D came out six months before Quake. The graphics certainly weren't what made the game stand out.

I would have been chuffed if they would have shipped out the game they showed back in 2001. The trailer showed some great looking set pieces.

[averybluemonkey]

Very disappointing this. Jace Hall got to see it last year on his show and said it was looking great.

[C']

Duke's not about being cutting edge. Duke Nukem 3D came out six months before Quake. The graphics certainly weren't what made the game stand out.

I would have been chuffed if they would have shipped out the game they showed back in 2001. The trailer showed some great looking set pieces.

That trailer was fake though. Specially created real time sequences made especially for the video.

[sj33]

I remember watching the really old footage back in 1999 or something.

[fishbowlhead]

I was born to rock the world

[Kit]

Reading comments from the hardcore fans, something doesn’t add up; no financial problems at all up until this point, (they were taking on more people) no loans, nothing. Then they show the game to Take Two (guess work from here on in) which must have gone badly as it went quiet again shortly after. Presumably George went in asking for cash, but if their backs were already against the wall why hemorrhage more money hiring level designers?

Also, regarding how far along the game was, I remember listening to an interview with Jace Hall on 1up, and he stated something along the lines of: "I’ve shipped games in worse condition."

Very confusing.

I mean, is it in a state of completion, have they actually properly shut down (still no official word), are they waiting for someone to buy the IP? and if is the case, maybe we’ll see someone like id or Valve step in.

I actually feel more optimistic.

[JP]

I'm really surprised that they managed to get away with it for so long to be honest. They've been funding it for around 12 years and still have absolutely nothing of worth to show for it.

I wonder how much has been invested in it over the 12 years? Have they released other games in that time apart from the hand held Duke Nukem games?

It's always a shame when studios close down like this but they're hardy the model of a successful business when it comes to this game so it's difficult to feel sorry for them.