Zero Punctuation: Duke Nukem Forever
- Thread starter Yahtzee Croshaw
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Hahaha, this was a fucking brilliant stunt to pull.
Should've saved it for a special April Fool's Day release, but I guess that would have spoiled the surprise.
I was like hurr??? when I first saw the title, thinking I can't be that out of touch to have missed out on its release since seeing that rather short and unfulfilling teaser video a while back.
Then, as the claims grew exceedingly uncharacteristic of a series sustained by a tagline-spewing, misogynistic, mindless killer of a bodybuilder and absurd, even for Yahtzee's standards, I realized that he'd pulled a fast one on my fool ass, which served only to make it that much funnier.
Congrats, you've royally fucked 3D Realms' financial and creative future because they will never be able to top the expectations and ideas you've laid down.
Should've saved it for a special April Fool's Day release, but I guess that would have spoiled the surprise.
I was like hurr??? when I first saw the title, thinking I can't be that out of touch to have missed out on its release since seeing that rather short and unfulfilling teaser video a while back.
Then, as the claims grew exceedingly uncharacteristic of a series sustained by a tagline-spewing, misogynistic, mindless killer of a bodybuilder and absurd, even for Yahtzee's standards, I realized that he'd pulled a fast one on my fool ass, which served only to make it that much funnier.
Congrats, you've royally fucked 3D Realms' financial and creative future because they will never be able to top the expectations and ideas you've laid down.
I was totally fooled... I don't realise it wasn't even released yet, haha... that'll teach me for not reading end credits...
I checked the 3D Realms website, and I think they have shut down.... 20 days ago they posted news of the front page saying 'Goodbye'....13lackfriday said:
http://www.3drealms.com/
Yahtzee might as well start work on it...13lackfriday said:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a5LJCCRIwYg0
Take-Two Sues Apogee Over ?Duke Nukem? Game Sequel
Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., the maker of the ?Grand Theft Auto? video games, sued Apogee Software Ltd.?s 3D Realms over the failed development of a sequel to the ?Duke Nukem? game called ?Duke Nukem Forever.?
Take-Two, owner of the publishing rights to the game, said Apogee breached an agreement to design the latest installment of Duke Nukem, a game in which the player ?shoots? enemies. The new version has been under development since 1997, the company said yesterday in a complaint in a state court in Manhattan.
3D Realms, which was based in Garland, Texas, never produced the game and instead closed its studio on May 6, terminated development of the game and fired employees who had been involved in the Duke Nukem project, Take-Two said.
?Apogee continually delayed the completion date for the Duke Nukem Forever,? Take-Two said in 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.?
Take-Two said in 2000 it had an agreement with Apogee and paid $12 million for publishing rights to the forthcoming game. In 2007, the two companies entered into a second agreement.
The case is Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. v. Apogee Software Ltd. 601457/2009, New York State Supreme Court, New York County (Manhattan).
Why hate on the duke??
I mean did you look at the video that was released after the DNF team got let go. it look amazing. For him to say that it looked like a generic gray FPS is totally bullshit. I know it has been twelve years and it should of been done by now. The only thing that makes this really tragic is this little video right here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRnv_tFKStQ. They were close to done and they need just a little more funding. Take two wouldn't give the funding know full well that they could get the right to the game when the product couldn't be completed.
If Yahtzee says that DNF is outdated because of half life because half life really innovated the storytelling aspect of the modern day FPS then why the hell did he like painkiller? Painkiller and duke nuke have the same idea, you kill as many people as you can is as many different ways possible. Its a simple fun idea.
Yahtzee i've already suffered enough this week with you rubbing it in.
I mean did you look at the video that was released after the DNF team got let go. it look amazing. For him to say that it looked like a generic gray FPS is totally bullshit. I know it has been twelve years and it should of been done by now. The only thing that makes this really tragic is this little video right here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRnv_tFKStQ. They were close to done and they need just a little more funding. Take two wouldn't give the funding know full well that they could get the right to the game when the product couldn't be completed.
If Yahtzee says that DNF is outdated because of half life because half life really innovated the storytelling aspect of the modern day FPS then why the hell did he like painkiller? Painkiller and duke nuke have the same idea, you kill as many people as you can is as many different ways possible. Its a simple fun idea.
Yahtzee i've already suffered enough this week with you rubbing it in.
Hehehe, Duke lives in Stockholm and rides a motorcycle in the swedish suburbs. 
Anyway, very funny review.
Anyway, very funny review.
