Duke in Trouble?

1up reports on rumours of trouble at 3D Realms, the long-term developers of the Duke Nukem Forever project. The duke project is apparently in jeopardy, according to the buzz, as several key developers have left the company for greener pastures. 3D Realms webmaster Joe Siegler has responded to these rumours, saying on the message boards "It's internal business - all employee departures and comings have always been that way. This is nothing new. People have left before, IT IS THE NATURE OF THIS BUSINESS. It's the way it goes ... There's honestly nothing to be concerned about. People leave. People come. There's staff on the project you don't know about."

Tagged 'shocking'

[bunions]

Honestly, who could have predicted this? I am at a loss for words.

Obligatory...

[RoloDMonkey]

"We have top men working on it."

"Who?"

"Top. Men."

It took...

[shadwwulf]

...anybody this long to wonder if their project was in trouble?!?

Good grief... Didn't the near DECADE development cycle give anybody their first clue on that front?

Nothing to see here....

[BigNumber]

Nothing to see here...in fact there probably never will be anything to see here.

So...

[daranz]

So Joe Siegler is basically saying that the infinitely long developement process for DNF is going to continue as planned, and will be subject of jokes and speculations for many years to come... Good to know.

I thought...

[exp(pi*sqrt(163))]

...Duke Nukem Forever was a geek joke. You know, like the coming of the Messiah, the second coming of Jesus or the arrival of the Maitreya Buddha. I didn't know there really was such a game in development. That's shattered my whole world view. I might have to rethink my views on religion now.

"The duke project is apparently in jeopardy"

[ip_freely_2000]

In other news: Water is wet.

Re:Nothing to see here....

[legoburner]

That is not entirely true, there is always the atari 2600 [3drealms.com] version.

I'm disappointed

[ludomancer]

After keeping the stupid project alive for so many years, I really am surprised. You'd think after 10 years it'd pretty much keep going forever, if not eventually get released.

I really hope this game doesn't get cancelled. I really want to play this badly because I have the highest expectations of getting the absolute worst game ever. Something to love for it's terribleness. Something Mystery Science Theater 3000 bad.

Please release this game. I honestly can't wait.

Re:Of course people left

[antifoidulus]

And apparently, code too

First Global warming, and now this...

[zoomzit]

My children's children's children have absolutely nothing to look forward too...

Duke is dead?

[BrunoBigfoot]

He's not dead. He's frozen. And as soon as we find a cure for cancer, we're gonna thaw out the Duke, and he's gonna be pretty pissed off. You know why? Have you ever taken a cold shower? Well, multiply that by fifteen million times, that's how pissed off the Duke's gonna be. I'm gonna get the Duke, and John Cassavetes, and Lee Marvin, and Sam Peckinpah, and a case of whiskey, and drive down to Texas...

Re:If 3drealms had said from the start

[Khyber]

Hell, at this rate the self-aware computers will have made it before 3Drealms! Whatchoo talkin' 'bout, Willis?

Obituary

[Nahor]

And soon, we'll learn that people killed themselves on the project, while in truth, they just died of old age.

Re:I thought...

[soft_guy]

I thought Duke Nukem Forever was a geek joke. You know, like the coming of the Messiah, the second coming of Jesus or the arrival of the Maitreya Buddha. I didn't know there really was such a game in development.

Apparently you are correct.

maybe

[Billly Gates]

Maybe the DNF developers are leaving to join the exciting GNU/Hurd team with its quick and upbeat release record.

Re:Duke is dead?

[Valthan]

You know, you really are an asshole!

Re:Doesn't matter

[__aaclcg7560]

Except for the hardcore Duke Nukem fans who run around E3 in their foam body suits.

(BTW, Someone did tell them that E3 was cancelled?)

Re:Doesn't matter

[MojoBox]

Why? Can't you see the comedic value of a half dozen geeks in foam body suits, wandering the deserted halls of the Convention Center, bits of paper blowing in the drafts, a broken pipe dripping water somewhere in the distance, and each of the "Dukes" quitely whispering, "Hello? Anybody here?" Come to think of it, that's a bit like the condition of DNF itself.

Re:Tagged 'shocking'

[elrous0]

I think this article is a dupe. I can swear I've seen the headlines "Duke Nuke'Em Forever Delayed" and "3D Realms in Trouble" before.

-Eric

well, that dooms the Phantom console

[Luxifer]

What's Phantom going to use now that their star title is floundering?

Nobody quit...

[AmazingRuss]

...but a few did die of old age.

Re:Doesn't matter

[the honger]

Schrodinger's Nukem