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3D Realms: Big announcements, no DNF

Published on 13th June 2007 by Joe Martin

Duke Nukem Forever has been in production since 1997 and still hasn't got a release date.

3D Realms' Creative Director, Raphael Van Lierop, loves to tease us gamers, but sometimes he takes it a little too far. This is one of those times.

In a recent Q&A with Gamasutra, Raphael dropped a bit of a insider news about 3D Realms' line-up for this year;

"I can say that we have a big announcement coming in the next four weeks, and I'm not sure, but I believe we have another major announcement coming in the next four to six months."

Yep, good-o Mr. Lierop. That all sounds great to us; a nice bit of juicy gossip about what we can expect this year. Oh, by the way - is there any chance that one of these games could be to do with everyones favourite machismo-filled hero?

"...while I can't say exactly what these announcements are, are they about Duke Nukem Forever? No."

So, apparently 3D Realms would rather focus on two new games than finish the one game that has become synonmous with it.

Duke Nukem Forever has now been in development for over ten years and was officially announced on April 27th, 1997. Since then it has swapped from the Quake II engine to the Unreal engine and is now apparently built on a home-made engine which the developers built up from scratch. It has also switched from the Karma physics engine to the Meqon engine and has had numerous problems and negotiations with publishers due to its constant delays.

Recently, small thumbnail pictures have been posted on adverts for jobs at 3D Realms and the company has confirmed that these have been screenshots from the game.

In the past, CEO Scott Miller has stated that as soon as DNF is finished they will begin work on the sequel.

Want to speculate about the announcements, or moan about the delays for Duke Nukem Forever? Have some insider information? Let us know in the forums.

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Paradigm Shifter 13th June 2007, 13:09

I still have a copy of January 1998 PC Gamer UK which said in the back what would be in the next issue, "Next Month: Duke Nukem Forever: Full Review!" :)

DougEdey 13th June 2007, 13:09

wake me up if they say anything.

kosch 13th June 2007, 13:28

Maybe it will be a mystery for people in a thousand years to solve a bit like the pyramids!

Journeyer 13th June 2007, 13:37

Ach...I'm not surprised.

Suppose DNF will go down the same path as Alan Wake and be dreadfully outdated upon release. I got blown away by Alan Wake screenshots a year ago (or thereabout), however checking the latest previews for this (revolutionary) game did not - by far - evoke the same emotions. Can't help but feel the release of these two games will mark a definite anti-climax in the community.

Just my two cents. ;)

DXR_13KE 13th June 2007, 14:23

i really hope they do this right..... i don't think any game can live to such expectation.... unless it is a frigin master peace.

CardJoe 13th June 2007, 14:29

I remember the game trailer from E3 in 2000 odd. The game looked awesome then and passable graphics for todays standards too. They should have released it then.

kosch 13th June 2007, 15:22

Maybe its a statement, a challenge or some crazy PR stunt to see how long they can perpeptuate a game based on just the ideals of it "Duke Nukem Forever?"

DXR_13KE 13th June 2007, 16:10

"it will be released when pigs fly"

completemadness 13th June 2007, 16:29

"Its time to Make games and chew bubble gum, and I'm all outta gum"
Perhaps they need to stop giving their employees gum, then maybe we will get the game ;)

DXR_13KE 13th June 2007, 22:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by completemadness
"Its time to Make games and chew bubble gum, and I'm all outta gum"
Perhaps they need to stop giving their employees gum, then maybe we will get the game ;)

or in that logic, give them more gum...... because the and word is used so if you have no gum, you have no work :p

knuck 14th June 2007, 06:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paradigm Shifter
I still have a copy of January 1998 PC Gamer UK which said in the back what would be in the next issue, "Next Month: Duke Nukem Forever: Full Review!" :)

not quite the same one, but still :D

[excuse the crappy webcam quality pictures]

http://membres.lycos.fr/sifer1/pcgamerdec1999/Picture%207.jpg

http://membres.lycos.fr/sifer1/pcgamerdec1999/Picture%208.jpg

http://membres.lycos.fr/sifer1/pcgamerdec1999/Picture%2010.jpg

http://membres.lycos.fr/sifer1/pcgamerdec1999/Picture%2011.jpg

ahhhh , souvenirs !!!!

http://membres.lycos.fr/sifer1/pcgamerdec1999/Picture%209.jpg

Aankhen 14th June 2007, 17:29

Quote:

In the past, CEO Scott Miller has stated that as soon as DNF is finished they will begin work on the sequel.

That was the best part.

Colonel Sanders 14th June 2007, 23:44

Seriously, why has 3D realms released other games before DNF? I mean we know they can put develop a game in less than a decade. . . And did they really abandon the Unreal engine? I thought they were guaranteeing that the engine would be up to date when released, because it was based on Epic's engine and Epic is constantly updating the engine and providing updates to 3D realms?

I guess I will have to just keep telling myself the game is going to be awesome when it is finally released. . . Maybe my grandchildren will enjoy DNF. :)

I almost forgot to mention, I think the thread title is mis-leading. I understood the title to mean that 3D realms announced there would be no DNF, not that DNF was not part of the announcements.

L J

Brooxy 15th June 2007, 00:58

Maybe it's called "Duke Nukem Forever" because that's how long it'll take to arrive

SteveyG 15th June 2007, 08:46

"wanna dance?"

CardJoe 15th June 2007, 09:11

"Shake it, baby!"