Take-Two Sues 3D Realms Over Duke Nukem Fail

"Who knows if we'll ever see it" Wow. Just wow. At this point, do we still need to repeat the line that has been tied to this game since I was in HS? Will we ever see it? No. Even if someone else picks up the rights, it wouldn't be the same game we've been mocking for 12 years. Duke Nukem forever is dead.

Probably what Take-Two is going for here is ownership of whatever game content was already created as well as possession of the name and previous IP, since 3d Realms obviously has no money left to pay out a lawsuit. Presumably they'd hand it over to another developer so that it might actually be created someday or perhaps simply sell it if they're taken too big a loss on this already to invest more.

Take-Two must have some real clever lawyers. I mean, use what they've been saying for many years before Take-Two gave them money, as an argument as to way they've taken a relatively shorter period of time to do what they've be supposedly doing for over a decade.

the fact that it was called duke nukem FOREVER tipped me off a while ago.

Hey Valve!! nice opportunity here!! If I had the money.......

The game has been one big joke perpetrated by 3D Realms on the gaming community. The joke itself is in the name of the game obviously with "Forever" in the title. In fact, I believe it has been a form of mockery. This should turn into a class action lawsuit by the entire gaming community on 3D Realms or whoever owns it. Consider how much time people have wasted checking the 3D Realms website in anticipation of that game, which was promised to the community but never made. How do you remedy something like that even through the legal system? This would be a different case had they continued work on the title and eventually made good on their promise, but sometimes "When it's done" just is not good enough.

Valve could do the game justice. However, we would have to wait an additional 12 years for it to come out.

And then another 5 years for the SDK... if they even decide to make one.

I hope Take-Two is not suing for money, LOL , didnt 3d realms go under for lack of moola?

I JUST WANT THE FRIGGIN GAME!

Valve doesn't have the right attitude to make DNF. For it to be a real sequel, it has to be aggressively juvenile in tone, and Valve hasn't made anything like that as far as I know.

Croteam could probably do a decent job, possibly Rockstar, and a few other developers... but really a game like DNF would go over horribly today. The average age of gamers has gone up substantially and the people who played DN3D are nearly all in their twenties or older, so the kind of stupidly juvenile humor that characterized Duke would be pretty soundly rejected by the target market. They'd probably claim it sucked and wasn't the same, but really, that kind of thing simply doesn't appeal to anyone over about 13.

I think Croteam would be best at it. They should throw Sam in there as an easter egg.

"hmm...3d realms is going under...LETS SUE THEM!"

whats another 12 years in this industry?

i hope they sue their azzes

This game could easily become Game of the Year, if they tried

Take-Two have every right to sue them. When you invest $12 million into a game for publishing rights and it doesn't even get finished after 12 years I think you'd want your money back. 3D Realms are the epitomy of incompetence and are going to get burned for it. Serves them right.

Maybe this'll be like GnR and Chinese Democracy. If it's ever finished, everyone gets a free Dr. Pepper.

So, Take-Two is suing 3D Realms for going bankrupt??? ... well done Take-Two, well done ... you must have some great minds working at your helm.

HMMMM,methinks they should have been sued like maybe 8 or ten years ago,,when they had some mooola..

You didn't read the article did you. They are suing them for sitting on their hands for 12 years while getting paid for it. 3D Realms only went broke because Take-Two pulled funding prior to starting this lawsuit. Why would you keep funding someone you want to sue? I guess they have good minds at their helm, makes sense to me.

Take-Two is suing 3DRealms for the $12 million dollars it put toward a game that is no closer to production today than it was 10 years ago. $12 million is not pocket change and Take-Two deserves to get that money back.

Yeah baby, sue them, get the rights back and give them to someone who can actually finish it. 12 years wtf did they do in that time, even i would have finished it )

Wow. They just realized they're being played? I don't know how they survived if they think that way...... Yeah, for some reason I'm confused why a company isn't using company greed right now..... >.

the most confusing thing- to me- is that in 1999, the game was near-completion. I remember seeing a 9-minute video of the gameplay, and it went through several levels. I don't understand why they couldn't have jut released that. I remember reading that they switched engines for better graphics and physics, but it's not always about that. Castle Crashers and Rez are pretty simple, but I love them.

They deserve to be sued. How can anyone fail so hard at anything for this long?

Talk about Epic Fail!

man duke nukem is so 1990s ... even if it were released today it would be irrelevant. 3drealms really dropped the ball on this one taking 12 years to come out with a sequel...

and this to someone that bought the original, the plutonium pack, the atomic edition a few times over ...

you suck 3drealms.

If this game were to ever appear on shelves, I would still be a disappointment. Even if Duke Nukem Forever could come close to Half Life 2's quality it would still have the decade+ of crap circling around it. I don't think modern technology could make any game say to me "yes that was worth 12+ years of development."

What happen if this title in the hands of Crytek or Infinity Ward. That will be awesome. The property is up for bid the last time I've heard. I'm willing to offer 12 cents for it. Hey, I'm willing to offer something and that's rare.

Apogee is the "legal" name of 3D Realms. They are the same company. Get your own facts straight... amigo.

It took "forever" to "nuke" the game so get over it. It's not the best and we all can live without it since it took so long.

well it certainly takes forever