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They officialy annouced that Duke Nukem forever has been shut down.
Read more here:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/164487/d ... down.html/

That's the longest made game ever.
I still wonder (and hoping) is it going to be released some day.

I never expected this to be made, so I`m not sure why this should even be an announcement as to such.

They say... Too Human was under development for 10 years, but at least it shipped. 

I'm shocked![X(]

Honestly, there's no way that Duke Nukem 3D can ever be topped, IMHO.

Actually...it's not ENTIRELY dead yet. I guess Take Two are the ones who actually fully own the rights to the Duke Nukem Forever IP. [:D]

I think it's good that they killed it off.

Duke Nukem 3D was a product of it's times. It's possible, that today, it wouldn't be so successful.

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Oh well. I used to play Duke Nukem 3D back to the day, but don't enjoy shooter anymore for quite some time. Last ones were Half-Life 2 and Doom 3.

ORIGINAL: Joe 98

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That's from one of the Panzer General games, looks like...

ORIGINAL: Perturabo

I think it's good that they killed it off.

Duke Nukem 3D was a product of it's times. It's possible, that today, it wouldn't be so successful.

Agreed. 100%.

Part of the many options in PG3D Assault. Unfortunately this package was shipped without a beta-team to go over it, and this is why it`s not very memorable. AT units cause the game to insta-crash for example, and there were some other real doozies that even a single beta-tester would have caught the first time around. I don`t understand why some companies STILL send something to go-gold, without a tiny group of players to sample it.

I simply don`t get it....

But it`s a real shame because it really was great otherwise, and was just ever-so-close to becoming another classic master piece. What a way to screw-up the biggest name in the war-game franchise...

ORIGINAL: Lützow

I used to play Duke Nukem 3D back to the day

I used to play Duke Nukem II! [:D]

Not a big loss. Much better developers have gone too i.e looking glass.

It definitely seems the last 12 months are so could be considered the BLACK-MONTHS of game developers. Nothing but brankrupties and layoffs, and right at a time when the American economy needed those jobs more than anything else.

Duke was ahead of it's time. It had features that no others had. And lets face it. If they wanted to release it today as a game faithful to it's roots. Which is a Arcade/action shooter. It wouldn't be as well recieved in my opinion. Tactical shooters are the rage these days. And even though Halo is a great game, the trendy "I hate Halo" banter on the web only solidifies this fact. The days of the Arcade style shooter are dead, because gamers want something more deep, and more realistic. And if Duke went that route, it probably would not be a faithful one. So this is for the best.
 
Rest in Peace DUKE, we'll miss you FOREVER!!!

Hey,
 
At least I got the tee shirt.
 
Eric

ORIGINAL: VANILLA GORILLA

Duke was ahead of it's time. It had features that no others had. And lets face it. If they wanted to release it today as a game faithful to it's roots. Which is a Arcade/action shooter. It wouldn't be as well recieved in my opinion.

Right... Ever heard about Duke game Manhattan Project? Probably not. Anyways I bought it, played it through, and I liked the feel of... modernized Duke Nukem II [:D]

My favorite part of Duke Nukem 3D was when I was in a bar and saw a TV playing the footage of all those police cars chasing OJ's white Bronco. So tongue and cheek....

I don't think it's dead yet. After all you gotta ask yourself why do we still remember Duke after so many years, the game was a masterpiece in its days, we *all* loved it. Then you got to ask yourself, what selfrespecting company wouldn't want to make a game with the name "Duke Nukem" in it. So they screwed it up bigtime... this time, but I just can't wait to see what other company will pick up the pieces, and make the Duke we've all been waiting for. And yes maybe they screw that one up too.... (anyone remember John Romero of "Doom" fame?). My point being, this time it ended up in utter failure, hopefully next time they will have more luck.
And I don't think there has been a game like Duke since Duke released, nor do I see one in the nearby future. Lots of shooter around, good ones too, but one with "adult" tongue in cheek humor? One with attitude?
 
Damn, can't believe I've been waiting for 10 years...  what a bummer.

ORIGINAL: Matti Kuokkanen

ORIGINAL: VANILLA GORILLA

Duke was ahead of it's time. It had features that no others had. And lets face it. If they wanted to release it today as a game faithful to it's roots. Which is a Arcade/action shooter. It wouldn't be as well recieved in my opinion.

Right... Ever heard about Duke game Manhattan Project? Probably not. Anyways I bought it, played it through, and I liked the feel of... modernized Duke Nukem II [:D]

I just spent a hour playing the Manhattan Projest demo and I love it[:D]. I like it much more than the FPS version[:)].

I don't find the stripper humour as appealing as in primary school, though XD .

Anyway, I think he talks about the concept of Duke Nukem 3D action FPS being outdated when compared to modern FPS games.

On the other hand, it could be a successful platformer as there isn't much competition and the genre is old-school anyway.