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Pushing the 3D Realms of possibility.

Gearbox now owns the "full intellectual rights" to Duke Nukem and all associated "future projects", top-cat Randy Pitchford has said.

His comments were made in a press release posted in the Gearbox Software forums.

The leaders of 3D Realms - the company that created Duke Nukem - were pleased about this.

CEO Scott Miller said one only had to look at Borderlands to see that Gearbox could make the right kind of "addictively compelling" experience for an audience whose "love and demand" for Duke has "never wavered".

Co-founder George Broussard added that Gearbox had a "perfect" understanding of the Duke brand and that the future was "exciting and unbelievable". "This will be a win-win situation for everyone involved, especially fans," he said.

The Gearbox-developed Duke Nukem Forever was announced on Friday at PAX. The game's really actually coming out on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 next year.

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LowEnergyCycle #1 1 year ago

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an audience whose "love and demand" for Duke has "never wavered".

Who are these near-mythical creatures?
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flaming.carrot #2 1 year ago

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I'm actually quite looking forward to this after the great Borderlands, and because I'm quite old and bought Duke Nukem 3D way back when.
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schnide #3 1 year ago

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I'm going to have faith that they can pull off not just a competent, but an awesome revival of this game.
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bu5hhead #4 1 year ago

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it was nearly completed for 11 years you really think it was going to be completed by 3D Realms?
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LeeroyJenkins #5 1 year ago

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"good job Gearbox, way togo to steal the work of other people when a game is nearly completed."

@ yoomazir - Ummm, 3D Realms effectively went bust and could no longer fund development. Gearbox brought the IP and took it over to release DNF for everyone, and you accuse them of stealing work? wtf.

Edited by 1 at 06/09/10 @ 09:25
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sonicyoda #6 1 year ago

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@yoomazir

Wow. People really think this?
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Burnt-Kona Verified Senior Artist, Full Fat Productions #7 1 year ago

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@yoomazir - have a read of this article on gamasutra. You'll find stealing is the furthest possible definition of this situation

http://ww w.gamasutra.com/view/news/30260...
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darkmorgado #8 1 year ago

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Hmmm.

After seeing the footage of dodgy-looking vehicle sections, I'm a bit concerned for this. Hopefully I'm wrong, but I do think that a lot of the anticipation for this game is built on nostalgia.
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yoomazir #9 1 year ago

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@ Burnt Kona check this blog http://talkinrea latyou.blogspot.com/
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Burnt-Kona Verified Senior Artist, Full Fat Productions #10 1 year ago

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Yes, I read that blog, too

I would hope that everyone whose work has gone into DNF is credited (it would be good if we could get some IGDA rulings on this, as there are a few titles I've worked on uncredited), but fair play to Pitchford for getting through all the legal wranglings so that the work of all those people could finally see the light of day.
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lostlain #11 1 year ago

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Look eurogamer woke up and read kotaku again to get the mornings news!
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spekkeh #12 1 year ago

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Can't wait, I was out of gum ten years ago.
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darkmorgado #13 1 year ago

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@lostlain

Yes, because we all know that every other news outlet in the world gets all their news firsthand, because they have a journalist living in every dev's building.

All the gaming press gets news from each other. All general journalists get news from each other.

And you seem to think is unusual?

Wow.
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schnide #14 1 year ago

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@darkmorgado

I think the point is this is fine, as long as said site gives a reference to the one it got it from. EG do seem to tend to get a lot of their stories from Kotaku.
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Nephirion #15 1 year ago

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What could make this really unbelievable would be Duke Nukem Forever and Half-Life Episdoe 3 being launched on the same day ...
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lucky_jim #16 1 year ago

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Gearbox are totally the right people for this, if Borderlands is anything to go by.
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GaryHoward #17 1 year ago

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Wow...it comes out next year. Not only it's being in development for 12 years, but they got to add another 12 months to that. -.-
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