In an interesting, but perhaps completely unsurprising, turn of events, publisher Take 2 are suing the now-defunct 3D Realms. Bloomberg has
the story:
Take-Two, owner of the publishing rights to the game, said Apogee breached an agreement to design the latest installment of Duke Nukem, a game in which the player “shoots” enemies. The new version has been under development since 1997, the company said yesterday in a complaint in a state court in Manhattan.
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“Apogee continually delayed the completion date for the Duke Nukem Forever,” Take-Two said in the complaint. “Apogee repeatedly assured Take-Two and the video-gaming community that it was diligently working toward competing development of the PC Version of the Duke Nukem Forever.”
The drama will no doubt continue in the vacuum left by the evaporation of 3D Realms.
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They've had a decade to produce a product that they were paid over 10 million to deliver :/
It almost sounds like a scam
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So apogee didnt see any money from them.
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