Take-Two is dropping the lawsuit nuke on 3D Realms for failure to develop the sequel they both wanted, Duke Nukem Forever. 3D Realms closed up shop, never finishing the game, thus breaking an agreement they had with publishing rights owner Take-Two.
Take-Two has been pretty patient. I mean, the game had been in development for a decade or so now, right?
“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.”
With 3D Realms' closing, the project was terminated and so were the people working on the game. Not finishing the title counts as breach of contract, so things go from bad to worse for 3D Realms.
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2:20 PM on 05.15.2009
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But this is still hilarious.
Shouldn't that be 3D Realms, not Apogee? Oh, Snap! It was Apogee all along! I smell a conspiracy!
3D Realms has been dicking around with nothing to show for the astronomical amount of time developing dnf and i hope take2 will give it the team it needs to get done. 3D Realms is a joke.
Agree !
The two companies were on less than cheery terms during development of the game. After Take-Two publicly expressed hope that 3D Realms would finish the game in 2003, 3D Realms president George Broussard famously reminded Shacknews users that the game was self-funded, saying: "Take Two needs to STFU imo."
I guess good ol George spent the money on RL strippers instead of finishing the virtual ones.......
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Take Two deserves something from their investment into the game.
This is the flip side of the it's done when it's done mentality. Sure sometimes it means extra polish but these guys abused it. With most industries a job is expected to completed within a reasonable amount of time. Most of us couldn't get away with telling our bosses it'll be done when it's done. The exception is self published games since it's their dime.
Take two also owns 2k, Rockstar and a shitload of other companies. I believe that remedy also has part in the take two company. So there's a shitload of subsidiaries that form the take two company.
And just in case everyone here has not seen it: The Duke Nukem Forever List (Brain Melting)