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 Digg.com Facebook Google Bookmarks N4G Gamerblips del.icio.us Reddit Slashdot.org StumbleUpon It's me and I hope to have it released by 2045 :wink: 3D Realms were well known, didn't make a difference then! In the event the DNF game was not commercially released before October 22, 2012, then and only then, the $2,500,000 advance became due and payable to Take-Two, but only to the extent this advance had not already been recouped from royalties from sales of the new Duke Nukem-based game."
Isn't that basically saying Take Two can't sue 3D Realms and they can finish DNF 'cos they don't have to pay back until 22nd October 2012? Who cares anymore!! I 2nd that. exactly. i don't think a Duke Nukem game would fit in todays selection of games, except maybe alongside Eat Lead. a novelty game. MP might be a blast but the main game would probably be cringeworthy by todays standards. When we likely to see this version of Duke then. Sometime in the 30th century? Announcement is almost three months late for April Fool's Day. Duke Nukem has never been about being clever or exploring unique game features. It's about machismo and sarcasm with a generous helping of explosions and boobs. There's ALWAYS a place for that in society :)
It'd be interesting to do something outside the box with it, although I can't think of anything outside the FPS genre that would work. Bungie?
:lol: Couldn't be a port of DNF could it? Or a hand-held version of it maybe? I'll be expecting a Teaser Trailer some time in the next 10-15 years then. :lol: Woo that's quick! Oh, you mean the year 2045. I thought you meant by quarter to nine this evening! :wink: Probably wont be interested in this one as I was with DNF, And really. I cannot be wasting 15 years anymore lol. Good news for Duke Nuken fans, although going by the release history I wont hold my breath. If the quoted excerpt is taken verbatim from a legally binding agreement, then it is essentially stating that 3D Realms (aka. Apogee,) were loaned 2.5 million which they would only have to pay back by 2012 to Take-Two (the lender,) if the DNF game has not been commercially released by that time. However - and this is the coup d'etat for 3D Realms/Apogee - if the other Duke Nukem title apparently being worked on by another company for Take-Two is released, *any* profits made from that game will go towards paying off the 2.5 million loan on behalf of 3D Realms/Apogee even though that other game is developed by a *separate* developer.
In essence 3D Realms/Apogee would receive royalties/licensing fees from the other developer which would automatically go towards their debt to Take-Two even though they (presumably,) didn't lift a finger to help develop that other new game. That's a hell of a deal, especially when taken in conjunction with the fact that repayment is only viable if DNF isn't commercially released by Oct. 22nd, 2012; unless specified elsewhere it doesn't stipulate in what sort of condition DNF needs to be in to be released in 2012 nor what sort of sales figures need to be achieved.... Always bet on Duke! 8) :lol: I just don't care any more. DK3D was a good game but it doesn't warrant this level of attention.
/moves on To each their own on this occasion. Personally I'd be willing to fork over good cash for a new Duke Nukem game even if it received a lukewarm reception. Granted, if it was a complete mess I'd be less than pleased afterwards, but Duke is an iconic figure and captures the true spirit of semi-mindless, gut busting, boot stomping, politically incorrect commentary, 100% red blooded male MACHISMO! It's a gift, I tell ya! :D starbreeze..the makers of the Darkness? If the same people who did The Darkness were involved I'd be buying it, they are a pretty talented bunch imo. After seeing some of the stuff from the last build of Duke Nukem forever, it's all the more heartbreaking that it'll never come out. It really did look like they were making a truely brilliant game and something that would kick all these grey souless military fpss into touch.
**** fighting the same space marines and soldiers. I want space aliens and strippers! Hear, hear! It almost brings tears to my eyes thinking of the glory that could have been gauging by some of the latest DNF builds that have leaked on to the 'net. My moneys on EPIC, as Cliff Bleszinski keeps going on about doing something super secret. | 
