3D Realms Possibly Bought Out By Microsoft

Torrence Davis @ TheBitbag: "David Villarreal brought this up the other night before the Warzone and I nearly flipped out. It makes so much sense it's not even funny. This is purely speculation and not a rumor or fact.

So it begins with Microsoft getting rights to distribut Duke Nukem on Xbox Live. Isn't it kinda strange that they would put such a classic PC game on Xbox Live? They updated it, added Live support and now every gold user can have a blast from the past online.

On May 6th, 3D Realms closed their doors and their site went down. The site came back up a day later. The funny thing about the timing of the closing of 3D Realms is that it's less than a month away from E3. What David told me completely blew my mind the other night. He thinks that Microsoft bought 3D Realms and that they are working on Duke Nukem Forever as an exclusive Xbox 360 title to be published by Take Two."

[s8anicslayer]

This most likley has something to do with the upcoming Duke Nukem announcment, DN exclusive to 360 and games for Windows

[Blaze929]

seems likely

[morganfell]

No because there is a Duke Nukem announcement coming and I can promise you it has nothing to do with exclusivity for anyone. People are going to be surprised when they find out who is behind it.

[OmarJA]

*Sigh* Duke Nukem on the 360 will be the next Too Human.

[El_Colombiano]

Actually think about it guys. Microsoft bought them so they could shut them down. I hear shutting down perfectly fine developers the new "thing" and Microsoft is leading the hot trend!

[JasonXE]

Hello Kitty Publishing Inc.?

[table]

ok, buy them out boys... *Microsofts goons trash the office and everything they've worked on*

[GWAVE]

Prediction:

At E3, Duke Nukem Forever is announced as a timed 360 exclusive, coming Q3-Q4 2010. The media goes crazy and acts as if this is a death blow to the PS3.

Meanwhile, the Sony announces half a dozen new exclusives and the media doesn't even bat an eye.

Mark my words. It's pretty much what happened at the last E3.

[Hockey11]

Haha good old simpsons.

[Ghoul]

the upcoming announcement isnt about DNF or anything 3drealms related.
please read before spreading rumors.

"New press release from Apogee Software regarding Duke Nukem coming next week."

The announcement is about apogee softwares duke nukem game.

[stevenhiggster]

I do agree with the fact that the Duke is one of gaming's legends but he's hardly up there with the best of them, I'd be willing to bet that most gamers (casuals) have never even played a Duke Nukem game let alone all the really old platformers that were out on PC in the early nineties. So I really don't think many PS3 fans would be upset if it were true. I for one have been a fan of Duke N since way back when I was playing games on an old 286 pc (with a whopping 31mb hdd), him and Commander Keen were the best gaming icons back then. Come to think of it, someone really should make a new Commander Keen game, not a damn FPS though a nice 3d platformer. That would be cool.

I'm off to write to ID and get them on the case :-)

[Lord Anubis]

I guess everyone ignored the part that says "this is Purely Speculation"

[DelbertGrady]

Easy boys, it's just speculation. I'm sure M$ will give you better reasons to troll when E3 is here.

[Awookie]

I don't know why MS would want 3d realms i mean come on they haven't released a game in 10+ years. And this is just a journalist looking for controversy, can it happen yes but they could buyout any number of other more motivated company's.

[table]

It was just a joke soda. Didn't you watch the simpsons back in the day?

[STK026]

come on people, don't argue over this rumour. It's pretty much baseless right now. I mean, the main point of the guy is that since DN3D made it to XBLA, it likely that MS wants DNF as an exclusive.

However, isn't DOOM also on XBLA? Even DOOM3 is in the Xbox original store (I'm pretty sure I've seen it), yet iD software hasn't announced any 360 exclusive yet.

And seriously, who would buy 3DRealms? I love their games, but from a publisher's point of view, it doesn't make any sense. The only reason T2 didn't pull the plug before is because 3DR were making some cash themselves so T2 didn't have to totally finance their project. They are very talented but are unable to produce games at a fast rate.

If indeed MS buys the right to DNF, that's great, because we'll get to play it, but don't get your hopes up just yet.

I believe MS have learned their lesson from RARE, when they bought them, they pretty much were one of the top devs in the world, these days, they produce good games, but nothing amazing, most likely not worth what MS paid for them back in the day. A company should only buy devs after working on some projects with them to make sure they are worth the investment.

[morganfell]

No, I am taking it easy. There is a Duke Nukem announcement that has nothing to do with Apogee or exclusivity.

[FragMnTagM]

If it were not for 3dRealms, Apogee, and id software, you most likely would never have played any modern first person shooter.

That means no Halo, Killzone, Call of Duty, none of it, NADA!

They are the original FPS creators and deserve respect.

On a side note: "I'm looking for some alien toilet to park my bricks. Who's first?" -The King

[ShabzS]

i want to know who develop this title. they can either give one of the 2k boston or marin developers or even the bioshock lead designer ken levine? but i think they should give it to some outsider...

i'd love to see epics and clif blesinski's take on duke nukum... hard ass jar heads with a lame one liners.. this is right around their corner...but its all in take two's hand at the moment

[Skizelli]

Amen.

[free2game365]

Microsoft doesn't publish or want PC games anymore, so if they had bought the rights to it, they'd turn it into an XBOX ONLY game.

[STK026]

Actually, from what I read, T2 only owns the publishing rights to DNF, the DN IP in itself is still owned by 3DRealms. If indeed 3DRealms is gone and this is not just a publicity stunt or something similar, the IP will most likely have to be sold like the rest of 3DR's assests.

[king dong2]

lol classic.

bubbles up mate! and yes, OmarJa is the legendary loser that is nasim! it's almost beyond belief how someone can be as sad as that idiot..

morganfell: post some evidence will you. also, dont forget to post some evidence of gears2 coming to the ps3!! they're announcing it at E3 rite????? i've seen you claiming many times this was happening...lol

[morganfell]

You should go back and read what I posted. What I said was Gears2 was running on the PS3 at Epic. I asked if anyone could give me a logical reason why Epic would go through the trouble and expensive of getting Gears 2 up and running on the PS3 including the menus and multiplayer then I would accept that reason.

Otherwise going to market is all with which I am left.

Give me a good common sense reason why they would bother and I will buy into that reason. It isn't for Unreal 3 engine research because that is what the Unreal 3 engine is used to do. Just give me a better reason than marketing.

"For fun" is not valid considering the amount of time and expense.

Then after you figure that out tell me why they posted on the developers forum "Do not ask for copies of Gears of War 2 on the PS3. We are only providing developer copies of games that have shipped to retail."

As regards Duke Nukem you are one of those people that believe there were only two Duke games in development.

[RememberThe357]

http://www.n4g.com/NewsCom-...

[N4g_null]

morganfell you don't understand. The code in gaer of war 2 is so much way beyond what was in UT3's SDK. That is why it is running on the PS3. It's to show case middle ware. The last I heard from epic was that MS paid pretty good to have gears to them selves and it is working out for both epic and MS right now. Epic still would like to sells their middle ware to PS3 game developers though.

The gears 1 code is what the silicon knight guys wanted and you can get gears 2 code , well I guess that's their plan because I haven't heard any thing official about it yet.

need proof then go here but you better have your lic code ready!

http://udn.epicgames.com/Th...
No you can't use mine. Be sure to check out E3 though, it should be fun.

Be careful about rumors some stuff may be true but lots of things get pulled at the last minute at E3.

[morganfell]

No, the U3 engine has already been updated with improvements from Gears 2. That argument doesn't work. If you have access and use the U3 engine then you should know this already.

[kwicksandz]

ALWAYS - bet on Duke!

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

It's obvious morganfell you want to play Gears of War, but since you own a PS3 you wont.

[Ozzyb]

Pretty sure Morgan has a 360 as well... he's only said it 50 times. Just because you have an opinion about one thing doesn't mean you boycott everything else. Go ahead fanboys, buy a PS3, you'll enjoy it, and I won't give you slack for it. You can even still play your 360, crazy, I know.

This game looked really bad for the current standard of games, but it looked fun just cuz it's Duke. If it did go to PC, I'd like to try it.

[ZuperAmazingCooKie]

I think it's not a matter of "if", but a matter of "when". Probably not before Gears of War 3 comes out in 2010, but after that perhaps Epic will release the Gears Trilogy on PS3 in 2011 or something like that. Microsoft would have to buy the IP, and considering how much it has sold, the IP is too valuable for Epic. Microsoft would have to outright buy Epic, but I doubt Epic wants to be bought.

"It's obvious morganfell you want to play Gears of War, but since you own a PS3 you wont. "

Owning a PS3 is an impediment to playing Gears of War on other platforms? lol, nice logic there.

[Christopher]

Does anyone really care about Duke Nukem Forever other than to laugh at it never coming to see the light of day anytime it's mentioned in the news? Well, if this happens, it'll be the biggest news at E3, screw anything else.

Idiotic.

[godofthunder10]

I'm tired of hearing ps3 fanboys crying and saying that Microsoft screws everything up.Ps3 fanboys act like Sony does every thing right.So far Sony screwed up a lot more then the 360 did and that's a fact.Last gen the ps3 was dominate.They fell from being domonate to 3rd place out of 3 systems.On the other hand Microsoft acomplished everything they wanted to do this gen.They still have ps3 fanboys crying and making excuses that Microsoft screws up and Sony don't,Sony is really in 2nd plave even if they are almost 8 million units behind 2nd place.I'm tired of hearing ps3 fanboys act like a bunch of pathetic children who can't stand not being in 1st place but 3rd place.I'm also tired of hearing that the ps3 really is in 2nd place because it came out late.Big F**king deal.The fact is that they are still almost 8 million units behind the 360.It's just another ps3 fanboy pathetic excuse why the ps3 isn't in 1st place.I'm also tired of hearing wait to next year.The fact is that they better hurry up.We have only about 3 to 4 years before the next gen is out.I think that the ps3 is a good system but i don't make an excuse for everything that's notgood about the ps3.I'm not a childish fannboy.I think that the ps3 and 360 are great systems.the fact is that they have fanboys on both sides.When you hear stupid remarks like sony is really in 2nd place and sony is right where they wont to be.The fact is that sony thought they would be in 1st place as soon as they came out.You could tell by these stupis remarks that people that post things like this are just fanboys who can't be honest because they can't stand it that the ps3 is in 3rd place so they make up any excuse they can(even if it's stoop)why the ps3 isn't in 3rd place.They all need to grow up and just post facts instead of excuses because just like an a**hole every one have one.I think that the ps3 is a great system that might end up in 2nd place in 3 years and it may not.To act like a fact it is is just pathetic.Instead of being pathetic,bias,childish they all need to just enjoy both sytemys.They are both good systems.On the other hand i don't care what ps3 fanboys claim.You can'y even hardly tell the difference between the graphics so far.Maybe in about 2 or 3 years people maybe will beable to tell.By that time the new systems will be out.Ps3 fanboys are always crying that developers like to work on the ps3 more then the 360,what they don't say is that they have just about the same amount of developers said they like to work on the 360 more then the ps3.

[N4g_null]

lol@morganfell they did it to show off the gears of war code. Yes this has been updated in the new code base but epic is still trying to get other to buy the engine after all the complaining people have been doing over it. They also showed off a new drag and drop medias system too.

This is just to show off or demo the code. Hey but if you want to believe it's coming then sure it's coming to the PS3, what ever makes you happy. I mean why not? Does MS contract run out? Maybe you should email cliffyB, Oh yeah don't call him that in the email he gets mad.

Hey but I though this whole things was about the duke? I guess we will find out what has happened at E3.

[morganfell]

You just disqualified anything else you could possibly say. They did it to show off the Gears of War code? That is just utterly ridiculous. No answer at all would have been much better.

You obviously have no idea what is involved in engineering a title developed for another platform and handling the massive amount of coding involved in transferring all of the assets to another platform including embedding that second platform's unique multiplayer structure - in this case I know absolutely for a fact they used the Gamespy middleware that several PS3 games utilize.

[josh14399]

wtf it should be a pc game not a 360 game.

[TrevorPhillips]

Microsoft bought out 3D Realm hmm to get duke nukem forever exclusive for the console hmm

[Tiberium]

Funny, when does "speculation" count as news? Besides if microsoft really bought the studio 2k would not be publishing it. That means that there is the possibility of it being a timed exclusive. Of course this is all "speculation."

[TrevorPhillips]

it will be a PC/360 deal at the very least

[ravinshield]

hope so

[infekt]

I agree. M$ destroyed the software world with inefficient OSs and apps and now its the gaming industry that is going to suffer. No wait, its already suffering because of the runts.

[tehReaper]

Get your facts straight before bashing.

"Our development studios - the Worldwide Studios team - is as large as Microsoft and Nintendo’s combined"

Quote by John Koller

If anything, Microsoft needs more.

[xdye017]

Hmm makes sense........
1. Take-two close studio down 1 month before E3.
2. Website goes up again.
3. Duke Nukem 3D goes to xbox live
4. DN announcment next week
5. Its happening like rare do, Perfect dark N64 going on XBLA and preparing a PD sequel.
6. Microsoft has very few studios and need someone new.

[callahan09]

I hope it's true. Maybe Duke Nukem Forever CAN exist, and maybe it can be just as awesome as it once was.

[REALgamer]

I don't care who buys it, I'd just be glad it can survive. It would be a huge shame to dump all the work that's gone into it.

Definitely looking like it'll be an interesting E3. There are now 2 studios who shut down with interesting games that I want to see the fate of:

3D Realms for Duke Nukem Forever
Free Radical with TimeSplitters 4 (now part of Crytek)

[Timesplitter14]

If MS makes this a 360 exclusive (as in it's not coming on PC), MS becomes less than filth.

They won't see the light of the day after they make the announcement. The vengeful spirit of the true gamer will be insulted beyond imagination and will take action. MS will be vaporized by the sheer discust of the gaming community that will break the very laws of physics for true justice to be done.

Just thinking about it makes my brain enter a state of advanced necrosis. You can't have DN on consoles only. It HAS to be released on PC. Even Isaac Newton agrees. I don't even think it's possible to say "Duke Nukem will not be released on PC" without your brains exploding. I dunno, but I won't try saying it out loud.

[jib]

"The vengeful spirit of the true gamer will be insulted beyond imagination and will take action. MS will be vaporized by the sheer discust of the gaming community that will break the very laws of physics for true justice to be done."

oh kay

[gaffyh]

@beware - He's saying that the game belongs on PC, i.e. it shouldn't be exclusive to a console only. I agree with him, some games are meant for PC.

[El_Colombiano]

Beware Oblivion,

Are you freakin illiterate? Where in the f*ckin post did he even mention PS3? It sounds to me like you're just a sore fanboy. Grow the hell up.

[Strikepackage Bravo]

the guy with one bubble makes more sense than the guys with lots of bubbles, what does that tell you about this site?

[Halo3 MLG Pro]

"If MS makes this a 360 exclusive (as in it's not coming on PC), MS becomes less than filth.

They won't see the light of the day after they make the announcement. The vengeful spirit of the true gamer will be insulted beyond imagination and will take action. MS will be vaporized by the sheer discust of the gaming community that will break the very laws of physics for true justice to be done.

Just thinking about it makes my brain enter a state of advanced necrosis. You can't have DN on consoles only. It HAS to be released on PC. Even Isaac Newton agrees. I don't even think it's possible to say "Duke Nukem will not be released on PC" without your brains exploding. I dunno, but I won't try saying it out loud."

Wow dude! Seriously. Anger management. You should look into it.

[Condemnedman]

HMmmmmmmm where are the white coat men??????

[IaMs12]

And Dude knowing how MS roles it will be a PC/Xbox360 cuz the money from both goes to MS.

[LONEWOLF231]

But what if Sony bough them Hmmm.....????
What makes Sony?
I dont know but ill tell you this much that it would be every Sony Hardcore followers wet dream.

[free3sixty]

omg dont care if it also comes to PC. Games for WIndows = also MS.

But hell, that would really be nice. That would be ONE of the bombs xbox owners told us that will drop later this year.

The fight begins guys.. like last year, SOny announced from begin 10 titles.. MS nothing.. at the end 360 owners got more and better games.

I think by the end of the year 2009 will also go to MS.. mark my words:)

[OmarJA]

What are you talking about ? Sony had the best exclusives last year...

You know it's funny & ironic when you call Sony fabnoys are fanatics.

[El_Colombiano]

Yes yes you go ahead and say PC = M$ too but thing is, I can play it on my PC without supporting a console with a HORRIBLE failure rate.

[raztad]

I think free3sixty is in denial. Last year Sony lineup >> MS lineup and MS's saving grace was the 360 price drop.

Coming back to DNF, I hope this game see the light of the day. If is true that game is 90% complete, though I really doubt it, a good funding could help. More so, MS needs to improve their first party offering, so DNF could be a nice addition for both 360 and Games on W platforms.

[Timesplitter14]

X360 had more and better games? Let's not get ahead of ourselves, gentlemen. That's totally subjective

[TrevorPhillips]

the leak gameplay you guys just saw earlier on n4g which is on top page now is a earlier footage, I spoke to a friend of mine who is a game developer and will not say his name, he told me the video you saw was a alpha build, and most people commented saying that it isnt the same guy playing the character and that its fake well guys it is they interviewed him about the game and it was the same person from other series.

[Timesplitter14]

I'm the boss of 3D Realms, and I told myself in an interview with myself that Duke Nukem Forever was secretly bought by Nintendo so that they could release it as a Sega Dreamcast exclusive.

In other words, I didn't really get what you were trying to say in the second part of your paragraph. What's that "same guy" you're talking about?

[socomnick]

Who are you fooling agent. We all know your "game Developer" friend is merely your imagination running wild.

[George Costanza]

Do you believe everything HipHopGamer tells you? Not that I can really make out what you're trying to say...

[LONEWOLF231]

2.1 EPIC FAIL!!

[fossilfern]

ffs NO! as long as they let them do the way they want the game done but not taking another 12 years and it comes on PC then ill be happy

[egm_hiphopgamer]

great article from Big T and yes most likely this is true can't wait www.thebitbag.com all day peace

[Nicosia]

3D Realms Possibly Bought Out By Microsoft.He thinks that Microsoft bought 3D Realms and that they are working on Duke Nukem Forever as an exclusive Xbox 360 title to be published by Take Two.

Yeah ms buys a company so Take two can publish it. YEAH RIGHT.

[L-a-i-n]

That would be pretty stupid on Take Two's part....

[George Costanza]

Rumors were circling that Take Two tried to sell the ip back to 3D Realms, maybe any party purchasing the studio would purchase the rights as well?

I don't care who buys them, they are a talented bunch who deserve to see the release of DNF by them!

[TrevorPhillips]

yes in another dream your the boss of 3D Realm lol

But in reality no

[Timesplitter14]

Oh yes I was totally serious about this. Interviewing myself and all...

I was totally expecting you to believe me, seriously. No joke.

Seriously dude your sarcasm detector is broken

[Halochampian]

could you please learn how to use the reply button? It's not that hard.

[DelbertGrady]

Dude "writes" for hiphopgamer. Nuff said.

[George Costanza]

lol I was going to ignore you Agent-X but your too funny, not Seinfeld material...not even Friends material,

[Baka-akaB]

I dont get the article ... they find strange that when releasing the title on XBL they added a few things like quite a few other games from various origins , and that's the reasoning for MS ownership ?

Why not as well state that because someday it was demo-ed on a Sony Vaio netbook , that sony bought the franchise ?

Or that Nintendo bought it because George broussard owns and love the Wii ?

But at least they do state it's only their conjecture and speculation , so not even a rumor or official thing

[PS360PCROCKS]

It is odd that their site is back up and working now...

[Gamer_Politics]

lets cut the crap who would wanna buy 3D Realms?that dev team sucks they cant even produce games..this duke nukem forever was supposed to come out like 12 years ago..big waste of time

[Whitey2k]

since Duke Nukem 3D and Duke Nukem Time 2 kill was on the playstation Brand and pc i think SOny should equire this studio but then wasnt the new Duke nukem was aimed from the ps3/360?

[Kushan]

"Isn't it kinda strange that they would put such a classic PC game on Xbox Live?"

Ummm...no? They put Doom and that Bungie one I forget the name of up there. And there's rumours of Q3A coming soon. Quite a few "classic" PC games have made the jump to XBLA, Duke 3D is no exception.

[Halochampian]

Marathon was the Bungie title.

[7thNightvolley]

i really hope its true i dont want to see duke die..anything but death.

[Mr Face Creamer]

If Microsoft did buy 3D Realms, why the hell do they want Take-Two to publish the game?

[yeh]

Duke Nukem Forever is vaporware. MS can have it. Not to mention the leaked gameplay looks absolutely terrible. Probably worse than Perfect Dark Zero. That's sad.

[Scolar Visari]

Duke Nukem on Xbox 360 and Games for Windows would be a good move by Microsoft.

[Timesplitter14]

Especially Games for Windows

[kenjix]

I'm just wondering why anyone cares about Duke Nukem Forever, the game looks like it should have released in 1996! I guess some people just have low standards.

[The BS Police]

I thought this was 1996 graphics?!

[Head Shot King]

lmao

[xdye017]

Why are you thinking that it will not be released on PC if MS buys the studio? MS= Windows and xbox. The main focus is PC anyways.

[Ellessdee]

another exclusive shooter game for microsoft? big suprise there.

i personally dont see what the big dea is about a new duke nukem game. the original was fun in its own satirical way, but that just wouldnt work in todays market. just look at matt hazard.

if microsoft wanna keep this inevitable train wreck to themselves, so be it. ive got better games to play.

[Man_of_the_year]

ya like all those RPGs...i mean, Racing games...i mean...ah ya shooters, like R1&2, MGO, KZ2. Hmmm, seems to me like the PS3 is more of a shooter console right now than anything else.

Enjoy your shoot games, and 360 owners will enjoy theirs, as well as the RPGs and racers.

Your attitude absolutely sucks. Sony can keep your ignorant fanboyism. MS doesn't want your pathetic kind.

[Blitzed]

Isn't Torrence Davis the guy that wrote that blog a while back calling out Sony fanboys?

Then this guy 'filps out' and had his 'mind blown' at the mere speculation of a multiplat going 360 exclusive.

Hey Torrence, your fanboy is showing.

[nightelfmohawk]

..that they're hoping for Duke Nukem Forever of all games?

LMAO!

XD

[-MoOkS-]

Look at the posts above you, no one's hopin or excited.

Look how droids acted a few days ago when they thought Gostbusters was a ps3 exclusive ROFL. They acted like it was AAA game of the year material....thats what you call desperate

Never liked duke nukem anyway. Hope MS hasn't bought them

[nightelfmohawk]

I think there's a better chance of E.T. 2 being released than DNF ever seeing the light of day.

[Timesplitter14]

You can make exclusivity deals for random franchises, but you can't mess with the Duke. That's just unacceptable. It's like taking the Pyramids of Egypt and putting them in Texas. You just can't do that.

Duke must see the light on PC, and THEN we'll talk consoles.

[Head Shot King]

if duke is a 360 only, ur argument that FPS shooters are better on PC would have been valid 7 years ago. Things have changed and games like HALO and Killzone2 have proven that.

Just buy a 360 for 199 or ebay it for 80 bucks. Stop being a troll.

[No Way]

That would be a big move for MS. 3D Realms are a good company.
I think if MS would have bought them a long time ago,
Duke Nukem: Forever would have already been released.

That would be a big deal at E3, imo, for MS if Duke would be exclusive.

[Lumbo]

Sorry, but why should MS buy a developer who fails at his deadlines constantly and is unable to produce a single freaking FPS game in 13 years?

3D Realms was great when they released DN3D, but like all one hit wonders they instantly ceased being great afterwards and became sh!t. 13 Years of teasing and broken promises all for some complete vaporware.

DukeNukem3D is a classic, thats for sure, but i don't think that classic appeal can be repeated now. Serious Sam went that way and is gone, too.

PS: actually a 2 hit wonder, i have Terminal Velocity right here, though that was a smallish hit, compared to DN3D

[tudors]

it's a classic, and if you don't know why then you missed the golden ages of gaming, it has personality somthing some games lack cough cough K**

[fatam69]

Ok so if this were to be true, Why the hell would Take-Two Publish it and not Microsoft?

[Head Shot King]

Take Two is still funding this game.

You have to be blind not to see who bought 3D Realm.

EPIC bought them, nuff said.

[TheTruth89]

is going to be only timed exclusive, like ghostbuster for ps3

[kaveti6616]

They have the same business model. 3D realms doesn't make games for years and neither does MS. Just kidding.

Anyways, I think it's a stupid move if MS actually did it. Why would you buy a company based on a single IP history. It's a big risk. I'd rather MS scour the Earth for some better companies in need of large scale funding rather than a leech like 3DR which sucks funding for twelve years and doesn't deliver squat. I don't really care if DNF comes out anyways. I wasn't alive or wasn't a gamer during those early days so I'm not too nostalgic about it. Microsoft should have bought out Epic Games when it was still poor so today it would have better control of it. Cuz Epic can release games to whatever platform it wants and that could be a blow to MS.

[kewlkat007]

Duke reminds me of a Bruce Willis "Die Hard" character... "Yippee Kai Yay!"

[TenPThor]

I would love this to be true!

Just release it on PC too, though, willya?

[Mo0eY]

You know what's sad?

M$ has to buy out companies such as Bungie (from Mac to M$), RARE (Nintendo to M$), and possibly 3D Realms (from PC to M$) not to mention all the exclusive DLC that they paid for themselves.

In all honesty, this looks to me like a desperation move on M$'s behalf. They did not see any games coming out up until this summer and beyond, and they're probably hearing it from a lot of their fans so they had to add another exclusive line-up to their charts.

It sucks for you Xbox owners, having a company that loves nothing but to spend money to make a couple of extra dollars in the long run without caring whatsoever about the consumer whereas Sony delivers. The same goes for Nintendo - look at all that crap they are churning out - Wii Fit, remakes of old Gamecube games. It's just plain ridiculous.

[-MD-]

You're calling a company that developed a video game console sad because it's buying development studios to develop video games for it's console? Are you an idiot?

[Hallucinate]

wow moey...that was the worst spin ive ever heard from either camps...jesus christ moey..just kill yourself im more of a sony fanboy, but god that was the worst spind ive ever heard

[tehReaper]

Read my above post. Are all fanboys half-brained like this one?

[Polluted]

From the summary:

"He thinks that Microsoft bought 3D Realms and that they are working on Duke Nukem Forever as an exclusive Xbox 360 title to be published by Take Two."

Why would MS buy a game studio then have someone else publish the game?

[Rhezin]

who acted like it was AAA game of the year material. Dude your so full of sh!t all of the crap you post you have nothing to back it up with. GTFO!

Anyway if this is true then I'm fine with it, although it's a shame that the ps3 probably won't get a version. The gameplay videos looked pretty sweet and the AI looked top notch. As long as the Duke lives (even if it is on another console) that's cool in my book.

[Nelson M]

I Dont Need to say Anymore !!!

Dumb BoT !!

[-MD-]

Dude you watch the Simpsons how can you make fun of anybody?

[L-a-i-n]

It will sell as well as 50 Cent games do. I looks really bad. I do agree that the Duke needs to stay on PC were he belongs. It is not a game I want to see on a console.

[KingKionic]

LOL this is going to go to 900.

[Cajun Chicken]

This makes complete freaking sense in twisted logic. But, what of the employees?

[Mars Attacker]

I hope this is true. Is MS owns the rights now you know the game will actually release. I've been waiting ever since the days of DOS for this game. The footage released recently really looks great too. Can't wait!! 100.0% chance I'll buy this game if released.

[makingdamage]

Who is this Duke Nukem people talk about? I haven´t seen a game with that name on it for..hm...probably more than 10 years ago. It can´t be that old game people talk about, right?

[KingKionic]

yes...
"I'm here to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and I'm all out of gum"

"Your an inspiration for birth control baby"

[crinale]

Microsoft let Bungie go, shut down Ensemble, and now has bought out 3DReamls? I don't think so...

[KingKionic]

well atleast ensemble spilt to make three other studios

. http://www.bonfire-studios....

http://www.robotentertainme...

http://windstormstudios.com...

[Halochampian]

Bungie bought themselves back from MS. They wanted to be an independent company again and not be confined to dates and what not. They like the atmosphere more.

[Enigma_2099]

... if that proves to be true, I may give microsoft a little golf clap for saving 3D Realms, then flip them the bird for all the fan griping over the TIMED exclusive announcement b*tching that people did over Ghostbusters on PS3...

[Hondo]

You guys are livin in the past man it's duke nukem who the f..k cares about duke they are going to announce 10-15 new ip at e3 09 duke nukem for christ sakes that goes for wolfenstine to

[Jockamo]

...i think having MS buy this game would be a terrific win for american game publishers. it's clearly american, with an american flavor, and an american sense of humor. something american gamers have lacked as of late...

[DFresh]

Don't care either way.
I own every console wherever that series goes I go simple as that.
Though I hope it's still in production and coming to the PC if the 360 also gets the game that's a bonus.
Hope it comes to PS3 but if not I'll just get it on PC then if that doesn't work out 360.

[Bathyj]

Hmmm, that makes sense. Can proven developers left and right, only to buy one that produces nothing but talk.

Does anyone think DNF is an actual piece of running software? I dont. How could it possibly take so long and still have nothing to show? There must be a billion lines of code, and thousands of art assets by not, they must have produced something.

Even if it was ONE GUY, working for 10 year on it, there would at least be an engine up and running.

Vapourware. Really think about that work and everything it implies.
Nothing but hot air.

[JOLLY1]

DNF stands for Did Not Finish. That is the joke for the acronym.

[Bathyj]

Do I get the joke? I made it up over 5 years ago.

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

It's just a rumor but stranger things have happened.

[Zhuk]

This is great news for Xbox 360 enthusiasts, with the unrivalled power and features that the Xbox 360 provides 3d Realms will finally be able to have the tools and power they need to make Duke Nukem Forever a reality.

[Hallucinate]

if they wanted the tools they would do a ps3, pc multiplat

[n4gno]

"What David told me completely blew my mind the other night."

LOL.

[Flewid638]

360 can have it. I'm 27 and in all years I've been gaming, the Duke Nukem series was simply never one I cared about. Yeah I know his "name" is legendary, and the game is one of the precursors to all other FPS games.....but I think there are way more important franchises in gaming's history.

To me this is just as relevant as GhostBusters being a timed exclusive on PS3......I don't care either way.

What I DO care about is Sony's line up at E3 this year. OOooooooh, Mother's Sweet-Nectar Oozing GOODNESS!!! :-D

[Jdoki]

I agree to an extent... A lot of people are viewing Duke through rose tinted glasses.

Back in the day it was a fun game, but things have moved on.

Serious Sam was the closest we've got on PC, and was fun for a while. In some ways the crazy weaponry of Ratchet and Clank felt inspired by Duke. We've seen more than enough one dimensional wise cracking stereotypical heroes in games that having yet another one just makes me yawn. all in all I just can't see 3DRealms bringing anything new to the table.

However, the footage that has been leaked, looked fairly interesting and actually piqued my interest in this game a bit; but I just can't see it being any more than rental (if it every releases).

[Jdoki]

Buying 3DRealms would appear to be the opposite of Microsoft's current strategy when it comes to developers.

I think it would be much more likely they would create a 2nd party relationship to fund the project to completion and then cut them loose.

The advantage of this is that we would probably see DNF finished with in 12 months and on sale by Christmas 2010 on 360, and probably PC 6-12months later.

It's easier to employ a 2nd party dev on a strict contract, than run an entire company as 1st party (see Rare's output, for example).

Why would MS want to pay up for a dev that has delivered nothing in 13 years? Essentially they would be buying a company for one IP - and while I have no doubt that a few million MS marketing dollars would shift a significant number of copies - it just seems strange to throw all that money at one game.

[Droid Control]

Its a pfact thew PS3 is hard to program for. Sony gave no consideration for developers.

360, like the original xbox, share the same PC aritecture making ports perfect.

So why the frak would they make it on ps3 over 360?

Haven't VALVE and BETHESDA taught you anything?

[darkzodiac55]

sure so thats why KZ2 and GT5 are best looking console games

[dj55555555]

Lets hope it comes out on the next xbox as this generation has nothing new to offer, they could kill the game buy releasing it on the 360.

[ShiftyLookingCow]

ah I see Duke is Master Chief!

[sleewok]

IF Microsoft bought 3D Realms I'm selling all my stock. UNLESS they simply purchased the IP.

[XPC HARDonE]

but i decided for the sake of my current sense of well being not to. So instead I want to ask the community of question:

How are you people out there doing? I hope your doing well. If I have one piece of advice about life and gaming its this:

competitive on line Peggle is the most fun you will ever have, I've only played it on XBLA and I don't know if all the Peggle games have online mulitplayer but it sure is fun.

Have a great day

[Droid Control]

The point is, develops shouldn't have to go through HELL in order to create or port a game.

Theres no doubt that the ps3 is powerful, but the problem is, its hards to get there, whereas the 360 is an open book and very developer friendly.

[dogmeat eater]

There hasn't been a decent duke game since Duke nukem 3d. That came out in like what? 1995! Sorry duke I think your done for. I am interested in DNF, but that game looks like major vaporware.

[KingKionic]

and i was right it did reach 900.

[Droid Control]

Thats because they've been making DNF fool. DN has a great legacy for greatness, and unlike doom/quake etc from the same era, haven't fraked their ip up yet...