Duke Nukem For Never 565
PLSQL Guy writes "Duke Nukem Forever developer 3D Realms is shutting down, according to Shacknews. They cite 'a reliable source close to the company,' who said the developer is finished and employees have already been let go. It looks like all of the Duke Nukem Forever jokes are turning into reality; DNF might turn out to be the ultimate vaporware after all."
3D Realms' webmaster, Joe Siegler, confirmed the closing, saying that he didn't know about it even a day beforehand. Apogee and Deep Silver, who are working on a different set of Duke Nukem games (referred to as the Duke Nukem Trilogy) say they are not affected by the problems at 3D Realms.
Damn (Score:5, Funny)
Sounds like they are all outta gum
Well, so....how long will they shut down? (Score:5, Funny)
SCNR...it is bad for the devs at 3d, but still...it opens a whole new series of jokes.
scheuri
Re:About time (Score:5, Funny)
If this is news to you, you are new around here. (Score:1, Funny)
Well, long live the DNF April Fools Jokes.
Re:RIP DNF (Score:5, Funny)
There've been calls to open-source the game.
Why ? There is already better open source vaporware - Hurd. Though I must admit that DNF has a much cooler mascot with Duke.
Perhaps Duke can become the mascot of Hurd now ?
He is free... for other vaporware.
Re:Take-Two won't do the right thing. (Score:3, Funny)
Damn... (Score:2, Funny)
(When) will DNF be released? (Score:5, Funny)
New answer: "No, we are done."
Talk about a blow to PC gaming... (Score:5, Funny)
This is like the vatican coming out and saying "Shows over people, no second coming. Sorry, pack it up and go home."
What ridiculous mythical everpresent promise are we going to look forward to now?
13 years of development down the drain (Score:4, Funny)
Damn... 13 years of development down the drain.
Re:The king is dead.... (Score:5, Funny)
hail to the king baby
Re:13 years of development down the drain (Score:3, Funny)
good gnus (Score:5, Funny)
I guess the Hurd has a chance to beat Duke Nukem Forever to 1.0, after all! Who woulda thunk it?
Re:About time (Score:5, Funny)
I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm going to repent all of my sins and start frequenting a church, hopefully when I die, Duke Nukem Forever will be waiting for me on God's Commodore 64.
Re:Talk about a blow to PC gaming... (Score:5, Funny)
What ridiculous mythical everpresent promise are we going to look forward to now?
The year of Linux on the desktop, of course!
Axl Rose wins the vaporware wars against 3DRealms (Score:5, Funny)
I always thought Guns 'n' Roses was DNF's main competition in the Vaporware Wars Of 1994-2009. :)
I honestly never thought Axl would ship his album first for the win, but, here we are.
And in other news... (Score:5, Funny)
Guinness World Records reports that the long-standing record for constant masturbation previously held by Gooey, a chimpanzee at the Buffalo Zoo, in what was thought to be an unbreakable grip, was "overcome in one magnificent stroke" by the DNF team at 3D Realms.
The sheer magnificence of the accomplishment has moved a Guinness spokesman to suggest that DNF has actually outgrown the term "vapourware", and become something else entirely. He suggests a new definition, "spankerware", be coined to cummemorate this astounding, 12-year feat of dong-flogging. "If this were an anniversary, the appropriate gift would be linen...and lots of it", the spokesman said.
I'm here to kick ass (Score:5, Funny)
I'm here to kick ass and fund development!
And I'm all out of funds.
Re:Damn (Score:2, Funny)
"Duke Nukem For Never" - That's funny! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Duke Nukem For[N]ever (Score:5, Funny)
What a shocker. Not.
Apparently, you retained some of your witticisms from when you were 15, as well. That's da bomb!!
"expecting/hoping for this for some time." (Score:3, Funny)
You were dedicating neurons to this? You need to get out more.
It's time... (Score:4, Funny)
to write code and chew bubble gum; and I'm all out of gum...
Cus (Score:3, Funny)
There's a plan to this project?
DNF Released. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Damn (Score:5, Funny)
Re:RIP DNF (Score:5, Funny)
SecureROM Activation Failed: Could not connect to the 3drealms activation server.
What does it mean??
You know what'll happen (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Damn (Score:2, Funny)
That's one DOOMED space mari^H^H^H^H^H company
Re:RIP DNF (Score:5, Funny)
With such an acronym as the abbreviated name of the game, who could have expected anything less, to be honest? Maybe it was just a practical joke all along!
Yeah, I mean, I read "DNF" and I'm like Disjunctive Normal Form ? Ha, what kind of name is that !
*chuckles*
aha... okay, stop staring at me, guys ?
Re:The king is dead.... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:RIP DNF (Score:5, Funny)
I would like to reiterate http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1220783&cid=27813603 [slashdot.org]
The vapor that I long for most
The Duke, the Wolf*,
And the Starcraft: Ghost
They saw their code build
So they'd boast
The day
Their sche-----dule died.
And Duke was saying:
(Chorus)
bye, bye
Eat some shit and then die
... apparently, writing code isn't as easy as (American) Pie :)
Re:It's time... (Score:5, Funny)
Come get some.
Given how long Hurd has been in the making (Score:5, Funny)
Re:It's time... (Score:5, Funny)
You've got it all wrong...
it's time to write code and chew bubble gum; and I'm all out of job...
Re:Well, so....how long will they shut down? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:RIP DNF (Score:5, Funny)
"Install the Hurd NOW, or I'm gonna rip off your head and shit down your throat."
Re:And in other news... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:You stole my joke; oh well, it's "Did not finis (Score:5, Funny)
I thought it was "Do Not Fold" - which is normally stamped on packages containing CDs or other fragile media, and indeed, it seems that DNF are folding :)
"Did not Finish" makes much more sense though.
Re:RIP DNF (Score:5, Funny)
GPL v. 2 isn't bad, just outdated.
As opposed to GPL v. 3, which isn't good, just new.
Re:RIP DNF (Score:5, Funny)
Re:RIP DNF (Score:3, Funny)
Perhaps the projects could merge. HIRD of Users Reviving Duke?
Re:God uses Linux, Linux implies !C64 (Score:4, Funny)
God tried Linux, but couldn't find the drivers for his wireless. He keeps trying, but I don't think he has a prayer.
Re:Wow. (Score:4, Funny)
Hmm, getting paid for 15 years to produce nothing of value (as far as we can tell)... sounds like job security to me!
Re:RIP DNF (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I propose... (Score:4, Funny)
But, of course, it must have a silly cutesey name like the "Dukey".
Re:What about facts? (Score:5, Funny)
Besides Bloussard in his blog mentioned that the check list of undone/buggy stuff for DNF has/had only 24 objectives left.
23. ?????
24. PROFIT!
Re:Release it as a MUD (Score:1, Funny)
Duke Nukem craps in your neck: HP: -9
Duke Nukem craps in your neck: HP: -9
Duke Nukem craps in your neck: HP: -9
You flail your limp wristed pansy fist unconvincingly at the Duke: You miss.
Duke Nukem craps in your mouth: HP: -9
You are dead.
Your spirit rises slowly from your defecated corpse.
Duke rips off your ghost's head and craps in your ghostly neck: XP: -100
Duke rips off your ghost's head and craps in your ghostly neck: XP: -100
Duke rips off your ghost's head and craps in your ghostly neck: XP: -100
Duke rips off your ghost's head and craps in your ghostly neck: XP: -100
Duke rips off your ghost's head and craps in your ghostly neck: XP: -100
Your XP has dropped below 0.
Deleting player account
Goodbye
connection to dnfMUD has been terminated
Re:It's been on my desktop for the last ten years (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Charlie Wiederhold's Chair Story (Score:4, Funny)
I mean, this guy actually did work at 3DRealms and this is his blog, but seriously, CliffyB and Marc Rein threatening developers with broken chairs? Tim Sweeny tackling people and holding them down for gang beatings?
Pshaw! Thats nothing compared to what EA does to their employees.
Do you think its easy to code with broken thumbs?
Re:RIP DNF (Score:4, Funny)
Sometimes one should just product out the door, but other times one should use the preview button a bit more diligently ;-)
Re:RIP DNF (Score:5, Funny)
I thought it was Did Not Finish...
Oddly it makes sense...
DNF DNF. Did Not Finish Duke Nukem Forever...
DNF Squared I guess.
Re:RIP DNF (Score:2, Funny)
So while Crap normally means deification...
Wow, I've heard of kids flushing lots of stuff down toilets, I never realized people tried to flush gods as well!
Re:RIP DNF (Score:5, Funny)
Crap normally means deification
I have no humorous quip to add do this, but it stands on its own =)
Re:RIP DNF (Score:5, Funny)
Duke Nuken Forever
1997 - 2009
tl;dnf
The developer? (Score:3, Funny)
Next time they might want to consider putting two developers on the project.
Re:RIP DNF (Score:5, Funny)
So while Crap normally means deification it has been expanded to anything so worthless that it needs to be disposed of as soon as possible.
Crap means "deification" to you? Man, you've got a weird theology. Are the 2 Girls and One Cup considered holy artifacts?
Re:I want to hear more... (Score:4, Funny)
Duke Nukem Forever is dead... But look forward to Duke Nukem Forever: The Movie
Maybe they'll make a game to tie-in with the movie.
Re:It's time... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:You stole my joke; oh well, it's "Did not finis (Score:3, Funny)
You don't get graded on obscure abbreviations in English classes.
Re:RIP DNF (Score:3, Funny)
Site is slashdotted. Or just offline due to bankrupcy.
Re:It's time... (Score:4, Funny)
I now have plenty of time to bleeeeed.
Re:RIP DNF (Score:1, Funny)
"Install the Hurd NOW, or I'm gonna rip off your head and shit
down your throat."
That's actually a pretty hard choice.
Re:It's time... (Score:4, Funny)
This news makes me very sad. I feel as if someone tore off my head and shat down my neck.