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Death of 3D Realms
boykster:
--- Quote from: ark_ader on May 15, 2009, 02:11:49 pm ---Who cares, about 3D Realms anyway?
P2P is, pretty much killing software, creators day in, and out.
Prepare, to see more big names, biting the big one, and go out, of business.
I like, Duke Nukem though.
Sorry, cannot think of any more random crap, to post about this. ;D
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You ever meet a comma you DIDN'T like? :dunno
SavannahLion:
--- Quote from: massive88 on May 15, 2009, 03:39:52 pm ------smurfy--- software is killing creators, same as it always has. The video games industry is as big as its ever been, and P2P has been around far longer than the past few years.
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I believe they were called BB's? I also remember Sneaker Net. I remember carrying around an old floppy with a self extracting copy of PKZip just to use with SN.
--- Quote from: abzman2000 on May 15, 2009, 03:24:59 pm ---now I'm upset. I really want to play the game in that video, it looks fun and pretty. I assume they won't scrap the whole project, there is already enough to release a game in a few months like the guy narated in the video. Now where's a hacker to steal the code and other materials and release it to the public like there was for HL2, that would be what I am hoping for (assuming they don't restart the project... again).
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Wasn't really much of a hacker. He leveraged poor security rules with Outlook, stole the source code, then proceeded to suffer the wrath of nearly the entire HL community. A good hacker wouldn't have gotten caught. Regardless of any debate of what he did was wrong or right, Gabe deserved what he got anyways.
--- Quote from: RayB on May 15, 2009, 03:08:13 pm ---So they close 3D Realms, write off a crap-load of financial losses, and then go back to business as usual under the Apogee Software name (which they've already revived). The Duke franchise doesn't die with them. I'm still hopeful for a proper Duke FPS sequel! 8)
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Wow, I wasn't aware they revived Apogee. I thought it too died about ten or so years ago.
Seems a little strange to kill off one brand, only to revive another brand. It's pretty well established that DNF is mired in DevHell. So moving the people from one company to another really doesn't change anything. Oh well, here's hoping that Apogee (and Take Two?) will bring forth the Legendary Mana that is Duke. :notworthy:
ahofle:
D3D was such a great game. Me and a friend used to tune those config files that came with the game for better deathmatching. We had the weapons so perfectly balanced that any one of them were useful (unlike the defaults). The trip mines were an instant kill for example.
Maybe this is for the better. It could end up with someone like Valve who sees it through to completion?
TOK:
Take 2 says they invested 12 million dollars in the DNF and is suing for the source code. If they win this, they might still have someone finish the game. I suppose that could be good or bad, depending on who is chosen.
SavannahLion:
--- Quote from: ahofle on May 16, 2009, 02:35:04 am ---It could end up with someone like Valve who sees it through to completion?
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No! No, no NO! You have no idea what Valve is really like. Their fans are blinded by their successes and never remember their ---That which is odiferous and causeth plants to grow---. Valve needs to keep their grubby hands off of this. If Take Two wins the lawsuit, I have faith in their ability to market the product but they need to get a decent dev group for it. It would be a shame to see DN reduced to yet another GTA clone.
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