Duke Nukem Forever coming in the end of the year?

Sinful Sam · 06-09-2006, 08:22 PM

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Shortly after the stock markets closed yesterday, Take-Two Interactive announced a $50.2 million loss for its second quarter. Today when the markets reopened, the publisher took a beating worthy of that doled out in one of its more violent games. At the closing bell, its share was down $2.94, or 17.53 percent, falling to $13.83. The final figure was just $0.19 above the stock's 52-week low of $13.64, but the share value had sunk to $13.74 during the day.

But while traders panicked, analysts were more sanguine on Take-Two's fortunes. Friedman Billings Ramsey's Shawn Milne lowered his target price for the company $16 to $14, but maintained a "Market Perform" rating. UBS's Mike Wallace seemed indifferent to the news. "No excitement here," he said in a note issued today, in which he maintained his "Neutral" valuation of the company.

Of more interest to gamers was some major news buried in a 10-Q filing Take-Two issued to the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) yesterday. Toward the bottom of the form in the "Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements" subsection, was a major development regarding one of the most famous--or infamous--PC games of all time: Duke Nukem Forever.

According to the 10-Q, March saw Take-Two and 3D Realms renegotiate the original contract for Duke Nukem Forever, which began back in 1997. Under the original deal, 3D Realms was to receive some $6 million from Take-Two to develop the title. Now, the Texas-based developer will receive only $4,250 for the oft-delayed game, when it is completed.

When will that be? Well, 3D Realms now has a fairly large incentive to get Duke Nukem Forever done by the end of the year. The 10-Q also reveals that Take-Two has offered the studio $500,000 in the form of a promissory note if the game sees "commercial release" by December 31, 2006. The deal applies only to the PC version of the game, although it was announced for the Xbox and the PlayStation 2 in 2001 and is rumored to be in development for the Xbox 360.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6152594.html

Seems pretty hopeless. Duke Nukem Forever should have been caned a while ago.

Vegetto · 06-09-2006, 11:19 PM

its called forever because it will take literally forever to be released

Reality · 06-09-2006, 11:32 PM

This is a company who's taking on water. Its only a matter of time with this current direction.

Seraph · 06-10-2006, 02:14 AM

duke nukem should stay dead. FOREVER!

justin_credible · 06-10-2006, 02:28 AM

I hope it keeps the original graphics from when it was going to be released in 1986.

SavedFromSin · 06-10-2006, 03:49 AM

It's just going to end up sucking. I bet it pulls a Fable.

burpingcat · 06-10-2006, 04:11 AM

No way, man. I bet Duke Nukem Forever is gonna be the best game ever. It's gonna blow our minds. The day they release it will be a landmark for humanity. You think they're just slacking off over at 3D Realms? No way. Not for this long. They're tweaking this game to absolute perfection. It's been almost a decade in the making. It's gonna make Super Mario 3 look like Advent Rising. The TRUE next generation...no, the next EPOCH of gaming starts when Duke Nukem Forever is released. You better pre-order it somewhere because copies are gonna be sold out for months as soon as people catch wind of the sheer genius of Duke Nukem Forever.

Alexander · 06-10-2006, 12:12 PM

Duke Nukem has never been good.

Kiryu1985 · 06-10-2006, 12:23 PM

Anyone ever play the console versions of Duke, such as Duke Nukem Zero Hour and Duke Nukem: Land of the Babes? I heard thats the closest you could get to Duke Nukem Forever.

Seraph · 06-10-2006, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by burpingcat

the next EPOCH of gaming starts when Duke Nukem Forever

How dare you use the EPOCH's name to discribe this game. You shame CT fans across the world.

Decado · 06-10-2006, 02:56 PM

Hopefully they'll drop any pretense of doing a console version until the PC version is done.

Kiuju2k · 06-10-2006, 09:49 PM

This is a joke right? Theres no way or reason they should even bother with this game? Are you telling the million plus years this game has been in development the company just didn't scrap it and move onto other projects(or did they?)? I wonder how much money and man hours was wasted on this ****.

Reality · 06-10-2006, 10:05 PM

The game is going to be awesome.

(Anyone know that tags to use to make images into thumbnails again?)

Alexander · 06-10-2006, 11:52 PM

That's very very old and very very fake, Reality.

But you probably knew that.

06-09-2006, 11:32 PM	#3
Reality Sin and Punishment Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 14,162	This is a company who's taking on water. Its only a matter of time with this current direction. __________________ Outpostnine is that 1%.

06-10-2006, 03:49 AM	#6
SavedFromSin RAWR!!! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Five min from Sinful Sam Posts: 4,398	It's just going to end up sucking. I bet it pulls a Fable. __________________ For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.-Ephesians 2:8-9 The above post wasn't checked for: spelling or grammatical errors, comma splices, awkward phrases, run-on sentences, subject-verb agreement, and other errors in the English language. PSN=MrBear14518 XboxLive=Yahweh14518 Wii U=MrBear14518

06-10-2006, 10:05 PM	#13
Reality Sin and Punishment Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 14,162	The game is going to be awesome. (Anyone know that tags to use to make images into thumbnails again?) __________________ Outpostnine is that 1%.

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06-09-2006, 11:19 PM	#2
Vegetto Alive Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Utah Posts: 9,399	its called forever because it will take literally forever to be released

06-10-2006, 02:14 AM	#4
Seraph >:3 Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Troy, MI Posts: 11,002	duke nukem should stay dead. FOREVER!

06-10-2006, 02:28 AM	#5
justin_credible Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 6,271	I hope it keeps the original graphics from when it was going to be released in 1986.

06-10-2006, 04:11 AM	#7
burpingcat Really Enjoys The Magic Box Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 4,156	No way, man. I bet Duke Nukem Forever is gonna be the best game ever. It's gonna blow our minds. The day they release it will be a landmark for humanity. You think they're just slacking off over at 3D Realms? No way. Not for this long. They're tweaking this game to absolute perfection. It's been almost a decade in the making. It's gonna make Super Mario 3 look like Advent Rising. The TRUE next generation...no, the next EPOCH of gaming starts when Duke Nukem Forever is released. You better pre-order it somewhere because copies are gonna be sold out for months as soon as people catch wind of the sheer genius of Duke Nukem Forever.

06-10-2006, 12:12 PM	#8
Alexander I speak with codes. Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,239	Duke Nukem has never been good.

06-10-2006, 12:23 PM	#9
Kiryu1985 Communist Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Tianjin, China Posts: 1,708	Anyone ever play the console versions of Duke, such as Duke Nukem Zero Hour and Duke Nukem: Land of the Babes? I heard thats the closest you could get to Duke Nukem Forever.

06-10-2006, 02:56 PM	#11
Decado Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 4,246	Hopefully they'll drop any pretense of doing a console version until the PC version is done.

06-10-2006, 09:49 PM	#12
Kiuju2k Oh no! Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Riverside, california Posts: 4,910	This is a joke right? Theres no way or reason they should even bother with this game? Are you telling the million plus years this game has been in development the company just didn't scrap it and move onto other projects(or did they?)? I wonder how much money and man hours was wasted on this ****.

06-10-2006, 11:52 PM	#14
Alexander I speak with codes. Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,239	That's very very old and very very fake, Reality. But you probably knew that.