Duke Nuke My Ass

Well, obviously, the game was either never made or it’s far from finished.

Too much b/s all over the internet.

First of all, they asked $5 million from Take 2, of course, they refused to give them money (who would drop 5 mil to someone who delayed things for a decade)? However, instead they offered $30 million for all game (now they owe publishing rights only), 3DR refused and closed down instead. Like what the fuck?

If it’s like 90-95% or whatever already done, why they just can’t work from loans and/or just get no pay for month and finish damn game? Ah, yes, maybe it’s not 90% complete… Or if we assume fact that it takes ~8% per year… Well, fuck yeah, not possible then. Unless you start taking pre-orders and pray for the best. Oh, or maybe they don’t feel it’s a good game.

Okay, let’s check interview from: E3 2006: 3D Realms’ Scott Miller Discusses Value of Original IP

It’s like when we made “Max Payne.” The game itself cost $4 million and 4-1/2 years to build. We said, okay, we might only make $8 million in sales, but think about what the franchise will be worth. As it turned out, the game made $20 million in royalties … and we later sold the franchise for almost $50 million.

THR: What about the latest “Duke” game … the one that seems to be taking forever to build?

Miller: We’ve put about $7.5 million into that and we’ve been working on it since late 1998. So it really hasn’t been that much of an investment. And once it comes out, if it’s as successful as we think it’ll be, we’ll make that money back in the first day or two of sales.

So….. They spent like 7.5 mil within first 8 years and then just burned all the budget? Doesn’t make sense at all.

Anyway, the recent leaked gameplay looks decent. Of course, all fanboys cry on how awesome it is. Yeah, right. Expect for few annoying parts (jumping on bosses, standing up when you fall all the time. etc) it’s kinda ok. But 12 years…

So my guess? It’s going to be released.