Die Entwicklungen an dem ewigen Shooter Projekt Duke Nukem Forever wurden eingegestellt und der amerikanische Spieleentwickler 3D Realms geschlossen. So soll die Geschichte um das ewige Warten um auf den meist erwarteten Shooter enden.Laut Mitteilung Bloomberg.com wurden die Arbeiten an dem Shooter Duke Nukem Forever nach vielen Jahren Entwicklungszeit und der Hoffnung auf Veröffentlichung eingestellt und die kultige Spieleschmiede 3D Realms geschlossen.
Zitat Bloomberg.com :
Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., the maker of the “Grand Theft Auto” video games, sued Apogee Software Ltd.’s 3D Realms over the failed development of a sequel to the “Duke Nukem” game called “Duke Nukem Forever.”
Take-Two, owner of the publishing rights to the game, said Apogee breached an agreement to design the latest installment of Duke Nukem, a game in which the player “shoots” enemies. The new version has been under development since 1997, the company said yesterday in a complaint in a state court in Manhattan.
3D Realms, which was based in Garland, Texas, never produced the game and instead closed its studio on May 6, terminated development of the game and fired employees who had been involved in the Duke Nukem project, Take-Two said. “Apogee continually delayed the completion date for the Duke Nukem Forever,” Take-Two said in the complaint.
“Apogee repeatedly assured Take-Two and the video-gaming community that it was diligently working toward competing development of the PC Version of the Duke Nukem Forever.” Take-Two said in 2000 it had an agreement with Apogee and paid $12 million for publishing rights to the forthcoming game. In 2007, the two companies entered into a second agreement.
he case is Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. v. Apogee Software Ltd. 601457/2009, New York State Supreme Court, New York County (Manhattan).
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