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Ex-3D Realms Member: “We Almost Pulled It Off”

By now, you're probably educated on the Duke Nukem Forever saga, which has been the talk of the town this past week. More interesting tidbits of information continue to show up around the Internet; many of which from ex-3D Realms members.

One of them, Mark Skelton, has already posted up a bunch of high-resolution 3D renders , and in addition, he spoke a bit about his two years at 3D Realms. Perhaps the most interesting part about this mini-revelation is that while we've all known about DNF for well over a decade, Skelton says it was basically a "mess" until maybe three years ago. He writes at ZBrushCentral:

I was at 3drealm almost exactly 2 years. a lot of the staff were under 3 years. I took the job because if any company on the planet needed help finishing a game, 3d realms did, and we ALMOST pulled it off. In 2 years of being there, we were able to take this convoluted mess and make it into a badass game. I wish the world would have seen it to realize how cool and fun it was. The team we had was fantastic. But, no one will ever know…"

He goes on to say he wishes 3D Realms had released more content over the past few years, but they were "just a very private cautious company" and that meant the gaming public and journalists were continually in the dark. Apparently, the team came close to pulling this off – the game may have been ready in another year – but now, there's no way of knowing. Guess we'll have to wait and see what Take-Two plans to do…

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cheng
cheng
14 years ago

is this duke nukem that good?? i mean i've seen it popping up everywhere…n everyone is dying for a remake, just like ff7…

sticklife
sticklife
14 years ago

i'm not sure it's a remanke. i think it's a new game.

Anonymous
Anonymous
14 years ago

It used to be good, back when it was one of the only FPS around. I never thought it was too special. I hope they never make another Duke Nukem game.

coverton341
coverton341
14 years ago

The Hoax That Would Not Die

Hexen
Hexen
14 years ago

Take-Two should just hire a professional company to finish the game(Guerrila or Naughty dog)to finish the game.If the leaked video is legit than the game wouldn't require as much work as if was from scratch.

LegendaryWolfeh
LegendaryWolfeh
14 years ago

Lol, funny how you chose 2 Sony owned developers for the job 😛

Hexen
Hexen
14 years ago

It was a joke:D

LegendaryWolfeh
LegendaryWolfeh
14 years ago

but hey 😛 joke or not, they'd make a mean duke nukem

robinhood2010
robinhood2010
14 years ago

I'm thinking what started out as a viable game became a hoax/vaporware, and only recently became a game again…

I mean, 12 years? They must have been doing something to create the scans…

WorldEndsWithMe
WorldEndsWithMe
14 years ago

truth

N a S a H
N a S a H
14 years ago

I think people need to let go a little here. This game was originally planned for PS1 if I'm correct. Sony is porbably developing the PS4 right now. That's how far ahead of this game we are.

TheHighlander
TheHighlander
14 years ago

The PS4 is already here, it's called a PS3…. 😉

Totalz
Totalz
14 years ago

I feel bad for these guys, they obviously have had a (long) hard time taking this game on as a new team from what I gather from this article, and I hope Take Two get it to a dev sharpish so we can FINALLY get this game.

Oyashiro
Oyashiro
14 years ago

Could of, would of, but didn't.

Game companies go under for reasons. One of those reasons apparently is not making and/or releasing games.

To my knowledge the last game they actually developed was in the late 90s (97 or 98). Then they acted as a publisher for other peoples games.

Geobaldi
Geobaldi
14 years ago

Yep Shadow Warrior in 1997. But they have produced, and or published, around 12-14 games since then including Max Payne and Prey.

Sir Shak
Sir Shak
14 years ago

It's getting a little irritating now .

CH1N00K
CH1N00K
14 years ago

"almost pulled it off" It sounds like they are talking about a big heist or something..

They did pull something off. They managed to make Duke Nukem into the biggest joke of video game history. Which is too bad. Even though the game was cheezy, it was still fun, and the "leaked" video looked cool though unfinished.

When he was climbing on the back of one of the creatures, it kind of reminded me of a FPS version of Prince of Persia or Uncharted. Something tells me that this "joke" isn't over with yet either. Someone else just bought the rights to keep it going. If we're lucky, maybe our grandchildren will be actually get to play the game..lol

coldbore
coldbore
14 years ago

this is the hoax that never ends, and it goes on and on my friends, some people started making it and we thought we knew what it was, but now that the hoax is out its just a big 12 year old fuzz… well u get the idea

WorldEndsWithMe
WorldEndsWithMe
14 years ago

Brilliantly perpetrated.

Jian2069
Jian2069
14 years ago

My prediction: This game will be set for release on the PS6. But 1 year before it releases, Take-Two closes.
This loop never ends

Alienange
Alienange
14 years ago

Take-Two is going to throw DNF in the trash bin out back. What Take-Two WILL do is make a freaking awesome Duke Nukem game. These are the people who made Bioshock. They can make a game for Duke that will blow our minds. They can, and they will… imo.

Geobaldi
Geobaldi
14 years ago

Hopefully Take-Two or someone else brings Duke back. Until then I guess I'll just have to wait Croteam to finish making Serious Sam 3 and Serious Sam Forever.

OriginalSin
OriginalSin
14 years ago

The picture looks like Hulk Hogan…LOL

I'll believe this when I see the game on the shelves. only then will I believe a single word they say. And even then I might not even buy it…

NULL
NULL
14 years ago

I would just love this to be some sort of prank and they just release it somehow without us even knowing…if only….

Byakko2009
Byakko2009
14 years ago

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