David Villarreal brought this up the other night before the Warzone and I nearly flipped out. It makes so much sense it’s not even funny. This is purely speculation and not a rumor or fact.

So it begins with Microsoft getting rights to distribut Duke Nukem on Xbox Live. Isn’t it kinda strange that they would put such a classic PC game on Xbox Live? They updated it, added Live support and now every gold user can have a blast from the past online.

On May 6th, 3D Realms closed their doors and their site went down. The site came back up a day later. The funny thing about the timing of the closing of 3D Realms is that it’s less than a month away from E3. What David told me completely blew my mind the other night. He thinks that Microsoft bought 3D Realms and that they are working on Duke Nukem Forever as an exclusive Xbox 360 title to be published by Take Two.

It just seems to make a whole lot of sense. Microsoft loves releasing classic versions of their games on Xbox Live before and sometimes even after an updated version is released. This could be one of Microsoft’s megaton’s at E3. Again, it’s just speculation but it would be really cool to see this happen. I’ve been waiting for Duke Nukem Forever since the game was announced

http://www.thebitbag.com/2009/05/10/3d-realms-possibly-bought-out-by-microsoft/

Sounds plausible.

I nearly posted this earlier but chose the LBP one instead

Anyway, lets hope its true...
The screens/vids of DNF looked amazing!

now that would be something...

you know as long as the game can have a better chance to release i'm happy...

If Microsoft bought SD Realms why is Duke Nukem Forever being published by Take Two?

As long as Duke is release I'm happy.

well their is also another reason hat this could be true. they said the new duke nukem was being made on the same exact engine as gears 2. which was optimized for the 360.

No way, no freaking way...if this is true...then that means that I called this right at the beginning of the year, founded on the claim of NOTHING. I will open up shop as a fortune teller.

I said that I expect DNF to be a Microsoft massive exclusive, and 3D Realms to become like almost a 2nd Party to them. If this is true, I'll freak out.

If not, I'll say, 'I want DNF...Take two, dont leave me a hangin"

Pretty plausible, what can I say.

This isn't really a rumour, it's just speculation.