@JGarret They did. People just write this stuff without looking into it. It seems that the old team (3 years ago) left everything in chaos... and the new team working on it spent the last 2.5 years making the game.. practically all of it.. Simply because the previous thing was a huge mess.. and they almost succeeded too. The game is almost finished.

@Staude

I didn´t know that..hmmm, what was going on with the old team at the time?

@JGarret: Wikipedia has a nice summary:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Nukem_Forever#Development_history

Basically they were constantly upgrading to the latest and greatest engine, scrapping a lot of created content in the process. They started with the Quake 2 engine, then went to Unreal Engine then Unreal Engine 2, which has been heavily modified by the development team since then. They also changed to another physics engine.

At one point they allegedly scrapped 95% of the level design...

I don't know. I saw a interview with one of the guys who were working though and that is what he said. Basically when he started 2.5 years ago everything was a huuuge mess. (I figure they were hiring quite a few.. maybe because the old team was so unorganised?) and that they spent the last 2.5 years practically making a whole new game and cleaning up the other stuf..

Frankly.. it looks awesome. I don't care it took them this long to make for whatever reasons. But i want them to somehow get it wrapped up so we can get to try it out :p

Fantastic mis-management. There are pimp slaps due all 'round in that product. All examples of people who should not be in charge of anything, let alone a multi-million dollar game development project.

Staude; regardless of whether or not the Duke kicks ass (oh, he does!) you have to agree that it is no less than deserved when a developer gets in trouble after having failed to deliver a game we have waited over a decade for, right?

Wasn't this thread made just this morning?

OT: They just want Duke, XD

there was two of them, mine got locked

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/58651

The first legal documents filed by publisher Take-Two in its lawsuit against Duke Nukem Forever developer 3D Realms have been released.

The documents amount to a call for a restraining order and a preliminary injunction, essentially a move to force 3D Realms to keep the Duke Nukem Forever assets intact during proceedings.
The order would force 3D Realms to "mantain and enforce all security measures necessary to preserve the integrity of [the Duke Nuke Forever source] code," as well as prevents them from "disclosing, distributing transfferring or selling...any proprietary information related to DNF."

Take-Two claims that it is owed "millions of dollars" by 3D Realms for breaking an agreement to finish the game. The publisher also requested a copy of the existing Duke Nukem Forever source and object code "to ensure the code is preserved and remains unharmed during the pendency of this lawsuit."

Meanwhile, 3D Realms co-founder Scott Miller last night issued the first public comment from the company on Shacknews. Miller was replying to a user question of whether 3D Realms saw any of the $12 million that Take-Two paid Infogrames for the DNF publishing rights in 2000.

"No. We didn't get a penny of that money," said Miller. "This, along with so much else, is 100% spin, being eaten up by those who have no clue whatsoever."

Miller added that 3D Realms will have more to say on the matter "soon"--though Take-Two expects to go to trial no earlier than 9-12 months.



Looks take-two wants the source code to get the game finished.  Maybe we will see a finish product in another 3 years.  What is the world record for longest game development anyways

damn take two.. if they didn't do this the odds are they would find funding and it'd get released in a years time... :\