When last we heard about 3D Realms, it was with regards to the Duke
Nukem franchise and the Gearbox release of Duke Nukem Forever, of which the less said perhaps the better.
After Gearbox Entertainment acquired the rights to finish the disaster that was Duke Nukem Forver, they also acquired the IP rights to the Duke
Nukem franchise.
Duke is indeed returning, as Take Two announced recently that Gearbox, the studio behind Brothers in Arms and Borderlands, was taking the reins of the Duke
Nukem franchise.
At the end of January 2015 fans of the Duke
Nukem franchise got a surprise announcement.
The Duke
Nukem franchise as a whole has been criticized for its derogatory attitude towards women.
After the Cyloid battle, I found myself treated to some driving gameplay, something that was previously an alien concept to the Duke
Nukem franchise, but luckily it acts a lot like what you'd expect, taking you out into the desert wilderness.
OXM relays the rumor that Gearbox will reboot the Duke
Nukem franchise after they complete Aliens: Colonial Marines.
said Randy Pitchford, president of Gearbox Software, «Gearbox has enabled die - hard key Duke
Nukem franchise builders and skilled veteran game makers to stand together and deliver.
Not exact matches
The first two Duke
Nukem games were side - scrolling action games but then Duke
Nukem 3D came along and the
franchise entered the first - person shooter realm.
He was also asked if DNF will be a one - off, and he left us with the thought that this is a
franchise he will definitely be keeping alive, so Duke
Nukem Forever is just the beginning.
Other than that, Gearbox should also be working on new installments in the Duke
Nukem, Borderlands and Brothers in Arms
franchises, so we should hear a lot more from the studio in the near future.
The latter also ran into some troubles to retain rights to the
franchise a few years ago: Gearbox acquired the rights to Duke
Nukem Forever from 3D Realms back in 2010 but relations between the two developers soured in 2013 when 3D Realms kicked off a lawsuit against Gearbox allegedly unpaid DNF royalties.
Former professional wrestler John Cena, who is now pursuing an acting career, is allegedly in talks to star in a film adaptation of cult games
franchise Duke
Nukem.
Word came down that 3D Reams, the folks who created venerable shooter
franchises Wolfentein and Duke
Nukem, has filed a suit against...
The game used the infamous DOS - gaming character Duke
Nukem to create an absurd parody of the ever popular Doom and Quake
franchise.
He said the developer didn't purchase the
franchise «merely so we could all experience Duke
Nukem Forever», which it released after some 15 years in development.
The wrestler - turned - actor is negotiations to star in Duke
Nukem, a big - screen adaptation of the popular video game
franchise featuring the politically incorrect action hero that is set up at Paramount.
Even Duke
Nukem fans may try to repress the game but, Duke
Nukem Forever is an example of a game that people bought out of loyalty to the
franchise.
With the 3D Realms team, Miller has co-created and co-designed three major game
franchises, with sales totaling over 18 million units: Duke
Nukem, Max Payne, and Prey.
Popular gaming
franchise Duke
Nukem has returned at the Gadget Show Live 2011 after more than a decade away from retail shelves.
Sigh... Duke
Nukem as a
franchise can be a sore subject for many gamers, largely in part due to the long...
The strongest contributors to net revenue in fiscal year 2012 were L.A. Noire, NBA 2K12, the Grand Theft Auto
franchise, Duke
Nukem Forever and Red Dead Redemption.