Despite initially getting the green light from IP owners Gearbox, the fan-made project has stalled, an announcement on Duke Nukem 3D Reloaded‘s website saying:
After careful consideration of the progress and direction of the project, Interceptor Entertainment has decided to finish Duke Nukem: Reloaded at a future date that is yet to be determined.
Interceptor Entertainment still has the good will and non commercial licence provided to us to use the Duke Nukem brand for our creative ambitions. We hope to resume that work again when the time is right.
In the interim, please know that the praise and support we received for our efforts has been both overwhelming and appreciated. Interceptor Entertainment looks forward to revisiting the DNR project in the future, along with several other new, creative pursuits. Our fans can rest assured: We are going to focus our efforts on exciting endeavours and we welcome the challenges that await us!
With sincere gratitude to our fans for their incredible support,
Interceptor Entertainment
Um, yeah, this thing is toast. When you see those kind of words from these kind of projects, they never come back. Wonder if that’s really because they ran out of steam, or if something was up between the developers and Gearbox?
We’re asking Gearbox, just to be sure.
Public Announcement [Duke Nukem 3D]
Joshy206
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 6:59 PM“Um, yeah, this thing is toast. When you see those kind of words from these kind of projects, they never come back.”
The stupidest video game series to say that about: you do remember Duke Nukem Forever, right?
Quirkhall
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 8:02 PMDuke Nukem Forever wasn’t a non-profit fan made project.
ripperhugme
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 9:06 PMAnd was practically resurrected pro-bono by a highly successful developer.
weresmurf
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 9:33 PMIt should’ve been a non profit fan made project, it would’ve come out sooner, less buggy and far better quality…
Patrick
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 7:15 PMI’ve got contact with the lead of Duke Reloaded. Wait a week or two for a big announcement regarding the game. The game is not canceled, still in development and a beta will be released before years end. Trust me, bitches.
Jake
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 10:14 PMDoes anyone care?
Ty
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 10:19 PMAh, bummer. I was looking forward to that.
Brimm
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 10:41 PMdamn….that’s disappointing.
AerintheADEQUATE
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 11:08 PMMaybe some of them are getting hired into full-time dev jobs? Seems kinda odd that they’d just leave it where it sits like that…
Hamish
Thursday, September 29, 2011 at 12:17 AMDO NOT RESUSCITATE
Reoh
Thursday, September 29, 2011 at 3:04 AMThe curse of Duke Nukem lives on.
TSH
Thursday, September 29, 2011 at 10:46 AMI’ve not played DNF, but by all accounts Duke 3D was the superior game thanks to its more DooM-like level design and the (compared to DNF) relative lack of hateful mysogyny.
A “HD Remake” approach to resurrecting that game (as done with many a classic PS2 title) would be a great companion release to SS3: a reminder that traditional run-and-gun FPS is still great fun!
Josh
Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at 11:13 PM@Patrick: So are you telling us the truth? The game will be released and is in motion? Or is this false information?