![]() To make a long story short ( too late): Protection From Editors ended up being the game's downfall. Several from-scratch restarts did happen during 3D Realms' development of the game this Wired article details the history of the people who designed, developed, and ultimately failed the project. Gamers remained jaded after seeing this, since the game's development history never seemed to break out of alpha stages (as there would be a chance 3D Realms would restart from scratch because they weren't totally satisfied with the results). Another teaser trailer released in 2007, combined with the surprise release of Prey (3D Realms' other vaporware title), suggested Forever's development might have finally gotten somewhere.Īnother video of gameplay footage was shown in George Broussard's late-May/early-June 2009 appearance on The Jace Hall Show. To grasp the scale of DNF's development cycle, take a look at The Duke Nukem Forever list this page (last updated in 2009) lists off major events which happened between the announcement of the game and the page's last update perhaps the only thing that didn't happen between the game's announcement and its release is the Chicago Cubs winning the World Series, and even that was only missed by a few years (the Cubs won the 2016 World Series).ģD Realms released numerous trailers and teasers throughout development, including this 2001 trailer featuring footage tailored together from non-interactive cutscenes (according to a former 3D Realms developer) as a "proof of life" for the game. When readers complained against its removal, the game returned the following year to win some more awards. The game was given the Vaporware Lifetime Achievement Award by Wired News for its continued delays, an award created specifically for DNF (as it was winning the Vaporware Awards too often). ![]() Little did they know at the time the other potential meaning - because when they said Forever, they weren't kidding.ĭNF was the prime example of Vaporware by way of Development Hell, and widely considered the videogame equivalent of Chinese Democracy (the sessions for the album started in 1994 and it was finally released in November 2008 actual Chinese democracy is, sadly, still in Development Hell) or the infamous The Last Dangerous Visions anthology (originally announced in 1973 Harlan Ellison still insists he intends to get the book out). ![]() Just as numerous game developers named the third installment of a popular series "3D" back in The Nineties, 3DRealms decided to extend the trope to Duke Nukem's fourth game by titling it Duke Nukem Forever ("4-Ever"). ![]()
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