Think about it, what's the point right? They don't have the resources to work on it, so the freeze seems pointless. If they wanted it complete, they wouldn't be requesting a development freeze for the next 2 odd years while this legal battle rages on. If Take-Two doesn't manage to prevent the game from being completed, I think 50/50 are good odds right now.Īnd no, Take-Two doesn't intend to finish the game, if they win the lawsuit and the game is not in any way shippable, it will not see the light of day. if they manage to get the 2 year development freeze approved, then yes, I will say 99% chance the game is dead. Or rather, that is what I'd like to say, unfortunately Take-Two is seriously fucking things up right now. My point is, if it was cancelled they would have clearly stated that, right now, nothing is certain and I think it coming out is just as likely as it not coming out. I'm sure there are many other possibilities as well. I can't see it being a lot, but enough to get the game shippableĨ) Some sort of fund-raiser, like a prologue that costs $5-$10 or something, *SPOILER* like the segment at the beginning where Duke plays Duke3D in his mansion, there is no reason that has to be part of the main duke game, it could be sold separately as a prologue and people will buy it. I can't see them spending more on DNF so if they can't release it as-is, I don't think they'll bother, and even if they did, after 2 years of no development picking the project up again is unrealistic.ģ) George/Scott passes it to one of the developers of the Radar group along with a few people that know a lot about the game's tech and how to make content for it (this one is quite likely in my opinion assuming the legal battle doesn't freeze development over the next 2 years)Ĥ) George and the remains of 3DR slowly polishes sections of the game at this point and does electronic episode-style releases, after one release they'll be back on their feetĥ) Take-Two and 3D Realms settle out of court (this is likely as well and will get the game back into development, although I expect delays since they won't be able to get all of the good guys they had before)Ħ) Someone chooses to purchase the publishing rights from Take-Two and funds the rest of development (not likely, but not impossible, Microsoft for one would definitely throw money at this one if they can secure it as an XBOX360 exclusive, and no, they won't care if that means the controls suck).ħ) Scott decides to pour a bit more into its development. The basic possibilities I see are as follows:Ģ) Take-Two wins in 2 years and releases the game as-is (as I've stated before, games are built breadth-wise, so even if it's incomplete and buggy, it is probably still clockable at this point and I think this is all they will want - assuming they even care, they might just try and get their 12 million back and be done with DNF). Neither am I, but I still don't think the project is completely dead, there are still a few ways this can play out, so I'm going to wait and see. I never said I wasn't curious what i said was I'm not a deranged fan boy I love this emotional DNF roller coaster (don't get your knickers in a twist Lotan, Duke isn't (and never will be) an emo :) Hope for the game has increased (for me, at least) again. Lots of reasons point to this conclusion and I think this (and the Jace Hall show on Thursday) will give us lots to talk about and speculate over. I know Weider has much more insight (since he used to make this game) but now since the guy on the radio is prepared to state our speculations as fact, it seems like the positive DNF people here (hi rockmx8) may have been right (not rockmx8 btw). I now believe it was Scott who has the reigns at 3DR (although he has gone to Radar Group) and these were his decisions based on how completed the game is and how awesome it is. 3DR closed down production because of how little needs to be done to finish the game and they chose to save the game, instead of 3DR's employee's careers (as I have said before, why continue to pay for developers if they have already done the developing?). Maybe Take Two, when showed the game earlier this year, saw how much potential this game has and wanted to own ALL of this game to maximise profits. This Undead radio podcast (above) has given me the inspiration for a new theory or 'insight' (hehe):. They do have a positive outlook on DNF even after all the things happened? Hmm.
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