[storm8ring3r]

The past few days with zero information gain and the way they are handling their forums is telling me that 3DR is dead for sure. The fate of DNF remains to be determined and we'll know about it whenever george finds a way to get the game finished/make the most money from it and the IP

[palan]

Honestly I wish "ex" employees and their families only the best. If the studio is not saved in last moment, and they get their jobs back, I'm sure they will find jobs.
After all working under GB who I and many consider genius (those of you who don't agree with this sorry) is not a bad reference beleive me.
Just remember how many things in this genre were invented by GB and SM, how many other companies copycated them, (just remember how many ideas valve stole from their DNF 2001 video).

So I agree we stop all speculative theories atm, but better be some official statement from 3dr with answers soon.

[Richard Shead]

Ramen4ever, on May 13 2009, 05:07 PM, said:

Chances are unknown. How many companies can you name that would not only be capable of doing this financially but would be trusted enough by 3dr/George to do a good job. Not to mention the most companies have their own games to work on.

Well, it all depends on exactly how much of DNF had been completed upon the closing of 3DR. I know at least one guy who lost his job was expressing frustration, saying it was "so close".

I have no clue and we may never find out.

It's just hard to imagine all of that hard work going to waste and never being appreciated by the public. It's almost like building the most impressive playing card house EVER and knocking it down before showing anyone- like it may as well never have existed in the first place.

If this becomes the case with DNF, it'll be bar-none the biggest tragedy in the history of gaming.

palan, on May 13 2009, 05:18 PM, said:

If the studio is not saved in last moment

The last moment has already passed, sadly. Time to move along.

[PimpUigi]

Second biggest, next to Sega's downfall.

Actually, that's pretty arguable though.
1 game, vs. 1 entire company...that's a pretty good damn game to do that.

So yea, if not the biggest tragedy ever, easily the second biggest.

[Ramen4ever]

An official statement probably won't contain enough answers to satisfy the gamers or the fans. It's best to be prepared for such a possibility.

[palan]

Duke Rocks, on May 14 2009, 02:20 AM, said:

Well, it all depends on exactly how much of DNF had been completed upon the closing of 3DR. I know at least one guy who lost his job was expressing frustration, saying it was "so close".

I have no clue and we may never find out.

It's just hard to imagine all of that hard work going to waste and never being appreciated by the public. It's almost like building the most impressive playing card house EVER and knocking it down before showing anyone- like it may as well never have existed in the first place.

If this becomes the case with DNF, it'll be bar-none the biggest tragedy in the history of gaming.





The last moment has already passed, sadly. Time to move along.

It will be releised one day I'm sure, the only question is will it be soon, in few years or in another 12+ years.
I just wanna hear officialy from 3dr that the DNF is alive and work will start in "near" future, so I can put this thing into rest.
Offcourse we might not get another statement while 3dr and t2 are playing texas holdem, because statement will surely show their hand and it will ruin their game.
After all, we are waiting for thisone 12 years and we surely wait some more.

[EviL AnGeL]

Ramen4ever, on May 14 2009, 01:28 AM, said:

An official statement probably won't contain enough answers to satisfy the gamers or the fans. It's best to be prepared for such a possibility.

Dear fans,

3DR is finished and DNF is officially cancelled.

George Broussard.


That would be more than enough for me.

[Ramen4ever]

EviL AnGeL, on May 13 2009, 04:33 PM, said:

Dear fans,

3DR is finished and DNF is officially cancelled.

George Broussard.


That would be more than enough for me.

Lol.. me too. But I meant more along the lines of "why" as that is what people are speculating about.

[Redcard]

PimpUigi, on May 13 2009, 05:26 PM, said:

Second biggest, next to Sega's downfall.

Actually, that's pretty arguable though.
1 game, vs. 1 entire company...that's a pretty good damn game to do that.

So yea, if not the biggest tragedy ever, easily the second biggest.

Actually, the video game crash of 1983 would disagree.

That thing took thousands of people out of business, and almost killed the market entirely.

[Reaper_Man]

Redcard, on May 13 2009, 08:44 PM, said:

Actually, the video game crash of 1983 would disagree.

That thing took thousands of people out of business, and almost killed the market entirely.

I bet like 95% of the users here - myself included - weren't alive in 1983.

[palan]

msleeper, on May 14 2009, 02:51 AM, said:

I bet like 95% of the users here - myself included - weren't alive in 1983.

I was playing with my commodore64 then.

[Redcard]

msleeper, on May 13 2009, 05:51 PM, said:

I bet like 95% of the users here - myself included - weren't alive in 1983.

Heee

So many things came out of that, though.

Like, for example.. the reason that we're not playing games on Commodore's decsendant's.. and why console makers can monopolize their offerings.

[EviL AnGeL]

msleeper, on May 14 2009, 01:51 AM, said:

I bet like 95% of the users here - myself included - weren't alive in 1983.

How dare you!

palan, on May 14 2009, 01:53 AM, said:

I was playing with my commodore64 then.

hehe me too. Or maybe I still had my Oric 1 My memories not what it used to be.

[palan]

EviL AnGeL, on May 14 2009, 03:10 AM, said:

How dare you!




hehe me too. Or maybe I still had my Oric 1 My memories not what it used to be.

those were the times

1983 my favourite game was manic miner

[MartyMcFly]

EviL AnGeL, on May 13 2009, 04:33 PM, said:

Dear fans,

3DR is finished and DNF is officially cancelled.

George Broussard.


That would be more than enough for me.

there has to be a secret code in there somewhere! maybe every third letter, then match it with the number it appears in the alphabet, then we have our release date!....

jk

I personally dont believe there's a conspiracy, but I do come here in hope of new leaked footage or await the possibilty that someone will hopefully buy and finish the flippin' game.

[MasterMike569]

Ras, on May 13 2009, 02:54 PM, said:

It's only been 30 since the closure was announced. I can't control the daily turnout, though.

I still loved the pics ras, keep up the good work. maybe there will be more or about the same tomorrow so we can keep a census of vehicles parked at 3DR. it will be bad if it gets down to a handful.

MartyMcFly, on May 13 2009, 05:14 PM, said:

there has to be a secret code in there somewhere! maybe every third letter, then match it with the number it appears in the alphabet, then we have our release date!....

jk

I personally dont believe there's a conspiracy, but I do come here in hope of new leaked footage or await the possibilty that someone will hopefully buy and finish the flippin' game.

haha a secret link on the 3DR homepage shows GB taking a dump on T2 presidents picture and quoting " ill rip off your head and shit down your neck" "oh and by the way ITS DONE" haha ok that would never happen but my mouth would hit the floor, not by the game being done but by what i had just seen.

[EviL AnGeL]

MartyMcFly, on May 14 2009, 02:14 AM, said:

there has to be a secret code in there somewhere! maybe every third letter, then match it with the number it appears in the alphabet, then we have our release date!....

jk

I personally dont believe there's a conspiracy, but I do come here in hope of new leaked footage or await the possibilty that someone will hopefully buy and finish the flippin' game.

Heres the secret code.

Dear fans,

3DR is finished and DNF is officially cancelled.

George Broussard.


That would be more than enough for me.

[MasterMike569]

palan, on May 13 2009, 05:11 PM, said:

those were the times

1983 my favourite game was manic miner

haha 1983 i was drooling on my baby blanket.

Ramen4ever, on May 13 2009, 04:28 PM, said:

An official statement probably won't contain enough answers to satisfy the gamers or the fans. It's best to be prepared for such a possibility.

Who know's, an official statement would be good .... so long as its not a crappy statement filled with riddles and holes.

[Babe]

Quote

May 13. - Mihnea Martinescu, e-mailed Gabe Newell, CEO of Valve (Half-Life series), about the rumor of George Brussard, approaching him, for a possible loan or buyin, for finishing DNF.

Gabe Newell replied with a simple "No", destroying all rumors of 3D Realms, approaching Valve.

A copy of the mail will soon hit the gallery of this group.

Source: http://www.facebook....gid=97701010831

[MasterMike569]

storm8ring3r, on May 13 2009, 04:11 PM, said:

The past few days with zero information gain and the way they are handling their forums is telling me that 3DR is dead for sure. The fate of DNF remains to be determined and we'll know about it whenever george finds a way to get the game finished/make the most money from it and the IP

Well the forums and 3Drealms as a company is probably dead but it doesn't mean that George won't go else ware and take Duke with him to have it worked on and completed. He just might end up having to share the IP with another development house along with the profits. At this point I dont see him getting his own anytime soon as he doesn't have allot of options unless Scott Miller decides to bail him out somehow. ...... Speaking of Scott Miller, does anybody know how much money he has along with Apogee? I'm very curious about that.

[EviL AnGeL]

I'm gunna call it and say we'll get something between Friday and Monday and it'll be along the lines of regrettably closed, thank you to everyone who worked on the game, thanks to the fans for the support, DNF is cancelled but Duke will always be around in one way or another, a nod towards the trilogy and that'll be it.

[palan]

MasterMike569, on May 14 2009, 03:24 AM, said:

haha 1983 i was drooling on my baby blanket.

he he, check out how the games looked than:
http://www.archive.org/details/C64Gamevide...e30-ManicMiner/

yeah the maximum resolution was 200 lines if I recoll well, 16 colours and awsome 64kb of ram.

[MasterMike569]

Babe, on May 13 2009, 05:26 PM, said:

Source: http://www.facebook....gid=97701010831

I could see Gabe doing this anyway, hahaha I wonder what would happen if George went to Bethesda for a loan. I think DNF would be much better than the projects they are working on now other than Fallout Vegas.

palan, on May 13 2009, 05:32 PM, said:

he he, check out how the games looked than:
http://www.archive.org/details/C64Gamevide...e30-ManicMiner/

yeah the maximum resolution was 200 lines if I recoll well, 16 colours and awsome 64kb of ram.

hahahahahahahaha I remember playing those types of games, those were the good ol simple days of gaming. However my first gaming experience was when the Nintendo first came out. Mario / Duck hunt and Zelda is what I started out with.

[Babe]

According to this report, DNF isn't halted yet !



Source: http://www.hadaway-forums.com/forums/index...mp;topic=5267.0

[MasterMike569]

Babe, on May 13 2009, 05:45 PM, said:

According to this report, DNF isn't halted yet !



Source: http://www.hadaway-forums.com/forums/index...mp;topic=5267.0

Interesting, I do not quite know what to think about that other than if it was from some company I'd think there would be more contacts in the outlook list.

[Ramen4ever]

Hadawhatnow forums..

[AgentScotty]

I was 15 in 1983, and although games were getting stale (I was playing older games like Frenzy and Joust at that point) I had no idea it would be the end of an era.

[MasterMike569]

AgentScotty, on May 13 2009, 05:51 PM, said:

I was 15 in 1983, and although games were getting stale (I was playing older games like Frenzy and Joust at that point) I had no idea it would be the end of an era.

Yea i heard about all the gaming problems back then when I did a study about it in school for a hobby project. (lame i know). Stuff didn't pick back up till the Nintendo came out.

[Ramen4ever]

I was in the sack in 83.

[MasterMike569]

Ramen4ever, on May 13 2009, 05:54 PM, said:

I was in the sack in 83.

hahahahahaha