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shacknews.com - 5/15/2009

Take-Two Sues 3D Realms for Failing to Deliver Duke Nukem Forever

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Take-Two Interactive, publisher of Duke Nukem Forever, has filed suit against the remains of Apogee Ltd./3D Realms for failing to deliver the long-awaited title. Take-Two claims that an agreement to finish the shooter was breached when 3D Realms shut down development last week . At ...

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techgage.com - 5/11/2009

Remembering Apogee & 3D Realms

— techgage.com — Introduction, Apogee's History When reading through my RSS feeds each morning, it's rare that a post will... jump right out at me, but that was certainly the case when I read the terms, "Duke Nukem" and "Shuts Down" in the same title. I immediately ... (more) Remembering Apogee & 3D Realms

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shacknews.com - 5/19/2009

3D Realms Labels Take-Two Lawsuit 'Bully Tactic,' Reveals 'Unacceptable' Last-minute DNF Proposal

— shacknews.com — The remaining executives at Duke Nukem Forever developer 3D Realms have responded to the charges levied against... them by DNF publisher Take-Two, stating that 3DR never received funds from Take-Two for DNF until a payment in 2008. 3D Realms ... (more) 3D Realms Labels Take-Two Lawsuit 'Bully Tactic,' ...

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gamasutra.com - 5/19/2009

News - 3D Realms: We're Not Dead, Take-Two's Lawsuit Baseless

— gamasutra.com — Responding to a just-filed Take-Two lawsuit over Duke Nukem Forever , creator 3D Realms is claiming that... it will continue as "a much smaller studio", and rebutting several of T2's lawsuit claims. In an official press release sent to the game media, ... (more) News - 3D Realms: We're Not Dead, Take-Two's Lawsuit ...

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Take-Two sues over Duke Forever non-completion
The Tech Report: News — ... — 6:00 AM on May 15, 2009 Things are just going from bad to worse for 3D Realms and its former staffers. After shutting down last week because of insufficient funding, the former games studio is now the subject of a lawsuit by would-be Duke Nukem Forever publisher Take-Two Interactive. As Shacknews reports, Take-Two claims 3D Realms has breached a contract by failing to deliver the game:"Apogee [a.k.a. 3D Realms] continually delayed the completion date for the Duke Nukem Forever," says Take-Two in the complaint, according to Bloomberg. "Apogee repeatedly assured Take-Two ...

Take-Two sues 3D Realms over Duke Nukem Forever
TechSpot — ... . In doing so, they’ve indefinitely halted the production of the much anticipated Duke Nukem Forever, which had been in the workshop for 12 years when the studio shut its doors. As a result of this, Take-Two Interactive, who actively holds the publishing rights to the game, has filed suit against 3D Realms . According to Take-Two, by failing to deliver a finalized title, the developers effectively “breached an agreement to design the latest installment of Duke Nukem.” They continued their complaint to a New York State court, that Apogee Software, Ltd. (3D Realms’ legal name), ...

Take-Two sues 3D Realms for failing to complete DNF
DV Hardware — ... shut down development last week. At the time of the studio's closing, Duke Nukem Forever had been in development for over 12 years. "Apogee continually delayed the completion date for the Duke Nukem Forever," says Take-Two in the complaint, according to Bloomberg. "Apogee repeatedly assured Take-Two and the video-gaming community that it was diligently working toward competing development of the PC Version of the Duke Nukem Forever." Source: ShackNews Take-Two sues 3D Realms for failing to complete ...

Take-Two and 3D Realms Go to Court over Duke Nukem Forever
Maximum PC — ... Duke Nukem Forever this, Duke Nukem Forever that. We might as well be beating a dead horse at this point, but at least we’re not suing one. That’s Take-Two territory right there. Apparently, the publisher wasn’t too happy to hear that Duke Nukem Forever developer 3D Realms decided to close up shop last week. Why? Well, according to Take-Two, 3D Realms breached its agreement to finish DNF when the big bad economic wolf finally blew it down last week. The agreement was probably made in 2007, though at that time, specific details weren’t made ...