Duke Nukem Forever: Vaporware Forever

Vaporware is that elusive item, usually software hence the name, that has been announced, hyped up, and then never reaches the market. Sometimes, it is a product that is just obsolete at the time it reaches the market. Many of you have known at least one Vaporware product. I am here to to announce the end of the most historical piece of Vaporware ever: Duke Nukem Forever. Today, it was announced that Duke Nukem Forever developer 3D Realms has shut down. When their webmaster, Joe Siegler, was questioned about it, he only responded with, “It’s not a marketing thing. It’s true. I have nothing further to say at this time.” Almost as if he was unaware the shut down was known before it happened. The publisher, Take-Two, even confirmed that they have stopped funding for the 3D Realms project.

This is just terrible news for those die hard Duke Nukem fans out there, hoping that one day this game would hit the market. With the short teaser released in 2007 raising the hopes that this game would finally come out of the Vaporware tag status, it looks like this game is gone forever.

3D Realms was founded in 1987 by Scott Miller and George Broussard, and was best known for its Duke Nukem series of shooters starring the titular, bubblegum-lacking hero. The studio had infamously been working on Duke Nukem Forever, the next flagship franchise entry, for over 12 years.

As Duke Nukem used to say, “It’s time to kick ass and chew bubblegum…and I’m all out of gum.” Well Duke, it looks as if you are out of a whole lot more than gum this time.

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