Timeline of Duke Nukem Forever
A poster on the 3D Realms forums has gone to the trouble of compiling a timeline of the development cycle of Duke Nukem Forever - the ultimate gaming vaporware. It’s a sad story, as I’m sure the endless delays are making it exponentially harder to feel like the game is going to meet expectations, but the history of quotes by 3D Realms management about its iminent release makes for hilarious reading.
October 2001: Broussard posts “sorry guys, it won’t be a 2001 release” on the VE3D forums. “Don’t worry, the last major hurdle is AI.”
Unknown 2001: Broussard states that DNF will definitely be out before Unreal 2.
There’s also some cruel perspective on the time scales involved…
The rovers Spirit and Opportunity were proposed, authorized, announced, designed, launched and successfully landed upon Mars within the timeframe of Duke Nukem Forever’s development.
3D Realms are known to shut down criticism on their site, so the thread appears to be locked now. However a full copy of the post is up at Evil Avatar. (If anyone can find the name of the original writer I owe them some credit here.)
posted by bruce · at 1:44 pm · filed under News