Duke Nukem Forever has been in development since 1997. And the man who toiled away on that game for over a decade lost a bunch of cash. Tens of millions, apparently. Ouch.
Gearbox Software has taken the reigns of the game from its original developer 3D Realms. In May 2009, the world around Duke Nukem Forever crumbled as its developer imploded. āDuke was dead,ā says Gearboxās Randy Pitchford.
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According to Pitchford, āGeorge Broussard is not a poor man but I would estimate that he lost 20 to 30 million dollars of his own money on Duke Nukem Forever ā I donāt care who you are thatās a hell of a lot of money.ā
It is. It really, really is.
Broussard, Pitchford says, was ācommitted to Duke to the point of insanityā. And in May 2009, Duke was dead.
āHe decided he would rather have it burn than have a bad version of the game come out.ā
The game is finally penciled in for release. Gearbox is aiming to release it in 2011.
