Duke Nukem Developer Denies $30 Million Offer [Update]
"Sorry, ladies, I'm all outta dough."
With the recent news surrounding the now-defunct development studio 3D Realms, rumors have been flying left and right about Duke Nukem Forever. One of the loudest rumors – Take-Two offering to buy up the entire IP for $30 million – was recently denied by 3D Realms’ co-founder Scott Miller.
Quite the legal situation has crept up since 3D Realms’ closure. Take-Two is suing what is left of the company for millions of dollars, since they had paid [shal]Infogrames[/shal] $12 million for the publishing rights to the game back in 2000. Yet Miller claims that they “didn’t get a penny of that” money. “This, along with so much else, is 100% spin, being eaten up by those who have no clue whatsoever.”
It sounds like Take-Two should go after Infogrames, assuming 3D Realms is telling the truth. It only makes sense, since the money was directly given to Infogrames, not 3D Realms. Stay tuned on PSLS as we keep you posted on this volatile situation.
Update: 3D Realms has assured us that they have not closed down.
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9 Responses to “Duke Nukem Developer Denies $30 Million Offer [Update]”
hahah
always something, make duke your making lots of headlines these days.
Damn, great info there. Infogrames is screwed unless they have a wild card up their sleeve.
maybe make a game featuring the catholic school-girl stripper in the pic?
would go over well in Japan
I still hope we get Duke Nukem Forever. It looked pretty cool.
Wait, 3D Realms is not closed down? xD
What is going on?
Yeah WTH now I’m confused a little, but that is the norm for me so .
It is not surprising that you are confused given how riddled with fundamental errors this article is. First, the rumor that Take 2 offered $30 million to buy the Duke IP is of course wrong because that was pure misreporting by Fudzilla, and in turn Playstation Lifestyle. The original rumor suggests that 3D Realms was offered a chance to buy back publishing rights from Take 2 for $30M. But 3DR did not have that kind of money and could not raise such capital from outside investors (a different publisher, for example).
Secondly, Take 2 doesn’t have to take up anything with Infrogrames. Their transaction was perfectly legal and proper and is immaterial to the current litigation. Yes, Take 2 paid $12M to Infogrames, but that was to buy out the publishing contract with 3D Realms which still exists, is still valid and this is a fact neither 3DR or Take 2 dispute. Miller isn’t wrong that they didn’t see any of that particular sum, but they admit to receiving money from GT Interactive, the original owners of the publishing contract. They were not entitled to a piece of the Take 2/Infrogrames deal as it was for an asset they sold a long, long time ago.
Finally, while 3D Realms has not technically “closed down” completely, they sure as hell have fired all their developers and are little more than a shell corporation at this point.
Such juicy tidbits of info.
Posted after the update:
Keep the info coming if you can… I’m actually fairly interested in seeing how this entire fiasco is settled.