![]() The violence and sexual gratuity that put Duke on the map are commonplace in today's games, and most ironically Duke is a pastiche of himself which is not unlike the aging action stars he's somewhat based on.Įven with a reboot I can't imagine a DN game with Gearbox's writing. The franchise is tired, horribly dated, and pretty obscure due to taking 14 years to make another game. Neither did Mass Destruction.Īfter the infamous dev cycle and subsequent failure of Duke Nukem Forever i'm surprised they even took another crack at it (Even if Gearbox has shown they can coast by on Borderlands money for an eternity). He sold these guys the Brooklyn bridge.” The Gearbox game never materialized. Scott had sold them a license to do the game. At that moment, a story pops up about a Dutch company doing a new Duke Nukem game. “We were at that state where you’re moving back and forth. Pitchford says that all came about just as Gearbox was in the process of finalizing a deal with a publisher for a new, big-budget Duke Nukem game of its own.“We had a great concept and a great design and a publisher with a huge budget,” he says. “Nothing about Duke Nukem is about profit at this point. This is shady af though (edit: this appears to be much less shady than I thought. I agree that it would probably be easiest to pay up, rip up the old contract and get a new one in place but maybe it's about not setting a precedent? It just feels like the article presents more nuance. If it is as it's alleged here, this is about a breach of contract between Gearbox and 3D Realms caused by a breach of contract between 3D Realms and Bobby Prince. Last September, though, Robert (“Bobby”) Prince, a composer and sound designer whose music has appeared in several classic games, including Wolfenstein 3D and Doom, sued Gearbox, alleging he owned the copyright on certain music that was included in 2016’s Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour, a remaster of the game’s most seminal title. In 2010, 3D Realms sold the Duke Nukem IP to Gearbox, with assurances there were no copyright infringements in the series. It’s also alleging 3D Realms has refused to honor an indemnity guarantee that was part of that deal. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, Gearbox says Apogee Software (which owns 3D Realms) breached their 2009 contract by failing to deliver the Duke Nukem intellectual property “free and clear,” withholding details of a key agreement that impacts Gearbox’s ability to publish (and republish) the franchise’s titles. In a third-party complaint, filed Friday in the U.S. Now, I'm not saying that Gearbox and Randy Pitchford aren't pieces of shit because they are but aren't they technically in the right here? Not to mention Pitchford being a complete and utter wanker about the 2001 version of Duke Nukem Forever that many in the fanbase are extremely interested in seeing and would gladly work with Pitchford to polish it up for some kind of release. Remember Duke Nukem 3D: Reloaded? Amazing fan-made remake of the original Duke 3D that had permission, but Gearbox killed it almost certainly because it made Duke Nukem Forever look bad. Why the hell is everything around Gearbox dripping in bad blood and refusing to just fix the issue like a grownup? The Gearbox complaint is seeking full recovery of any judgment awarded to Prince, along with attorneys’ fees and pre- and “post-judgment interest at the maximum lawful rate from the date of judgment until paid.” Neither Pitchford nor the filing put a dollar amount on those filings. So, we need to bring a judge in and have a look at things from both sides.” “We’re literally in the middle – either Bobby is right and deserves to be paid, in which case 3D Realms is wrong … or 3D Realms is right and Bobby’s wrong,” he says. He added that while he believes Prince’s claim to be valid, a court needs to be the final arbiter of that claim. Randy Pitchford, CEO of Gearbox, told Digital Trends his studio was forced to file the action after 3D Realms denied Prince’s claims and rejected an indemnification request that would absolve Gearbox of all financial responsibility of the claims. The absolute GALL of Randy Pitchford trying to sue 3D Realms and make Gearbox out to be the victim when this is literally nothing more than Pitchford refusing to pay Bobby Prince royalties for his music.
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