You cannot buy something if it is not for sale.. Any of us could start a fund. Hell I'd buy DNF outright if it were just floating around looking for a buyer. The reality here is that the IP is currently secure and there are not nor have there to my knowledge ever been any protos/ betas lurking in the shadows looking for the highest bidder.
Looks like they asked Take Two for funding and they just wanted the IP, so they were going to ask a bunch of other companies. Cmon MS, fucking save them!
OMG, this game looked like it was gonna be f*cking awesome. Just look at the gameplay footage. http://kotaku.com/5247608/duke-nukem-forever-gameplay-footage
I'm pretty sure it's real...those guys are out of a job, really sad. I just can't believe some company or something hasn't swooped in and picked it up or gave them the funds or something. It also looks like Take 2 had some political shit going on with 3D Realms over Max Payne royalties. Reading about the gameplay and stuff, like the opening of the game, just infuriates me that it's going out with a whimper.
Well, I just read a bunch of design docs and saw a bunch of screens for the game, and all I can say is....why the fuck.
Maybe the company figured out it would cost more to finish and release the game than to bring it out? I mean for 13 years of work on one game, how much would they have to charge for the full game to make a profit on it? $150 per game? I know it sucks and all, but I'm just looking at this from Take Two's point of view...this would be the ultimate E3 surprise if they made this all up...but I kinda doubt it.
