It’s been confirmed. 3D Realms, the company behind the Duke Nukem franchise has closed it’s doors. Duke Nukem Forever has been under development for 12 years now, undergoing many engine changes and complete scrapping and restarts along the way.

With companies like EA reporting over a billion dollars in losses, it’s no wonder 3D Realms couldn’t find the necessary financial backing to finish off Duke Nukem Forever. 12 years is a huge amount of time and money to pour into a game.

I loved Duke Nukem when it first came out, spending many hours playing multiple games with my friends over 2400 baud modems. Hopefully, someone else will pick up the rights to the game and get it finished off. Hopefully we won’t have to wait another 12 years to see the final product!

You can read more about it here.

For those of you who are gamers and currently don’t own a copy of the Orange Box from Valve Software, this could be the time for you to buy it. Valve are now offering the Orange Box for only $9.99 on Steam.

Orange Box comes with Half-Life 2, HL2 Episode 1, HL2 Episode 2, HL2 The Lost Coast, Portal, and Team Fortress 2.  6 games for $10…not a bad deal at all considering the normal price for all the games separately is $79.95 . I think I will grab myself a copy for that price.

For more information: Orange Box on Steam