Earlier this week, 3D Realms (formerly Apogee) was disbanded for lack of funding. I guess this finally brings development of Duke Nukem Forever to a close, after more then a decade of development (Random trivia: Development started two months before development started on Daikatana).

Their last in-house developed game they released was Shadow Warrior back in 1997, though they did produce some popular titles with other development houses (Like Max Payne and Prey). I'm surprised that they managed to last this long with little more then the promise of a long delayed game that couldn't possibly hope to live up to expectations.

I feel sad about their demise as 3D Realms/Apogee developed or published many of my favourite PC games from my youth (Rise of the Triad, Terminal Velocity, Wolfenstein 3D and of course the Duke Nukem games). But, who knows, perhaps the rights for Duke Nukem will fall into the hands of a company that can make a worthy sequel.