In February 2014, Gearbox Software sued 3D Realms for continuing to license the Duke Nukem franchise that was legally sold to Gearbox Software in 2010. Since then, Gearbox Software still has not made any public statements about the game. Duke Nukem Forever was released in 2011, and Aliens: Colonial Marines was released in early 2013. In 2010, possibly as an effort to avoid bankruptcy, George Broussard of 3D Realms sold the Duke Nukem intellectual property to Gearbox Software, which immediately recruited Allen Blum and several other creators of the Duke Nukem series to finish the game.Īt the time, Gearbox Software promised to revisit Duke Begins after the releases of Duke Nukem Forever and another delayed project, Aliens: Colonial Marines. In June 2009, 3D Realms announced the cancellation of Duke Nukem Forever, which had been in development since 1997. However, the title was put on hold in April 2009 after $2.5 million in advance royalties were delivered to 3D Realms for the continued funding of Duke Nukem Forever.
Within two months, Take-Two Interactive signed an agreement with developers at Gearbox Software to begin working on the game.
Because Duke Begins was never officially announced, most of what is known about the game comes from court filings and a leaked trailer.īased on court documents, Duke Begins started in October 2007 when 3D Realms licensed Take-Two Interactive to publish a console-based Duke Nukem game, with a target launch date in 2010.
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