The former employee of 3D Realms Mark Skelton aka Marks not only has posted the Duke Nukem Forever high-res 3D renders, but he also has revealed some details of the development situation. Whilst technically 'in development' for well over a decade, it would appear from his words that it has only been in the past two or three years that any real progress been made. Of course, that's just a single opinion, but nevertheless it sheds some light on the DNF mystery.
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The truth behind the situation of Duke Nukem Forever will never be discovered, but pulling together some sparse facts and rumours gives us quite an interesting picture.

Today Kotaku has posted the Duke Nukem Forever screenshots from the art director Tramell Isaac and the concept art from the artist Layne Johnson- 16 images in total. Let me repeat that slowly: SIXTEEN images after 12 years of development and 8 of them are concept art. No doubt, the guys are talented and experienced, so the question is- what was going on all these years?

2 days ago the game developer Charlie Wiederhold who worked at 3D Realms 1998-2006 (8 years) reposted his disclaimer-free The Chair Story. While the story is obviously fictional, it still contains some real details and interesting thoughts about the importance of Duke Nukem Forever for Unreal Engine.


A day or so later Charlie replaces the story with his apologies, but could have been this 'entertaining' fiction inspired by some real events?
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