Duke Nukem Forever

By Acaila

  • Work on Duke Nukem Forever started

    "We've actually been working on the game since January." -- Scott Miller, 1997.

  • Quake 2 engine purchase announced.

    Scott Miller states that he is confident that DNF will be released by mid 1998 and prey in late 1998 making 1998 a bit year for 3DR. He also mentions that his confidence is not misplaced.

  • 3D Realms press release on DNF

  • First Screenshots in PC gamer appear

  • Grand Theft Auto released

  • First E3 video shown

  • Half Life released

  • 3D Realms announces switch to Unreal tech.

    It is expected to take no longer than 6 weeks and 3DRealms says "DNF is a 1999 game."

  • 3DR admits that the engine switch took a lot more time than originally estimated.

  • Grand Theft Auto 2 released

  • 3DR announces upgrade to UT level tech.

    It is expected to take two weeks. 3DR releases a Christmas card saying that DNF will be released in 2000.

  • 3DR comes out of nowhere and puts DNF up at E3

    They state that DNF will be released in 2001 and the end of the E3 2001 video says "WID in 2001". Many part of the video bear a clear resemblence to the 1999 screenshots.

  • Broussard posts "sorry guys, it won't be a 2001 release" on the VE3D forums.

    "Don't worry, the last major hurdle is AI."

  • Grand Theft Auto 3 released

  • Broussard states that DNF will definitely be out before Unreal 2.

  • Voodoo Extreme makes a list of top 10 titles to be released in 2002. #1 on that list is Duke Nukem Forever

    Someone posts "when will we see something" in the 3DR forums. Broussard responds with "soon".

  • June 2002: The "soon" thread gets locked.

  • Broussard states that DNF will definitely be out before DooM 3.

  • Broussard states that DNF has been "on track since early 2002" and that they haven't reached the light at the end of the tunnel, but "they finally found it."

    He wisps away the years between January 1997 and January 2002 and wishes people would consider DNF's development as if it started in 2002 (this is a strong hint that DNF was far from complete). Unreal 2 released.

  • Take 2 complains about DNF development and expects it around "late 2005"

    "At this point we're just hoping the team [in garland] will finish the project."

  • Broussard states that DNF development has been on track since "late 2002/early 2003"

    Bumping up his earlier statement in an attempt to fight back release expectations. It is clear, from this behavior, that DNF will not be released this year or next. DooM 3 is released. Half Life 2's release is anticipated this year.

  • Half Life 2 Released

  • HL2: Episode One released

  • HL2: Episode Two released

  • Grand Theft Auto IV released

  • Today: Duke Nukem Forever still not released