Duke Nukem 3D Remake Fan Project Given Gearbox's Blessing

Gearbox supports a group of fans attempting to remake Duke Nukem 3D with the Unreal Engine.
2:31 PM
October 18, 2010

http://www.ugo.com/games/duke-nukem-3d-remake-fan-project-given-gearboxs-blessing

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Credit: Gearbox

From time to time we see fan projects spring up that take advantage of IPs that fans don't actually have the legal right to use. Sometime they're served cease and desist letters; other times, they're given the support of the IP owners. The latest such project involved an attempt to remake Duke Nukem 3D using the Unreal Engine 3. After circulating some screenshots of a test map around the Internet, project lead Frederik Schreiber got in touch with 3D Realms' George Broussard and Scott Miller in order to "start a conversation about the project." Schreiber wrote on the Gearbox forums (via Big Download), "The shots managed to convice Scott Miller to a certain degree -- But the project was only doable if Take-Two would approve it." That led him to get in touch with Gearbox, and the project has since been given a personal non-commercial license to allow development to move forward.


He also claims that there is an internal release date for the demo of the multiplayer component and that "it's sooner than you think." No matter when it is, it's still nice to see a developer support a fan project like this. A full list of credits and some screenshots can be found on the Gearbox forums right here.

 

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