Duke Nukem Forever will not use Doom III tech
"They are using the Doom III technology," Take-Two's Rich Roedel told investors. "We are not using the Doom III engine for Duke Nukem Forever," said George Broussard, before having a pop at the press.
3D Realms boss George Broussard has responded sarcastically to suggestions that Duke Nukem Forever will make use of the Doom III engine, after Take-Two CEO Rich Roedel mistakenly said as much in a financial conference call yesterday.
"I guess I need to clear up some confusion," Broussard told Shacknews. "We are not using the Doom III engine for Duke Nukem Forever." This came after Roedel, answering questions from analysts about the game, said: "The 3D Realms guys continue to work. They are using the Doom III technology, which is finished. They are a premier developer, but they certainly believe in no line before it's time."
"That said," Broussard continued, after a few stories popped up based on Roedel's comment, "I'd also like to take a moment to point out something about the gaming press. Very few people ever even try to contact you for fact checking, like Gamespot did. When they ran the story about the engine change, they ended it with 'Attempts to contact 3D Realms for comment were unsuccessful as of press time.' The news story was posted 35 minutes after I received an e-mail from them requesting confirmation."
"Gamespot, I apologise. Your e-mail came in at 10:04pm and I was working elsewhere in the building. I will try to be more accessible to you in the future," he concluded. Oh well. Not everyone has ten years to get things right, eh?