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Back on April 28, 1997, something interesting happened in the video game world: George Broussard announced Duke Nukem Forever, what was to be the latest installment of a first-person shooter franchise, building on the success of Duke Nukem 3D. Since then, the development of Duke Nukem Forever has become the longest-running game development saga in the history of the video game industry, with developer 3D Realms shutting down earlier this year,… Read More

At this point, it should come as no surprise that the saga of the mythical video game Duke Nukem Forever—which began in 1997, never shipped, and recently had its development studio shut down—isn't over yet. According to Bloomberg, Take-Two Interactive has filed suit against Apogee Software over the failed game. Apogee is the corporate entity under which Duke Nukem Forever developer 3D Realms operated, but Take-Two owned… Read More

Although 3D Realms turned the once-venerable Duke Nukem franchise into the laughing stock of the gaming work by perennially promising a game than never arrives, the resurrected brand Apogee took a lighter approach to introducing the newest attempt at a Duke game. The company released a trailer on Wednesday that seems to give gamers a wink at its current state of development. Over the course of four minutes, aggressive music plays,… Read More

Quote from the review at Viper Lair: “The Apogee FX71 performs well at 1024×768, as long as you don't go above 2xAA/8xAF. There is always room to tweak out some extra FPS, but if you are tweaking to gain FPS to use 2xAA/8xAF, you are losing what you are trying to gain.” Read the full review