Veteran games developer 3D Realms has closed down because of a lack of funds.
Founded in 1987, the firm popularised the concept of shareware gaming and published the seminal Duke Nukem and Wolfenstein 3D first-person shooters. The company was working on a follow-up title, Duke Nukem Forever, which after being in development for 12 years has become the object of industry derision. Publisher Take-Two says it will no longer fund development of the game but retains rights to the title.
We can confirm that our relationship with 3D Realms for Duke Nukem Forever was a publishing arrangement, which did not include ongoing funds for development of the title,” said Take-Two’s Alan Lewis in a statement.
There has been no official comment from 3D Realms, other than a forum posting from the company’s webmaster, Joe Siegler, who said: “It’s not a marketing thing. It’s true. I have nothing further to say at this time.
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After seven years in stealth mode, a Silicon Valley start-up has launched a “revolutionary” video game service that offers new competition to consoles.
OnLive, which launched at the Game Developer Conference, promises to deliver on demand video games via the cloud to the PC, Mac or TV.
The company said it can provide high quality gaming on low end machines.”We think this moment, this day will be remembered as the beginning of a new era,” said OnLive boss Steve Perlman.
“This is huge. This is transparent cloud computing. This is really really important for the industry.
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So the domestic hockey season is over, havent played for the last three or four games due to ribs injury, but i now think they maybe nearly better 
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But although hockey matches are over, plenty of time for friendly matches and also can look forward to a few festivals, particulary Chester festival and hopefully Guildford festival.
