Kotaku: Vaporware

Wired's Annual Vaporware List In Need Of Retiring Or An Overhaul

Brian Crecente — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:00:00 EST

Like many gamers and gadget junkies Wired's annual Vaporware list has long been a must read for me. But this year, not so much. More »

Unofficial Half-Life Remake Looking Prettier By The Year

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:40:00 EST

Welcome to my third annual post on new media for the Half-Life fan-created remake Black Mesa (formerly known as Black Mesa: Source). It doesn't appear to be any closer to release than it was when I wrote about it in 2006 and 2007, but the new screen shots, released on the original game's ten year anniversary, are worth a peek. According to official Black Mesa word, the mod no longer requires Counter-Strike: Source, as the project has moved to The Orange Box version of Valve's Source engine. Any Source-based game will let you play Black Mesa, should it ever be released. That means the new media may show off the "advanced particle effects, jigglebones, cinematic physics, combined maps, self-shadowing bump maps, dynamic shadows, and [...] Procedural Terrain Displacement" courtesy of the new engine. If not, the new trailer promised in the days to come hopefully will. Thanks for joining us. We'll see you next year! More »

Sadness Is "Real"

Leigh Alexander — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:20:00 EDT

Remember Nibris' Sadness, the survival horror title for Wii that sounded so awesome and then disappeared with nary a trace after teasing us all with little more than concept art? Developer Frontline Studios ditched the publisher, and the last we heard was a promise from the Polish studio to keep at it. More »

Duke Nukem Forever Screen Emerges

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 23 May 2007 02:00:19 EDT

Earlier this year, an in-game image from Duke Nukem Forever popped up on a Gamasutra job ad. Months later, there is another apparent real time image of an enemy model. According to Duke Nukem creator George Broussard: More »

Duke Nukem Forever "An Industry Joke"

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 21:20:16 EDT

It's easy to take potshots at the long in development Duke Nukem Forever. But when 3D Realms' Scott Miller is actually humble and acknowledges that we're really start to not give a shit about DNF and that we're mostly enjoying it not actually shipping every year. More »

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Hits Beta

Brian Crecente — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 15:00:01 EST

New, Single, Mini Duke Nukem Forever Screen

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 20:20:18 EST

That's the latest media out of the 3D Realms camp, found on a job posting for a programmer at the Gamasutra Jobs site by Shacknews. Even more impressive than proof that the game still exists in some form other than a shoebox full of Zip disks, is confirmation from 3D Realms own George Broussard that the tiny pic is an "in game shot." More »

Wired's Vaporware List Includes Four Games

Brian Crecente — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 11:00:02 EST

I am one more Duke Nukem Forever away from putting a bullet in Wired's annual Vaporware awards. More »

The Exodus of 3D Realms

kotaku.com — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 07:00:20 EDT

If I remember my Biblical history correctly, the Jews — under Moses — made a mass exodus out of Egypt for the land of milk and honey when the pyramid they were building was crassly labeled as being completed "Fornever." More »

CNET Has No Idea What "Vaporware" Means

egauger — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 19:40:14 EDT

CNET has a bizarre little slideshow of the top-eleven vaporware titles, with the mysterious inclusion of those who are no longer vaporware (Prey is #3). I think someone is confused about the definition of "vaporware", despite the literal definition being pasted above the article itself. More »

Prey Goes Gold

brownlee — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 09:40:07 EDT

Add another bullet point in the list of things that have happened while Duke Nukem Forever has been in production: a completely different 3D Realms vaporware product has gone gold, under the watchful eye of Human Head Studios. More »

Vaporware Stars: the Best Games That Never Were

egauger — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 22:46:07 EDT

There's a fantastic little expose' over on Twitch Guru on the five greatest games that never officially saw the light of day: Earthbound, Duke Nukem Forever, Star Fox 2, Sim Mars, and the one that makes me cry little black tears, Sam and Max: Freelance Police. More »

Broussard Responds to Duke Nukem Forever Chatter (Again)

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 10:22:30 EDT

Well, Mike has nothing to worry about. Everybody's favorite vaporware Duke Nukem Forever doesn't look ready to ship this year—even with contractual obligations. George Broussard had this to say: More »

Twilight Princess: Vaporware?

lsmith — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 17:40:26 EST

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According to Wired Nintendo's Legend of Zelda: The Twilight Princess made the list at number 6, just ahead of Valve's Team Fortress 2: Brotherhood of Arms. The latter of which has been AWOL since 1999. Those aren't the only two video games on the list, however. At number five is Blizzard's Starcraft: Ghost, a game I know exists, because I fiddled with it at last summer's E3. It wouldn't be vaporware if not for the last two entries from the video game world: Infinium's Phantom at number two and of course, Duke Nukem Forever. More »

Infinium Lands New CEO, Says Phantom in 2006

lsmith — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 15:40:36 EST

Clickable Culture reports that according to new Infinium CEO Greg Koler, the Phantom, Infinium's gaming machine is planned for launch in 2006. So we have three next-gen machines to look forward to this year. The Revolution, PlayStation 3 AND the Phantom. More »

Duke Nukem Forever Date Bumped Back (No Surprises)

lsmith — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 17:00:55 EST

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Yeah, right. Amazon lists its release date as April 21, 2006 (UK only, sorry America) — so it must be true, right? Is this vaporware product finally coming out? Doubt it, but I still laughed when I saw the link. Hey, remember in October when it looked like this was going to ship in December? Giggle. More »

Trouble at Infinium Labs

lsmith — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 15:40:01 EST

Infinium Labs, the company behind the next-generation of console vaporware, the Phantom, made a change at the leadership position, according to Games Industry. Greg Koler has taken over as both CEO and CFO for Kevin Bachus after Bachus left Infinium. As far as how this affects the Phantom's release? Eh, no one knows. The race is on to see which hits store shelves first Duke Nuke 'Em Forever or the Phantom. More »