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It’s being widely reported that 3D Realms, developer of the classic game franchise, Duke Nukem, has closed its doors and let its staff go, after an apparent lack of funding for their latest project, Duke Nukem Forever, now having been in development for twelve years.

Sources told Gamasutra that the studio will be fully shut down by the end of the week.

Work on the announced Duke Nukem Trilogy game for the DS and PSP, however, currently in development at Deep Silver and overseen by the resurrected Apogee, is still continuing as planned.

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Apogee Software, creator of classic PC games such as the Duke Nukem series and Rise of the Triad, as well as pioneer of the ‘shareware’ system of game distribution, has announced that they are to revive some 30+ franchises from their catalogue.

In particular, Apogee hope to release the Duke Nukem Trilogy for handheld consoles, comprising 3 new missions, namely ‘Critical Mass’, ‘Chain Reaction’ and ‘Proving Grounds.’

“It’s funny how what’s old is new again in this industry,” remarked Apogee co-founder, Scott Miller. “Many of the things Apogee pioneered are back in style, so it only makes sense to bring back Apogee and its properties with a visionary team that will once again create innovation for gamers around the world.”

Apogee/3D Realms will also be collaborating with a variety of developers to bring new intellectual properties to the games market.