What happened to 3D Realms studios?

evilemperorzorg · 01-29-2011, 07:01 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1ZAt...eature=related
This is a video of Joe's kid in the lobby of 3D Realms.
Does this lobby still exist??????
3D Realms said,that they'll continue to operate as a smaller company!!!!
Does this means that they changed studio and sold the old one???

Nacho · 01-31-2011, 10:44 AM

Hello!
3D Realms still exists and as far as I know so does that lobby. They will continue to do business but whether that would be as a developer or publisher has yet to be announced.

The reason for this is most likely new projects take a while to put together so we probably won't hear much of 3D Realms moving forward for sometime now until they have their next step planned and prepped.

So, still here!

Bryan3DR · 01-31-2011, 12:23 PM

Nacho is 100% correct and I know this because I was in the lobby this morning.

GrimWoman · 01-31-2011, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Bryan3DR

Nacho is 100% correct and I know this because I was in the lobby this morning.

Do you still have all the cool old duke merchandise in the building too?

evilemperorzorg · 02-01-2011, 03:41 PM

Sure they do.Im really happy to hear that and i really hope that the money{From the deal,i read somewhere that it was more than 30 mill dollars}will be spent wiselly.{Shadow Warrior 2,please I WANT SOME WANG}

fast-1 · 02-01-2011, 09:00 PM

Yeah take it easy and get back to business.

I think that the offices are still open and you still got that duke symbol on the floor.

evilemperorzorg · 02-03-2011, 07:53 AM

Maybe i go this summer close to where 3D Realms is.Do they let people to get in ????
Id like to meet George and Scott and to see 3D Realms anyway!!!!!

Nacho · 02-03-2011, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by evilemperorzorg

Maybe i go this summer close to where 3D Realms is.Do they let people to get in ????
Id like to meet George and Scott and to see 3D Realms anyway!!!!!

I've never heard of any fan being able to give a knock on their door and being let in so I doubt you'd be allowed.

Altered Reality · 02-03-2011, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Nacho

I've never heard of any fan being able to give a knock on their door and being let in so I doubt you'd be allowed.

So you never heard of Tip and Inanimate Carbon Rod?

Nacho · 02-03-2011, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Altered Reality

So you never heard of Tip and Inanimate Carbon Rod?

No. I know people have had permission to come by, are you saying they just showed up one day and got in? That's pretty cool if so.

Inanimate Carbon Rod · 02-03-2011, 02:25 PM

Ah yes, those were the days. We did that in 2002 or early 2003. My senior year of High school.

We knocked on the door and Weider answered I said "We're here to see Joe!"

Inanimate Carbon Rod · 02-03-2011, 06:14 PM

http://forums.3drealms.com/vb/showthread.php?t=3213 - I probably still have all of the pictures around here somewhere.

Nacho · 02-03-2011, 09:21 PM

Well, if you ever find them I'd love to take a gander at them.

evilemperorzorg · 02-04-2011, 02:49 PM

Well,if they dont let me in ill wait outside all day till George or Scott or anyone from 3D Realms show up.

Inanimate Carbon Rod · 02-04-2011, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Nacho

Well, if you ever find them I'd love to take a gander at them.

http://claytontullos.com/3dr.zip

Taken with my old 2mp camera. I'm unsure of where the originals are or if they still exist.

My favorite pic is with Joe in the background.

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Originally Posted by evilemperorzorg

Well,if they dont let me in ill wait outside all day till George or Scott or anyone from 3D Realms show up.

I'd advise against it. Besides, there is nothing to see there these days.

The Dukenator · 02-05-2011, 03:18 AM

@ICR I saw those photos and wonder if Joe's game collection has gotten bigger since then.

Joe doing a photobomb?

Also, if you don't mind, I uploaded them to my photobucket account. I can remove them if you wish.

Here: http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v5...edelorean/3DR/

evilemperorzorg · 02-06-2011, 10:20 AM

Why you advise against it???????

Inanimate Carbon Rod · 02-06-2011, 11:00 AM

There is very little going on there. None of the people who worked on Duke3D still work at 3DR except for GeorgeB.

Sign up to be a GearBox tester if you live in the Dallas area.
http://www.gearboxsoftware.com/focus/

evilemperorzorg · 02-06-2011, 12:56 PM

I live in Greece{LOL}
G.Broussard and S.Miller is the people i want to meet.
They are both owners of 3D Realms and still work there.

fast-1 · 02-06-2011, 05:21 PM

So Inanimate Carbon Rod. That's you with George ^ with the yellow cap.

In the UK we don't those get boxes when we buy PC games over here, never had a PC in 2000.
What was it like when you visited.

Bryan3DR · 02-07-2011, 10:52 AM

Sorry I got busy with the Ice storm that we had and I have not gotten back to the forums.

Ok let me clear up something. Yes the Lobby Does still exist and the Logo is still there. There is NOTHING else in the building. All the Duke stuff is ether in storage or in the office in Plano. So visiting would not be a really good idea.

evilemperorzorg · 02-07-2011, 11:23 AM

Why that?
Because Gearbox owns Duke Nukem now?
It was all beautiful with the Duke Nukem games collection and all the max payne stuff!!!Bryan whats your full name???
Something offtopic.Because im sick of seing this cruelty please guys take a second to check this out to help stop the seal hunting.Who knows it may make a difference
www.StopTheSealHunt.com
Actually to make a difference these bastards must pay with their own blood,but!!!!!!!

Nacho · 02-07-2011, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by evilemperorzorg

Why that?
Because Gearbox owns Duke Nukem now?

That has nothing to do with why the stuff was moved as it's all 3D Realms stuff. It was probably moved since the building isn't being used in a major capacity as far as we know.

evilemperorzorg · 02-07-2011, 01:32 PM

So 3D Realms still owns it?Or it just still exist,until it becomes something else?

evilemperorzorg · 08-03-2011, 05:50 AM

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Originally Posted by evilemperorzorg

So 3D Realms still owns it?Or it just still exist,until it becomes something else?

No reply to this coment.That's what scares me....

SpinX · 08-05-2011, 06:11 PM

Is 3Drealms still in the AAA game business, or will it shift to iphone/casual games?

Its strength was in producing games like raptor, balls of steel, max payne and prey...

I hope we soon get to hear about Scott Millers next move...

evilemperorzorg · 08-06-2011, 06:17 AM

Me too mate.I love this company.

Joe Siegler · 08-08-2011, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by evilemperorzorg

So 3D Realms still owns it?Or it just still exist,until it becomes something else?

(I'm guessing this is about the 3DR buildings, since the conversation was kind of vague, and you didn't quote anything; I can't be sure).

When I was working at 3D Realms from 1992-2009, we never owned any of the buildings we operated out of. Both were leases, so 3DR didn't "own" any of the buildings at all.

As I've been out of that loop for ages, I can't say one way or the other what's going on now for sure (nor would it be my place to say anyway), but I know what was left of 3DR (Scott, George, Bryan) moved out of the NW Hwy location ages ago, haven't thought about it in a bit.

But I can say 3DR didn't own the building, so there's nothing for them to "hold on to".

evilemperorzorg · 08-10-2011, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Joe Siegler

(I'm guessing this is about the 3DR buildings, since the conversation was kind of vague, and you didn't quote anything; I can't be sure).

When I was working at 3D Realms from 1992-2009, we never owned any of the buildings we operated out of. Both were leases, so 3DR didn't "own" any of the buildings at all.

As I've been out of that loop for ages, I can't say one way or the other what's going on now for sure (nor would it be my place to say anyway), but I know what was left of 3DR (Scott, George, Bryan) moved out of the NW Hwy location ages ago, haven't thought about it in a bit.

But I can say 3DR didn't own the building, so there's nothing for them to "hold on to".

It's sad man.It must have been for you too.You worked there almost 20 years.It must have been like your second home.
If the DN logo is now gone it's just sad.

Bryan3DR · 08-12-2011, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by evilemperorzorg

No reply to this coment.That's what scares me....

I did not reply at the time for a reason, And then I completely forgot about this thread.

The Reason i did not reply to you was that the location of all of us does not matter. Scott and I have an Office, We also have home Offices, George works from home. But we all stay in total contact. And we are on hold atm. Nothing we can do about that.

The Studio closing was hard. (Referring to handing over the keys and locking the door for the last time.) But things change and you just have to roll with them. And it did make it a little easier for me that I still worked out of the studio and watched it go from a very happy place to a Shell. It was time to leave.

evilemperorzorg · 08-12-2011, 02:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bryan3DR

I did not reply at the time for a reason, And then I completely forgot about this thread.

The Reason i did not reply to you was that the location of all of us does not matter. Scott and I have an Office, We also have home Offices, George works from home. But we all stay in total contact. And we are on hold atm. Nothing we can do about that.

The Studio closing was hard. (Referring to handing over the keys and locking the door for the last time.) But things change and you just have to roll with them. And it did make it a little easier for me that I still worked out of the studio and watched it go from a very happy place to a Shell. It was time to leave.

I spoke with Scott in Facebook and his reply about something new from 3D Realms was
We all hope so.....

Scott is a really nice guy by the way.

fatfat1 · 08-14-2011, 07:24 AM

i hope 3drealms start making games again that would be great and its good to see that people are still posting in these forums

evilemperorzorg · 08-14-2011, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by fatfat1

i hope 3drealms start making games again that would be great and its good to see that people are still posting in these forums

I asked Scott on Facebook if there's gonna be a new 3D Realms game.
He told me
We hope so, one day.......

Rösti · 08-17-2011, 02:46 PM

I don't know if this is 3D Realms because there were two listings of Apogee Software.
But here's what I found anyway, through Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts:

Entity Information: APOGEE SOFTWARE, LTD. PO BOX 496389 GARLAND, TX 75049-6389
Status: IN GOOD STANDING NOT FOR DISSOLUTION OR WITHDRAWAL through November 15, 2011
Registered Agent: BRIAN S MILLER
101 EAST PARK ROAD, STE 1069
PLANO, TX 75074
Registered Agent Resignation Date:
State of Formation: TX
File Number: 0007404910
SOS Registration Date: April 21, 1994
Taxpayer Number: 32036429655

evilemperorzorg · 08-17-2011, 03:41 PM

No idea, but i'm pretty sure it's correct.

01-31-2011, 12:23 PM	#3
Bryan3DR Administrator	Re: What happened to 3D Realms studios????? Nacho is 100% correct and I know this because I was in the lobby this morning.

02-07-2011, 10:52 AM	#21
Bryan3DR Administrator	Re: What happened to 3D Realms studios? Sorry I got busy with the Ice storm that we had and I have not gotten back to the forums. Ok let me clear up something. Yes the Lobby Does still exist and the Logo is still there. There is NOTHING else in the building. All the Duke stuff is ether in storage or in the office in Plano. So visiting would not be a really good idea.

01-29-2011, 07:01 PM	#1
evilemperorzorg	What happened to 3D Realms studios? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1ZAt...eature=related This is a video of Joe's kid in the lobby of 3D Realms. Does this lobby still exist?????? 3D Realms said,that they'll continue to operate as a smaller company!!!! Does this means that they changed studio and sold the old one??? Last edited by evilemperorzorg; 01-29-2011 at 07:08 PM.

01-31-2011, 10:44 AM	#2
Nacho	Re: What happened to 3D Realms studios????? Hello! 3D Realms still exists and as far as I know so does that lobby. They will continue to do business but whether that would be as a developer or publisher has yet to be announced. The reason for this is most likely new projects take a while to put together so we probably won't hear much of 3D Realms moving forward for sometime now until they have their next step planned and prepped. So, still here!

02-01-2011, 03:41 PM	#5
evilemperorzorg	Re: What happened to 3D Realms studios????? Sure they do.Im really happy to hear that and i really hope that the money{From the deal,i read somewhere that it was more than 30 mill dollars}will be spent wiselly.{Shadow Warrior 2,please I WANT SOME WANG}

02-01-2011, 09:00 PM	#6
fast-1	Re: What happened to 3D Realms studios????? Yeah take it easy and get back to business. I think that the offices are still open and you still got that duke symbol on the floor. __________________ Ha what a day.:D

02-03-2011, 07:53 AM	#7
evilemperorzorg	Re: What happened to 3D Realms studios? Maybe i go this summer close to where 3D Realms is.Do they let people to get in ???? Id like to meet George and Scott and to see 3D Realms anyway!!!!! Last edited by evilemperorzorg; 02-03-2011 at 08:08 AM.

02-03-2011, 02:25 PM	#11
Inanimate Carbon Rod	Re: What happened to 3D Realms studios? Ah yes, those were the days. We did that in 2002 or early 2003. My senior year of High school. We knocked on the door and Weider answered I said "We're here to see Joe!" __________________ "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." -Albert Einstein

02-03-2011, 06:14 PM	#12
Inanimate Carbon Rod	Re: What happened to 3D Realms studios? http://forums.3drealms.com/vb/showthread.php?t=3213 - I probably still have all of the pictures around here somewhere. __________________ "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." -Albert Einstein

02-03-2011, 09:21 PM	#13
Nacho	Re: What happened to 3D Realms studios? Well, if you ever find them I'd love to take a gander at them.

02-04-2011, 02:49 PM	#14
evilemperorzorg	Re: What happened to 3D Realms studios? Well,if they dont let me in ill wait outside all day till George or Scott or anyone from 3D Realms show up.

02-06-2011, 10:20 AM	#17
evilemperorzorg	Re: What happened to 3D Realms studios? Why you advise against it???????

02-06-2011, 11:00 AM	#18
Inanimate Carbon Rod	Re: What happened to 3D Realms studios? There is very little going on there. None of the people who worked on Duke3D still work at 3DR except for GeorgeB. Sign up to be a GearBox tester if you live in the Dallas area. http://www.gearboxsoftware.com/focus/ __________________ "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." -Albert Einstein

02-06-2011, 12:56 PM	#19
evilemperorzorg	Re: What happened to 3D Realms studios? I live in Greece{LOL} G.Broussard and S.Miller is the people i want to meet. They are both owners of 3D Realms and still work there.

02-06-2011, 05:21 PM	#20
fast-1	Re: What happened to 3D Realms studios? So Inanimate Carbon Rod. That's you with George ^ with the yellow cap. In the UK we don't those get boxes when we buy PC games over here, never had a PC in 2000. What was it like when you visited. __________________ Ha what a day.:D Last edited by fast-1; 02-06-2011 at 05:42 PM.

02-07-2011, 11:23 AM	#22
evilemperorzorg	Re: What happened to 3D Realms studios? Why that? Because Gearbox owns Duke Nukem now? It was all beautiful with the Duke Nukem games collection and all the max payne stuff!!!Bryan whats your full name??? Something offtopic.Because im sick of seing this cruelty please guys take a second to check this out to help stop the seal hunting.Who knows it may make a difference www.StopTheSealHunt.com Actually to make a difference these bastards must pay with their own blood,but!!!!!!! Last edited by evilemperorzorg; 02-07-2011 at 11:33 AM.

02-07-2011, 01:32 PM	#24
evilemperorzorg	Re: What happened to 3D Realms studios? So 3D Realms still owns it?Or it just still exist,until it becomes something else?

08-05-2011, 06:11 PM	#26
SpinX	Re: What happened to 3D Realms studios? Is 3Drealms still in the AAA game business, or will it shift to iphone/casual games? Its strength was in producing games like raptor, balls of steel, max payne and prey... I hope we soon get to hear about Scott Millers next move... __________________ waiting for: Elite sequel, Half life 3, Diablo3, DNF Enough is enough! I've had it with these motherxxxxxx delays on this motherxxxxxx game :) http://www.youtube.com/user/ftbfelix

08-06-2011, 06:17 AM	#27
evilemperorzorg	Re: What happened to 3D Realms studios? Me too mate.I love this company.

08-14-2011, 07:24 AM	#32
fatfat1	Re: What happened to 3D Realms studios? i hope 3drealms start making games again that would be great and its good to see that people are still posting in these forums

08-17-2011, 02:46 PM	#34
Rösti	Re: What happened to 3D Realms studios? I don't know if this is 3D Realms because there were two listings of Apogee Software. But here's what I found anyway, through Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts: Entity Information: APOGEE SOFTWARE, LTD. PO BOX 496389 GARLAND, TX 75049-6389 Status: IN GOOD STANDING NOT FOR DISSOLUTION OR WITHDRAWAL through November 15, 2011 Registered Agent: BRIAN S MILLER 101 EAST PARK ROAD, STE 1069 PLANO, TX 75074 Registered Agent Resignation Date: State of Formation: TX File Number: 0007404910 SOS Registration Date: April 21, 1994 Taxpayer Number: 32036429655 __________________ I've got a little secret that'll really make them cry. It’s a nasty kind of magic. From A Special kind of guy.

08-17-2011, 03:41 PM	#35
evilemperorzorg	Re: What happened to 3D Realms studios? No idea, but i'm pretty sure it's correct.