It uses the "Build" engine, which is still similar to the old Wolf3D engine in that there are no rooms on top of other rooms, but the Build engine includes many new features, like walls of different heights and angles, lighting effects, and a versatile scripting system. Thus, Gearbox does not own the rights to certain music it thought it owned the rights to.Duke Nukem 3D gameplay screenshot Review: Rating: 5ĭoes blowing away pigcops, destroying entire buildings, and shooting your way through an adult XXX store sound enjoyable? Then you'll love Duke 3D. Apparently Prince believes the use of his music in the earlier Duke games was subject to a licence agreement between Prince and 3D Realms.
The composer and sound designer alleges he owns the copyright on some of the music in 2016's Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour, itself a remaster of the 1996 original. This new lawsuit relates to a 2019 lawsuit filed by Robert "Bobby" Prince against Gearbox. Gearbox sued 3D Realms, who later revealed isometric action game Bombshell, an altered version of Duke Nukem Mass Destruction without its titular character.Īfter Gearbox and 3D Realms settled their differences in 2015, Gearbox insisted it was "the full and rightful owner" of the Duke Nukem franchise.īut now, five years later, Gearbox is suing 3D Realms again, this time over breach of contract relating to the rights to the game's music.Īs reported by Digital Trends, Gearbox is suing 3D Realms parent company Apogee Software for failing to deliver the Duke Nukem IP "free and clear" - that is, Gearbox alleges Apogee withheld details of an agreement that impacts its ability to publish and republish Duke Nukem games. 3D Realms was then bought by Danish developer Interceptor, who teased a game called Duke Nukem Mass Destruction.
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