I'm not sure how on earth I missed this bit of news, but 3D Realms, creators of numerous classic games, has closed it's doors.  However, they're probably more famous for developing the ultimate piece of vaporware: Duke Nukem Forever.  The game was first announced in 1997, and was meant to be a highly interactive first person shooter, where everything in the environment could be interacted with.  I can not remember where I read this, but apparently a demo shown at E3 some years ago showed a developer sending an email from an ingame terminal.  While adding nothing really to the gameplay, it was a rather interesting tech demo, and could be used to create some interesting game play mechanics.

It's still uncertain what effect 3D Realms closure will have on the game that these guys poured a lot of blood, sweat and tears into.  Take-Two has only said that they still have the publishing rights to the game, so there is a chance that they may try to get the material to another developer to polish, finish, and ship to at least get it out into the wild.  I think that if the game ever does come out, it'll be like so many works to achieve fame after the creator's death.  Personally, as a gamer, I feel obliged to buy this game if it ever comes out.  It's seems like a rite of passage of some sort.  Like after all these years, I've finally done the previously thought impossible: actually playing Duke Nukem Forever.

Duke Nukem Forever: 1997-2009