As reported earlier today by Shacknews, acclaimed publisher and developer 3D Realms has closed its doors, laying off its entire staff and shutting down production on development, which included its work on the long-in-development Duke Nukem Forever.

Founded as Apogee in 1987 by Scott Miller and later co-owned by Matt Broussard, the company developed their own titles while publishing works by other high-profile developers, like id Software on the release of the Commander Keen series and Wolfenstein 3D, and formed the 3D Realms label in 1994 with the release of Terminal Velocity, before officially changing its name to 3D Realms in 1996. The newly-named company shot to fame with the release of Duke Nukem 3D, an extremely popular PC game developed in-house that reinvigorated interest in the Duke Nukem character.

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