I appreciate Randy Pitchford and Gearbox for their collaboration, partnership, and understanding. After productive discussions, we have reached an agreement that allows my music and sound effects to remain in Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour.
I'm glad to announce today that the matter with Gearbox is resolved. "There's been a lot of interest about my lawsuit and Gearbox. Prince seems happy with the outcome, and has confirmed his music will remain in the game. 3D Realms as in the company that farmed out development of IP to others is a different story. The settlement has not been disclosed, though all parties will be covering their own legal fees. 3D Realms as in the development team in Garland, TX, yes, you are correct. He's an incredible artist and we value his contributions to our works." We appreciate Bobby and his team working with us to clear up the misunderstandings and confusion. In October,, a blockchain technology company focused on NFTs and metaverse real estate, acquired 50 percent of Metaverse Group, one of the world’s first virtual real estate companies. Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford said: "Bobby Prince has been and remains a valuable contributor to the Gearbox family.
Gearbox added that its own review had shown Prince's claim "rested with 3D Realms." The suit centred around a licensing agreement between Prince and Apogee software, the owner of Duke Nukems original developer 3D Realms, which according to the original court filing said.
#Who bought 3d realms plus#
That's probably going to be an expensive inadvertent overlooking. Visit Minecraft Marketplace in your Minecraft game client to purchase a Realms for Bedrock Edition or Realms Plus subscription, or simply select Create on Realms when starting a new world. We are relieved to have the issues resolved and extend our best to everyone." In March 2014, 3D Realms was acquired by SDN Invest, a Danish holding company that also owns Slipgate Ironworks (then-Interceptor Entertainment), following a. After review by counsel, a licence with Bobby was inadvertently overlooked by 3D Realms when we sold Gearbox the Duke Nukem catalog. As the Answer puts it “The Duke Nukem trademark rights remain the sole property of 3DR."We at 3D Realms appreciate Bobby Prince, Randy Pitchford, and the Gearbox team for working with us to address the concerns raised in Mr. 3D Realms states that in the Asset Purchase Agreement that was executed to transfer the rights of Duke Nukem Forever, that 3D Realms was entitled to complete and sell a videogame called “Duke Nukem Survivor.” This is apparently the Duke Nukem: Mass Destruction game that is the subject of this matter.įurther, 3D Realms says that Gearbox doesn’t own the Duke Nukem trademark anyway, as it was never part of the Asset Purchase Agreement. However, it gets interesting when 3D Realms asserts its affirmative defenses. It’s mostly boilerplate, with the Defendants denying or claiming insufficient information to the majority of paragraphs - the stuff that makes up most Answers. Todays settlement announcement follows the leak of some legal and contract documents in May, which had erroneously suggested that 3D Realms might have bought back the Duke Nukem IP.
#Who bought 3d realms software#
In response to Gearbox Software filing a Complaint against 3D Realms and Interceptor for unauthorized use of the Duke Nukem trademark, 3D Realms (along with Defendants Apogee Software and Interceptor Entertainment) submitted an Answer on March 18, 2014.
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