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Founder of original Duke Nukem developer talks about the company's latest incarnation and its strategy for cherry-picking diamonds in the rough

From Keen to Doom: id Software’s Founders Talk 30 Years of Gaming History Feb 1, 2021, 6:40 am EDT | 8 min read On February 1, 1991, John Romero, John Carmack, Tom Hall, and Adrian Carmack officially founded id Software. The group went on to revolutionize the game industry with franchises such as Wolfenstein, Doom, and Quake. Here’s a look back at id Software over the last 30 years, with a little help from those legendary developers. id Software: The House That Keen Built The story of id Software began in the late 1980s, when John Carmack, John Romero, Adrian Carmack (no relation to J...

Software coda. Updated on 22 December 2020 Gearbox and Bobby Prince have come to an agreement over the use of Duke Nukem music. In 2019, Robert "Bobby" Prince filed a lawsuit against Gearbox, alleging he owned the copyright on some of the music in 2016's Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour, itself a remaster of the 1996 original. Prince believed the use of his music in the earlier Duke games was subject to a licence agreement between Prince and 3D Realms. Thus, Gearbox did not own the rights to certain music it thought it owned the rights to. Back ...

Back in 2016 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Duke Nukem, the Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour was released. That re-release ended up causing some legal issues for Gearbox, as composer Bobby Prince filed a lawsuit claiming his music was used without permission. Now after a year of lawyers arguing back and forth, it looks like things have been settled.  The situation here is a little complicated, so we’ll break it down as simply as possible. Apogee Software, parent company of 3D Realms, the studio that originally created Duke Nukem, had a licensing agreement in place with Bob...

Gearbox Software, Bobby Prince, Randy Pitchford, Apogee Software, and 3D Realms have all reached a settlement on a court battle over the music in the Duke Nukem series. In a press release today, Gearbox announced that it and Duke Nukem composer Prince have resolved their issues, and that Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour now has his support. The issues began in 2019, when Prince sued Gearbox, Pitchford, and Valve over unpaid royalties from Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour, attesting that Apogee had merely licensed Prince's work on the game -- so when Gearbox purchased the D...