Danish investment firm SDN Invest has acquired Apogee Software, Ltd d/b/a 3D Realms. The company is also part owner of Rise of the Triad developer, Interceptor Entertainment. From today the company has a new CEO Mike Nielsen who is also the founder and chairman of the board at SDN.
“3D Realms is legendary for its contributions to the gaming industry, as both the pioneer of the shareware model and an always generous partner who has provided both funding and guidance to game studios such as id Software, Parallax Software, Remedy Entertainment, and many others,” remarked Nielsen, the newly appointed CEO. “3D Realms has also developed, co-developed, and co-financed such hits as Commander Keen, Duke Nukem, Wolfenstein 3D, Rise of the Triad, Raptor, Shadow Warrior and Prey. There are only a handful of independent studios with a better track record of original games. Yet even with this stellar track record, we hope we can take the company to new heights.”
“3D Realms has always been a defining part the PC games industry.” Added Frederik Schreiber, CEO of Interceptor Entertainment. “Getting 3D Realms under our wings is a huge step for us and we are extremely excited about the acquisition.”
Scott Miller, co-founder of 3D Realms concluded, “My long time partner George Broussard and I are extremely proud of our past, especially as developers who always tried to partner with up-and-coming studios who just needed their break. Our history shows we did that throughout the 1990s & 2000s, and I expect the new 3D Realms to continue with this tradition in full force. Our industry needs more good guys, who honor the profession and fellow hard-working developers.”
Interceptor released the Rise of the Triad reboot which was released last year. A planned release of a new Duke Nukem title called Mass Destruction was recently canned by Interceptor following legal action from Gearbox who now own the IP following their involvement with the terrible Duke Nukem Forever.
Published: Mar 3, 2014 03:17 pm