A lot of folks were disappointed when 3D Realms shut down earlier this year and canned Duke Nukem Forever. The aftermath saw a lawsuit filed against #RD from Take-Two, and 3DR sued back. However, that’s just a tiny scratch on the surface when it comes to 3RD and DNF.

Wired Magazine has an amazing in-depth article about the rise and fall of 3D Realms, and what happened during the 12+ years of development that Duke Nukem Forever endured.

Check it out here.

With Wii sales beginning to drop off it’s no surprise that Nintendo revealed new games were on the way for their big three: Mario, Zelda and Metroid. The only thing we’ve seen so far was Mario Galaxy 2 and New Super Mario Bros. Wii, but it’s been a foregone conclusion that the Wii would be getting another Zelda game sometime soon.

In an interview with Wired, Shigeru Miyamoto said that in developing the next Zelda game they’re considering whether or not to go with a Wii MotionPlus control scheme. While the extra peripheral would enable even more intuitive control schemes and more realistic inputs, Miyamoto and co are worried about forcing people to use the peripheral since it has only recently launched and its popularity is still unknown. While they hope that the new Zelda game will be exciting and appealing enough to get people to buy the peripheral on its own, their concern is that things will go the other way, with some gamers not playing the title because they’d have to get the accessory.

Ultimately though I’d guess that the Zelda game will include the peripheral since the MotionPlus would allow for a more robust combat system and Zelda fans are rabid enough to pick up a peripheral, especially if there’s a bundle available.