More to come in 2006, perhaps (3DRealms has promised a lot, but haven't kept much of it). As for E3 next year, George Broussard hasn't confirmed it yet, so it's just speculations and rumours. A similar article can be found here: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/r/?page=http://www.computerandvideogames.com/news/news_story.php(que)id=117797 Also, I remember George saying a while back that they didn't like E3, which don't add up to this either. The fact that they're now supposedly using the Unreal 3 Engine is also more speculation from the press. Last time George said anything about DNF's engine, he said that they were using the Unreal Engine (currently 2x) with their own renderer on top of it - and god knows what else they have added to it.

the link you quote is actually the source we used (see "source" :))

Hmm, that UE3 engine story of CVG is indeed way too speculative. The Unreal Technology is also still there for the Unreal and Unreal 2.0 engine. As for Duke's (possible) presence at next years E3... I only need an equally asskicking trailer as in 2001. Blew my mind away back then.

Ryuken, I agree, that trailer was really cool (and so was the one in 1996 (or was it '98?)).

How in god's name can this game be cost productive by now??

It isn't, they've probably lost billions. But because of all the addons for the original game and all the other games, like the max payne games, they have the ability to continue developing it.

the last trailer i saw was in 2001

The thing I hate about 3DRealms it their PR management. They don't know how to communicate with their fanbase, and they certainly don't know anything about release dates (8 years in development and still "when it's done", anyone?).

If you read through their forums then I think the 'communication' is still great. George and Joe3D there post often. Who can blame them for not giving updates/info/screens every time? There are such factors as competition between them and other shooters and the fact that almost every other developer does it. Worst PR management? I think that Valve clearly qualifies itself here. The terrible 'HL2 multiplayer will be in'-part alone would justify that, not even right before release/the first reviews did one know what to expect from HL2 in that area.