They were working on a lot of other things besides DNF so it spent most of that time on the shelf. It's not like they had a team working on this thing for 9 yea

They were working on a lot of other things besides DNF so it spent most of that time on the shelf. It's not like they had a team working on this thing for 9 years straight. The real push to get the game released didn't start until relatively recently-- I think only in the past couple years. DNF is actually a playable game. In fact, I know someone who played it and thought it was great. As far as I'm aware most of the remaining work was creating level maps and polish. 3d Realms didn't shut down because of this game. It's just one game in their portfolio, albeit one of the more recognizalbe ones.