In their fight over the fate of Duke Nukem Forever, Take Two Interactive has now revealed via new court records (uncovered by Shacknews) that Gearbox Software is (or rather was) the developer for Duke Begins, a third party Duke Nukem game that was previously revealed in a court filing by Duke Nukem Forever developer 3D Realms/Apogee.

According to the court records, Duke Begins was part of an agreement between Take Two and 3D Realms in 2007 with Gearbox handling the actual development of the title. Take Two does admit that development of Duke Begins has "for the time being" been stopped but has denied that the game has been canceled entirely. One thing is for sure; this dispute will keep going for some time to come.