Editing 3D Realms (section)

{{Short description|Video game publisher}}
{{Redirect|Apogee Software|the company founded in 2008|Apogee Entertainment}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = 3D Realms Entertainment ApS
| former_name = Apogee Software Productions<br />Apogee Software, Ltd.
| logo = 3D Realms.svg
| type = [[Subsidiary]]
| industry = [[Video game industry|Video games]]
| founded = {{Start date and age|1987}} in [[Garland, Texas]], US
| founder = [[Scott Miller (entrepreneur)|Scott Miller]]
| hq_location_city = [[Aalborg]]
| hq_location_country = Denmark
| key_people = {{Unbulleted list|Frederik Schreiber ([[Chief Executive Officer|CEO]])}}
| products = [[List of 3D Realms games]]
| num_employees = 
| num_employees_year = <!-- Year of num_employees data (if known) -->
| parent = [[Saber Interactive]] (2021–present)
| website = {{URL|https://3drealms.com/}}
}}

'''3D Realms Entertainment ApS''' is a [[video game publisher]] based in [[Aalborg]], Denmark. [[Scott Miller (entrepreneur)|Scott Miller]] founded the company in his parents' home in [[Garland, Texas]], in 1987 as '''Apogee Software Productions''' to release his game ''[[Kroz|Kingdom of Kroz]]''. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the company popularized a distribution model where each game consists of three episodes, with the first given away free as [[shareware]] and the other two available for purchase. ''[[Duke Nukem]]'' was a major franchise created by Apogee to use this model, and Apogee published [[Commander Keen]] and [[Wolfenstein 3D]] the same way.

Apogee began using the brand name 3D Realms for its 3D games in 1994, and in 1996 rebranded the company itself to 3D Realms to focus on traditionally-published 3D titles. ''[[Duke Nukem 3D]]'' (1996) was released under this name to great success. 3D Realms largely ceased its publishing and development operations afterwards to focus on two extensively delayed games: ''[[Prey (2006 video game)|Prey]]'' (2006), which was under development until being taken over by another studio in 2001, and ''[[Duke Nukem Forever]]'' (2011), which remained [[development of Duke Nukem Forever|under development]] until 2009. The "Apogee Software" name, library, and logo were licensed to Terry Nagy in 2008, who established Apogee Software LLC to develop and publish ports and spinoffs of Apogee titles.

In 2009, 3D Realms, citing financial issues, laid off its development team and the majority of its staff, effectively ceasing operations. In March 2014, the company was acquired by SDN Invest, a Danish [[holding company]] and part-owner of [[Interceptor Entertainment]], and relaunched later that year as 3D Realms Entertainment ApS, headquartered in Denmark. 3D Realms Entertainment has since served as a games publisher. Miller remained an advisor for the company until 2021, when he and Nagy acquired the Apogee brand and relaunched Apogee Software LLC as [[Apogee Entertainment]], an independent games publisher. In August 2021, 3D Realms Entertainment was acquired by [[Embracer Group]] subsidiary [[Saber Interactive]], which was spun off from Embracer in March 2024.