Duke 3D was one of the best DM games ever (especially for it's time). We certainly think we can compete well with id/Epic in that "Arena" ;) MultiPlay is a very, very high priority for us because we 1) love to play and 2) know that multiplay extends a games life for 2 years or more.
We will NOT just throw together some generic multiplayer and ship it like many others have done. You can bet that DNF MultiPlay will be on par with anything else out there.
Single play sells the initial game, but multiplay keeps it going and going and going ;) DNF is also our 4th multiplayer FPS title, so we're pretty comfortable with making that style of game and balancing weapons and understanding what most of you want in the experience.
George Broussard, 3D Realms