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Duke Nukem Forever - It's Back, Baby

Post by trog @ 07:09am 04/09/10 | 64 Comments

As rumoured yesterday, 2K have confirmed that they and Gearbox software have been working on finishing up Duke Nukem Forever, and that it will be shipping next year for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3:

“Hail to the king, baby! It's unbelievable, it kicks ass and it's totally going to happen!” said Randy Pitchford, president of Gearbox Software, "Gearbox has enabled die-hard key Duke Nukem franchise builders and skilled veteran game makers to stand together and deliver. All gamers deserve a happy ending and after all of us gamers feeling the full range of emotions about Duke Nukem Forever, I am thrilled to be in a position with the trust, power and means to make it happen. Am I crazy? Balls of steel, baby, balls of steel!”

A single new image accompanies the release, which you can check out here.

No doubt more information will be made available; apparently they are going to have a playable demo available at PAX (which is, I believe, the first time the game has been made playable for the public in all its years of development). There's also an interview with Randy Pitchford from Gearbox where it is mentioned that they're currently in the polishing phase, which indicates that the bulk of the game is finally finished.

Tags: duke nukem forever / randy pitchford

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AnimeGodz
Posted 07:53am 04/9/10

so 13 years later eh... im pretty sure everybody got over Duke a LONG time ago -_-

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euphoria
Posted 07:53am 04/9/10

Obligatory:

It's time to kick ass and chew bubble gum... and I'm all out of gum.

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Eorl
Posted 08:04am 04/9/10

MUAHAHAHAH!

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MoSFXx
Posted 08:08am 04/9/10

it better be good

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kettels
Posted 08:10am 04/9/10

so 13 years later eh... im pretty sure everybody got over Duke a LONG time ago -_-

this is exactly what i was thinking.

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Focumba
Posted 08:11am 04/9/10

OMG let it R.I.P.

They be trolling.

etc etc

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corrino
Posted 08:16am 04/9/10

so 13 years later eh... im pretty sure everybody got over Duke a LONG time ago -_-

Bullshit, what are you under 20? None of the fans are over it yet.

This has made my month, marvellous news absolutely marvellous.

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Tollaz0r!
Posted 08:38am 04/9/10

So 13 years of hype and development. It would want to be the most awesome game ever!

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sLaps_Forehead
Posted 09:02am 04/9/10

that is a pretty cool pic

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Infidel
Posted 09:06am 04/9/10

And I'm all outta gum, did duke chew hubba hubba gum I forget now

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thermite
Posted 09:10am 04/9/10

Heh I like how on the ausgamers duke screenshot page you can switch to the screenshots of the game in 1999

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Dan
Posted 09:11am 04/9/10

Broussard seems pretty happy about it, but weeting from home watching the live stream, not even at the reveal. Kind of odd that whatever deal has eventuated has seemingly left him and Miller out of the final development process considering how much of their lives must have been sunk into this. Guess whatever final pay day they've settled on is pretty damn good.

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Dan
Posted 09:34am 04/9/10

After a bit more of a look around, it seems like there's a bit more to announce in that respect. Looks like a few of the ex 3drealms guys have ended up over at gearbox. There a panel on the final day of PAX that will supposedly explain more and includes John St John (voice of duke).

Scott Miller was at PAX and Joe Seigler (3d realms community manager) is now a moderator over on the gearbox forums with the title "Duke Community Manager'.

All the duke forums at 3drealms have been closed and point to gearbox forums.

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ravn0s
Posted 09:35am 04/9/10

hail to the king baby!

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HeardY
Posted 10:42am 04/9/10

I'll be playing it!!

The 'single' imagine looks cool...

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Khel
Posted 10:46am 04/9/10

I'm not suprised George Broussard has been left out, from some of the post mortems I read when 3d realms and DNF originally went under, it sounds like the 13 years of development with no end product to show was pretty much entirely his fault.

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Skitza
Posted 10:56am 04/9/10

Hardly play any games these days but I will be playing this whenever it comes out....

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ravn0s
Posted 11:08am 04/9/10

hands-on preview at shacknews

The demo opened up with Duke relieving himself at a urinal and you find Duke in a football stadium. After some cool scripted events following soldiers, Duke finds himself up against the Cycloid Emperor from Duke Nukem 3D. Devastator in hand, Duke defeats the boss and kicks his eye through the uprights. Credits roll and the camera pulls back to find that Duke was playing the game on a wall-mounted TV, while two women--ahem--take care of him.

last edited by ravn0s at 11:08:02 04/Sep/10

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Martz
Posted 11:14am 04/9/10

when it's done

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The GuVna
Posted 11:16am 04/9/10

and that it will be shipping next year for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3:

& yet the boy cried "Wolf" once more...

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fpot
Posted 11:18am 04/9/10

This will be banned in Australia I reckon. If the game is anything like that trailer that was described anyway.

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Python
Posted 11:27am 04/9/10

Press left for beer!

Link to gallery

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infi
Posted 11:30am 04/9/10

way over it.

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demon
Posted 11:47am 04/9/10

$ shake it baby $

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darkjedi
Posted 12:01pm 04/9/10

I'll call it now: This will be on Steam and subject to a horrendous amount of Aussie Tax. Mind you that's just the same as saying the sun will come up tomorrow, but still.

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ravn0s
Posted 12:31pm 04/9/10

lol operation cock block

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FraktuRe
Posted 01:01pm 04/9/10

This springs to mind:

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Pinky
Posted 01:05pm 04/9/10

They should just announce pre-orders from today. There'd be enough retards out there who would go for that.

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Dazhel
Posted 01:17pm 04/9/10

I'll call it now: This will be on Steam and subject to a horrendous amount of Aussie Tax. Mind you that's just the same as saying the sun will come up tomorrow, but still.

Heh, correct, assuming that it's actually released. However DNF actually being released is at the polar opposite end of the certainty spectrum to the sun coming up tomorrow.

They should just announce pre-orders from today. There'd be enough retards out there who would go for that.

Hell, they're taking pre-orders for Natural Selection 2 so why not? I wonder if any bookies have odds on which one will come out first, if either, at all.

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ravn0s
Posted 01:35pm 04/9/10

can watch some gameplay vids at gametrailers

http://www.gametrailers.com/game/duke-nukem-forever/360

having to choose which weapons to carry is lame. :(

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Pinky
Posted 01:38pm 04/9/10

Hell, they're taking pre-orders for Natural Selection 2 so why not? I wonder if any bookies have odds on which one will come out first, if either, at all.

The "pre-order" is the modern angel venture investor. Why do you need an investor to fund your development when your idea is so well known in the gaming community you can just say "pre-order!" and the fans will swoop holding fistfuls of cash!?

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Phooks
Posted 01:48pm 04/9/10

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Jayman
Posted 02:43pm 04/9/10

Ahh Duke3D. Brings back memories of cutting school in year 11/12, going back to my place where we'd have our 4 pc's set up in my lounge and into the kitchen linked up with bnc for some FFA or 2 on 2action. Every now and then someone would bump the cable and you'd lose connection and you were like "OMG wiggle the cable! wiggle the cable!"

Good times. Bring on the new Duke.

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Dan
Posted 02:47pm 04/9/10

Every now and then someone would bump the cable and you'd lose connection and you were like "OMG wiggle the cable! wiggle the cable!"

Haha, or when someone would have to leave and you'd have to wait while the unplugged and terminated the link again.

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Mephz
Posted 04:18pm 04/9/10

can watch some gameplay vids at gametrailers

http://www.gametrailers.com/game/duke-nukem-forever/360

Interesting... Half of the kids playing in those trailers didn't even look like they would have been born when Duke3D was out :)

The gameplay looked fairly standard, Guess we'll have to see what they do with it. Part of Dukes biggest selling points oh so long ago was that it was a step up from doom in the graphics, level, movement department.

Then Quake came out with true polygon 3D instead of sprites.
Or my memory on the time line could be all wrong.

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Plasma
Posted 04:49pm 04/9/10

So what engine are they on this time around? lol

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Plasma
Posted 04:50pm 04/9/10

Haha, or when someone would have to leave and you'd have to wait while the unplugged and terminated the link again.

I played Duked 3D with my mate over modem.

I was really annoyed whenever someone at home wanted to use the phone, and I hated anyone that called because it disconnected our game :)

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ctd
Posted 05:14pm 04/9/10

Mannnnn 1996 it has been a while since 3D. Trainspotting was the sickest movie ever, 9/11 was a random date, and the backstreet boys were not back yet.

I wont be surprised if it is just your generic FPS game with the iconic duke. A lot has changed since D3D.

last edited by ctd at 17:14:51 04/Sep/10

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lewd
Posted 05:11pm 04/9/10

i want to get excited.
ive been let down before.

nah, im excited !!!!!

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Reverend Evil�
Posted 05:52pm 04/9/10

LOL

What's the bet it will be so average. Just like most shooters these days.

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Nerfosaurus
Posted 05:57pm 04/9/10

If it has those shrinko ray things and ice guns then it will be above average.

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ravn0s
Posted 06:07pm 04/9/10

shrink ray is in. not sure about freeze ray though

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Crizane Tribal
Posted 06:56pm 04/9/10

There's a little bird that lives around my place. He often seeks shelter on my balcony and will even venture inside to peck around the kitchen for crumbs. We can be sitting there on the couch watching TV, and he'll just hop on in through the door, strut past us and have a look in the kitchen. We really want a pet, but can't have one due to body corporate by-laws, so we're going to get little food and water bowls made up for the bird. The bird comes and goes of his own volition, so it's not like we have actively acquired and kept a pet.

We call him Duke. This is because his markings look like he's wearing a little tuxedo. And he has BALLS OF STEEL.

True story.

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kirkoswald
Posted 03:57am 05/9/10

it will have to be cool as shit to make an impact ... because we've been waiting TOO LONG :)

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flatbeat
Posted 08:24am 05/9/10

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/748-Duke-Nukem-Forever

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fpot
Posted 08:26am 05/9/10

=)x(=WaR-FaC=)x(=

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FraktuRe
Posted 11:25am 05/9/10

congrats flatbeat, I already posted that, complete with an embed and everything.

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konstie
Posted 12:52pm 05/9/10

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kirkoswald
Posted 03:52pm 05/9/10

yeah flatbeat , thanks for playing :)

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Sc00bs
Posted 04:02pm 05/9/10

fuck yer i hope it has all the orignal guns + new ones.

all it needs to win is:

Awesome graphics, reasonable story, lots of titty girls and lots of blood/dismembered body parts

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Crowbar
Posted 07:42pm 05/9/10

I dont know what to say????

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Crakaveli
Posted 01:38am 06/9/10

Not gonna happen dude, atleast, i don't think so. It seems this game should have been out in around 2004. When you think about it, it's still only running a "Heavily Modified" Unreal 2 engine.

But this doesn't worry me, i've been waiting for this game as long as i can remember and it better well be out soon.

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fpot
Posted 05:45am 06/9/10

Duke Nukem Forever has been delayed till an unspecified time so that assets can be converted to Valve's Source engine

clicky

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ravn0s
Posted 08:25am 06/9/10

fail clicky

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3dee
Posted 08:40am 06/9/10

LT: Throw Grenade
RT: Shake & Bake, Baby!

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ravn0s
Posted 09:06am 06/9/10

LT: Throw Cash
RT: Shake It, Baby!

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trog
Posted 09:24am 06/9/10

Duke Nukem Forever has been delayed till an unspecified time so that assets can be converted to Valve's Source engine

that sounds like a rumour; your link is busted so I can't verify the source, but I have not heard anything about this (unless it was just revealed over the weekend)

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Khel
Posted 11:25am 06/9/10

I'm suprised they aren't bumping it to Unreal engine 3, I guess maybe they just want to get it out instead of spending even more time on a game with such a sordid history, but if its already using a modified Unreal 2 engine, the jump to 3 might not be so difficult.

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d^
Posted 12:22pm 06/9/10

sigh, was trying to link this but failed.

http://i.a-13.net/slash000_fudigg.jpg

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slamma
Posted 12:42pm 06/9/10

fuken hell their not floggin a dead horse anymore their floggin ashes.talk about not being able to let it go.this has gotta be the worst case of pc gaming ever.

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ravn0s
Posted 12:45pm 06/9/10

fuken hell their not floggin a dead horse anymore their floggin ashes.

and a phoenix will rise from those ashes.

:P

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Mr.Bumpy
Posted 12:54pm 06/9/10

fuken hell their not floggin a dead horse anymore their floggin ashes.talk about not being able to let it go.this has gotta be the worst case of pc gaming ever.

^ Spelling and grammar fail.

Considering the amount of publicity this game has garnered over the decade and this year, I'm pretty sure this game will make its publisher a tidy profit.

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weedy
Posted 01:11pm 06/9/10

Be interesting to see if its gonna be a good game or not. Expectations are high but will probably be shattered which seems to be the trend at the moment for me with games.

Hangin for a new decent game to come out.

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Sc00bs
Posted 01:29pm 06/9/10

13yrs in development

ppl are going to expect some sort of amazing quality game and it will get ripped to shreds when it comes out with flaw after flaw

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