Duke Nukem Forever

It is official people!
Gearbox Software (Borderlands) is continuing where 3DRealms left off and 2K Games will publish it! So get ready for some hot action!
I hope they will cut half the game and release it later in DLCs, just like they did Mafia 2

"The Journal reports Gearbox began work on finishing up Duke Nukem Forever in late 2009, and the game is expected to arrive later this year"

'Borderlands' studio Gearbox resurrecting Duke Nukem

IT'S TIME KICK AND CHEW BUBBLE GUM!

 

This is indeed a great news. I never thought I'll see Duke again in my life.

 

WOW cant wait now. BTW thanks for sharing such a great news.

 

Pole dancing ladies will never look so good in next gen!

Bring back the Duke!

 

This was rumored a couple weeks ago wasnt it? Either case, excellent news...just sucks that its not going to be finished by the old minds behind the original game...I hope Gearbox doesnt try to make it their game and focuses more on just finishing it, ya know?

 

Any1 who attended PAX, please report how good was the playable demo?

 

Oh brother, here we go again.
I refuse to believe the game will ever get done even when there are boxes on retail shelves.

 

In the link below, it says the game is complete and is just being polished, and it will be released in 2011

News: Duke Nukem Forever development 'complete' - ComputerAndVideoGames.com

 

How can GearBox do this? I thought 3D Realms still owns Duke Nukem and they won their case in court against 2K to retain ownership.

And from the other blogs from the 3DRealms team the impression I had the game was essentially already finished by them, not Gearbox, just never released.

Lastly, to reiterate, 3DRealms still owns the Duke Nukem franchise. Wonder if 3DRealms will sue 2K and Gearbox.

 

The problem is if it's been gutted by the changes. Duke Nukem 3D got popular because of the attitude and the self-deprecating tone of the game, as well as the pop-culture references. If they don't keep the proper tone, the sequel will bomb.

 

Duke Nukem Forever to see light of day after all | Crave - CNET

 

Hmm just checked 3DRealms forum. Duke Nukem forum is closed and no more topics allowed, must go to GearBox forum.

Wonder if this means 3DRealms sold the franchise.

 

Any good Duke game needs to have a bad boy kind of feel, and IGN's article talks about it:

Duke Nukem Forever is Not Bulls--t - PC Preview at IGN

Here are some of the quotes from the article:

"The trailer shows off Duke in fine form, kicking alien with a variety of his best weapons, like the shrink ray, freeze ray, and devastator. It looks like the aliens Duke punished before are back – and they are here for our women. This personal affront to Duke leads him on a mission to kill everything in his way, including a giant alien queen with three breasts. And in typical Duke fashion, after seeing the entirety of this tri-boobed enemy, the hero quips, "Hell, I'd still hit it."

"At the conclusion of the trailer, a woman remarks to Duke that his new adventure looks great "Yeah, but after twelve f---ing years, it should be," he responds as the logo – and icons for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC – slam into place below it."

"The game opens with Duke standing at a urinal, doing his business."

"The demo ended with a set piece of Duke at a turret shooting at a horde of pigcops. After slaying the swine, an alien ship swooped down and blasted Duke out of the turret. As the slip lowered itself to the surface, Duke's hand slowly rose into the air... and extended the middle finger."

All that sounds pretty much like classic Duke to me. I'm excited =)

 

Any word on multiplayer and modability?

 

Another article:

Surprise! Duke Nukem Forever uncanceled, playable at PAX - Plugged In - Yahoo! Games

Of course it took 13 flippin years to get a sequel to Starcraft...

 

I wonder if they're gonna update it with new graphics and stuff. Hopefully they don't get too lazy...

 

Nope.

Looks like 3DRealm are going to really get screwed on this. Gearbox will get the credit for all the work 3DRealms did.

I don't have hard proof. But it looks to me 3DRealms really did finish the game. But while they owned the franchise, 2K still owned the publishing rights. So 3DRealms sold the franchise and 2K just gave it to Gearbox as developer.

And now Gearbox will get all the glory for hardly doing anything. The videos, the pictures all look to be the same as what 3DRealms did to me.

 

Wow, and I was just playing the 3D Atomic Edition the other day in dosbox. Even if I never get it, I'll be watching this one closely. It would be nice if they got the original voice actor to play Duke again, but I realize the chances of that are next to zero.

 

Sad thing is, after all this time, I doubt the game will live up to the hype.

 

We'll have to wait and see if there are any legal ramifications behind the "release" of this "anticipated" game.

Unlike Starcraft, I don't remember Duke Nukem having a large player fanbase long after the game stopped retailing on shelves.

 

it does NOT suck that its not being finished by the old minds behind the original game. they completely screwed it up. it should have been released so long ago that i would have no interest in playing it. 3d realms screwed the pooch on this one. many, many, many times.

 

I honestly never thought The Duke would see light of day again. Gearbox and 2k Games are doing a great thing here.

 

Wow check out the graphics on this thing, they're freaking awesome, the Duke never looked so good. It looks almost as good as RAGE and the new Id tech engine.

 

Where can I check out the graphics?

 

If you say so. If you read the wikipedia article here, especially this part, you'll see that they were developing the game with their own money and on their own time, and there was a legal battle with 3D Realms and Take Two on whom had the publishing rights.

 

I don't know why people are so hype about this game. Yes it has been forever in development, but I think Duke is really irrelevant in today gaming world. He died just like the 90's lol...

I guess it would be good for those who never played any Duke games, but for me I moved on.

 

What? HELL HATH FROZEN OVER... IT WILL RAIN PIG COPS FROM THE SKY AND ALL WOMEN WILL SHAKE IT BABY...

 

For those wondering about the graphics
IGN: Duke Nukem Forever Screenshots, Wallpapers and Pics

Take note that these aren't even screenshots, they're pictures taken on a camera at the PAX convention. So if they look THIS good on a camera think how good the actual graphics are.

These are In-game photos.

 

It was interesting reading the Kotaku article about how it came back from the dead. Nice to see that insiders kept it going, and Randy Pritchard jumped in to help out ...

Personally, I owned the original since it came out and still play on occasion, and my wife even had a pre-order in on Amazon in ~2000 ...

 

That is just epic as Duke Nuken Forever itself~!