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It Took FOREVER, But It's Finished

Posted on Tuesday, May 24 @ 09:08:58 Eastern by Anthony Severino

This morning in my email inbox, I was notified that Duke Nukem Forever has "gone gold". Normally, I don't give two shits about news like this, but this is Duke Nukem Forever -- the game that has been synonymous with the word vaporware.

First announced in 1997 (I kid you not) by 3D Realms, Duke Nukem Forever has been on the bumpiest ride this industry has ever seen. A ride that almost came to a halt in 2009 when 3D Realms let the entire development team go due to lack of funding.

Take Two, who was to publish the title, fought to gain control over the IP and assets, eventually turning over development to Gearbox Software. Gearbox have done the unthinkable, and have actually succeeded in bringing Duke Nukem Forever to completion.

I know it's hard to believe, but Duke Nukem Forever is off to be printed onto retail discs, to then be shipped off to store shelves where fans waiting over 12 years will finally get to see what the King has been up to all this time.

For those of you who picked up Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition or have pre-ordered Duke Nukem Forever, you'll have "first access" to the demo on June 3rd. The game releases just one week later on June 10th, 2011. Come Get Some!

Tags: Duke Nukem

Comments

Eduardo_Reboucas
Joined: Dec 2008

Posted: May 24th, 2011 at 9:34 am
Yeaaah boy, finally, thought I'd die of old age.

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SweetHat
Joined: May 2011

Posted: May 24th, 2011 at 10:47 am
HELLZ YEAH i cant wait for my ballz of steel edition

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JunkyArd
Joined: Aug 2006

Posted: May 24th, 2011 at 1:09 pm
It's about time. I've been out of gum for a LONG time now...

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UpAndAtThem
Joined: Mar 2009

Posted: May 24th, 2011 at 2:28 pm
I'm pretty sure in 2008, Barack Obama promised "We will capture or kill Osama Bin Laden before Duke Nukem Forever is released." Then he sat back and thought he had nothing to worry about. 2011 rolled around, and he thought "Oh shÎ¯t, now we actually have to find the bastard!" Close call.

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BigTruckSeries
Joined: May 2006

Posted: May 24th, 2011 at 5:20 pm
I'm 30 years old this year. Duke Nukem was the first computer game I ever played and I played it 15 years ago. Back then, it had the best graphics I'd ever seen and the high resolution of the laptop made it look better than anything I'd played on an SDTV up till then. Levels in the space episode totally freaked me out. i hope they follow the design of Duke 3D by giving you three distinct episodes cause I always thought that was cool. I've been waiting for Duke's sequel all these years and I had to make due with the Playstation 3rd person shooters like "Time to Kill". I've had money saved up for this game for the last 10 years collecting interest. I won't believe it till I pop it into my 360. It'll probably make me ejaculate in my pants. I'm looking forward to a good singleplayer, but, something tells me the multiplayer may suck.

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damo_rox619
Joined: Jan 2007

Posted: May 24th, 2011 at 7:29 pm
i'm afraid the whole game may suck. i was only about 6 when i played the earlier duke nukems and i dont remember much of them at all but i did like them. are gearbox really all that trustworthy? what have they done besides the slightly overrated borderlands?

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SweetHat
Joined: May 2011

Posted: May 25th, 2011 at 7:20 am
i think they did brothers in arms, but gearbox did well with borderlands, some people dont like it, but they did make 4 dlc's when they said they would only do 3

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Kese_Arcade
Joined: May 2011

Posted: May 25th, 2011 at 2:13 pm
I was either 13 or 14 when I read about this game in an old issue of EGM. I'm 27 now. Let's hope this is good.

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Kakulukia
Joined: Nov 2005

Posted: May 25th, 2011 at 11:37 pm
I'll believe it when I play it. Not a second before. I still consider there's a chance the disc will only contain a video of the 3D Realms team pointing at me and laughing for giving them 60$ for vaporware. :P

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