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There have been plenty of screenshots released as well as a trailer:

http://www.planetduke.com/duke4/info/screenshots.s html
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6429304191 141948624

I saw the official response by George B on the 3DRealms forums, but I don't get it. It says here http://www.planetduke.com/duke4/faq/general.shtml# 1.3 that the game will be released "when it's done". How can Take Two make this statement that George B. et.al. essentially shrug off?

Perhaps 3DRealms will use digital distribution like Steam. Maybe George B. isn't worried because they outlast all of their publishers.

http://www.gamepro.com/computer/pc/games/previews/ images/50334-1-2.jpg

Then upgraded to the quake 2 engine:

http://games.cnews.ru/trophy/screens/duke-nukem-fo rever/aai.jpg

Not sure what engine this is from 2001: http://www.gamenavigator.ru/pub/gallery/news/news2 005100605.jpg 2001

If you are out of the loop like me:

http://www.planetduke.com/duke4/faq/

I can't find a single current screenshot on the web and am very curious. Anyone got a lead on that?

I just noticed this on the DNF FAQ:

1.8 - Will DNF be available on DVD?
This still has not been decided yet, however the chances of this happenning are slim. It is important to note that DVD's are not mainstream yet, at least not in the software industry.

Now, I almost never do any gaming on my computer, but I definitely think that any machine that is going to run DNF is going to have a DVD drive.

Amazing that this product has been in development so long that means of distribution have even changed.

Its already ported to the source engine, its suppose to be for sale on steam by end of november. (pre-download)

The funny thing, they showed old screenshots on the amazon.uk site, the newer ones with anti-aliasing on steam, looks awesome. Funny how nobody thinks the game is coming out, but some developers dropped hints over at http://www.planetduke.com about it being release this year for xmas.

Also, isnt this the first stream game from a 3rd party developer?

1996: Duke Nukem 3D 1.0 came out using modified Doom II engine

No, Duke3d used a engine developed completely independent of Id, called "BUILD". It was much closer in capabilities to the Quake engine than to the Doom II engine, though many (most?) people considered it inferior to the Quake engine.

See Planet Duke for details.

"If a player completes your game, they are much more likely to buzz about, spreading the word that it was a great game."

Why is he worrying about the players completing his game? He and a team of programmers can't finish it, either!

Your question is more or less addressed in the last paragraph of question 1.12 in the Duke Nukem Forever FAQ.

They're not a publicly held company, so they can get away with it.

If they are truly trying to make the best FPS ever, and they are actually working on it (I'm skeptical but willing to give them the benefit of the doubt), then I respect them taking their time. Of course, I'm a Nintendo fanboy, so I'm used to waiting a long time for a game :)

The Official Duke Nukem Forever FAQ
There's really not much mentioning of the delay except that they changed engines during the development, which set them back quite a bit. But there is some interesting information regarding other apsects of the game.

Or, y'know, "Levelord, of Duke Nukem 3D fame"? A little less obscure, I think...

I have to agree with Junkz Jerzey there. Anyone remember all-time PC classic Duke Nukem 3D? (Who DOESN'T?) An 18-rated shooter, consisting mostly of shooting things with guns and blowing things up with other, larger guns. It was fun, it was simple. Yet despite it's age rating, it was a game that was targeted toward the kid in all of us.

Still, people loved it because it required less thought to play than most cutesy puzzle games of the day. I suppose it's just what gamers need, though - a wide selection of games, of different styles, so that somebody's always going to love these new games.