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Duke Nukem Forever in Production

Posted by samzenpus on from the anyday-now dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Like that fungus under your keyboard, Duke Nukem Forever never really seems to go away. Well in the latest installment in unsubstantiated DNF rumors it appears that the game is finally in production. Via Joystiq "everyone's favorite vaporware is "in full production" according to George Broussard, co-founder of 3D Realms. In an interview with 1up, towards the end, Broussard chats about the status of Duke Nukem Forever, the unfortunately-apt title to the game over a decade in development."

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  1. read this somewhere by matt4077 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ""The rovers Spirit and Opportunity were proposed, authorized, announced, designed, launched and successfully landed upon Mars within the timeframe of Duke Nukem Forever's development."

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    1. Re:read this somewhere by Voltageaav · · Score: 5, Funny

      And that's a GOVERNMENT project!

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    2. Re:read this somewhere by PatrickThomson · · Score: 5, Insightful

      And don't forget driving around on the surface of mars for 2 years.

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  2. Only available on the Phantom! by seeker24frets · · Score: 5, Funny

    I heard the game will only be released for the Phantom console.

  3. Re:Anticipation... Anticipayaytion... by johncadengo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey I'm a non-rich republican and I wasn't sweet talked into anything--

    Wait, hold on a minute now...

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  4. Mourning by FidelCatsro · · Score: 5, Funny

    Today we mourn the loss of one of the longest running jokes on slashdot .
    A joke that has been a stedfast for many an aspiring Troll and Humorist alike .
    Like BSD before it , Duke Nukem forever jokes are now dead.
    We all hope for a swift passing into the land of the dead , Also we hope that Frist psot and Soviet Russia jokes to follow soon... to um keep you company in the land of dead jokes.

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    1. Re:Mourning by Fishstick · · Score: 5, Informative

      >Just because they're saying it's being worked on doesn't mean that it'll ever be released.

      Whatever has been going on all this time, it appears that now there is a 12/31/06 date with money attached, with millions already being paid.

      http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?st ory=7993/

      One other notable payment was the renegotiation of a $6 million charge due upon delivery of the final PC version of Duke Nukem Forever back in March 2005. The epic delay of 3D Realms' shooter has meant that $4.25 million of the final milestone payment has already been paid, alongside the promise of a final $500,000 upon the commercial release of Duke Nukem Forever prior to December 31, 2006.

      from the previous story about Take Two's SEC 10K filing

      maybe not worth the paper it's printed on, but this is way more detail than I've seen on this in years

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  5. Heh? by sucker_muts · · Score: 5, Informative

    Duke Nukem Forever you say? What is it? What happened untill now?

    Check it out for yourself, from Wikipedia..

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  6. Wrong article title by Mantees+de+Tara · · Score: 5, Funny

    The right one was "Duke Nukem: Forever in Production"

  7. Re:In other news.. by Moghedien · · Score: 5, Funny

    What, is Pink Floyd touring again?

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  8. DNF will fail almost certainly by dJOEK · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why?

    because after all the delays, hype, anticipation ...
    no matter how good the game is, hopes will be higher than it can deliver.
    And reviewers will say: "Well, it might be the greatest game ever, but it wasn't worth the wait"

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  9. Re:Duke's Chinese Democracy by Tx · · Score: 5, Funny

    who's gonna come out first, Axl or Duke ?

    WTF, Axl is gay??!??

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  10. You're 2 months early by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    April fools day is still 2 months away.

  11. System requirements by BokLM · · Score: 5, Funny

    George Broussard published the system requirements for the game :
    IBM PC Pentium 200 or higher
    Windows 95 or higher
    32MB of RAM
    4X CD-ROM drive
    Sound Blaster 16 or Compatible
    Optional: 3dfx Voodoo 2

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  12. Re:Duke Nukem Forever by XoXus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Duke Nukem Whatever...

  13. You all miss the point! by perrin · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Why should 3DRealms make Duke Nuke'm Forever after all this time? Because when it finally ships it will receive the most free PR from the trade press and every other press under the sun ever. Sure, they will make fun of it, probably give it poor reviews, but as long as 3DRealms manage to keep it fun, ironic and in bad taste it will still sell like hot cakes. If they play their cards right they could turn this into a stroke of genius.

    Although we'll lose a good joke. But the joke might in the end be on us.