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Duke Nukem Forever 'Confirmed' For Late 2008
An anonymous reader writes "A Dallas newspaper is claiming that the long-in-development title Duke Nukem Forever is headed for retail release in late 2008. Unfortunately, game creator 3D Realms says that's not exactly what they meant. 'What the modest Texas newspaper actually seems to suggest is that 3D Realms is "on target" to release the mythical sequel sometime this year, though company president Scott Miller adds, "we may miss the mark by a month or two" (wink, wink). Miller also hinted that "hitting the big three" (in this case, PC, Xbox 360 and PS3) is the obvious development strategy, but he continued to stress that 3D Realms has not "formally announced any platforms for DNF."'"
Now it's just sad.
500 dollar reward for tip(s) leading to the arrest of the person(s) who stole my sig.
That is the time I am expected to finish solving the Towers of Henoi by hand...
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
on my Infinuim Phantom console!
More music, fewer hits
This will go down as the greatest joke in gaming history.
I can't wait for the actual game to come out, for an amazingly low price! Gamers pop it into their ready computer, suddenly a huge picture of duke comes up with the oh so famous "I've got balls of steel" soundclip, follow by a picture of those at 3drealms.
After this is done, it will immediately be followed by Rick Astley's newest single.
Excuse me, I don't mean to impose, but I am the ocean
Don't hold your breath, you just might be holding it 'Forever'.
The game has gone gold, but they are still waiting for their Moller to fly the master over to the factory.
Tsunami -- You can't bring a good wave down!
A press release from the White House recently stated that Hell hath frozen over. Spokesmen close to the President hail this as a significant advance in the war against terror.
Yeah, I heard it'll be released right alongside Microsoft Flight Simulator: Porcine Edition.
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My ex-wife, Evil-X, AKA "Satan", moved to Springfield from Chatham last year, effectively making Springfield "Hell, Illinois".
It's snowing as I type this.
Does George read slashdot, I wonder? Does he still post at Planet Crap? Is Planet Crap still online even? DN4ever has taken so long I'm not only not looking 4ward to it anymore, I haven't played anything but "Road Rash" in ages. Oh wait, I played "guitar hero" with my great nephew last Christmas, that game ROCKS!
As to what took it so long, George and Charlie were waiting until their toddlers were old enough to buy it (NC17, right? Or am I thinking of movies? Damn, speaking of DN4ever I'm getting old.
I was playing Duke Nukem since he was a squeaky little side scroller. I wonder if he still has hair and teeth?
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PS- GET OFF MY LAWN!!
mcgrew's razor: Never attribute to stupidity that which can be explained by greedy self-interest
Why stop now? I mean, is it Directx 10.1? If not, I'm going to be disappointed. The ONLY solution, rewrite it with the newest tech.
There's a better chance of the sun turning into a bran muffin than DNF shipping this year.
Did netcraft confirm it?
2008 on which calendar? I'm betting on the Islamic calendar, where the current year is 1429.
Some mornings it's hardly worth chewing through the restraints to get out of bed.
The end is nye! Everyone scramble for your bomb shelters and tinfoil hats!
Unless, unless some brave soul can stop the release of this game... all hell will break loose and the world will end.
Won't somebody pick up a big fucking gun and stop the release of Duke Nukem Forever?
What about the 30 year olds who still live in their parent's basement, post anonymously on Slashdot, and rip into other people for the faults they see in themselves?
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I hear the in-game soundtrack is going to be Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy.
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Oh it is still coming, they set a 2011 release date. The pre-release codename is "REVODNEB" with a production name of:
"Windows: Wishful"
"...this is the year of the Linux Desktop"
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Yeah, I bet there are more Wiis in the world than PCs
Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean there isn't an invisible demon about to eat your face
I'm 28 and still game. Well, I mean, I don't have a family or anything. Or a girlfriend. I mean, I got a cool blood-elf paladin named Crimsonja; does that stand for anything?
But, you know.... if I *did* have a family... uhh... I would... umm...
Oh, jeez. I am so alone^H^H^H^H^Hutterly alone. I'm gonna go sulk with Crimsonja.
I've said it once and I'll say it again... No Charlie Brown, I won't pull the football away this time...
Geez, I've been waiting outside my local game store for what seems like a decade now.
Hey! Look a Distraction!
I see someone didn't get a Wii for christmas from old St. Nick :)
This is the sig that says NI (again)
I beat myself in a game of tic tac toe yesterday, so something like this was bound to happen.
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Well, it is doomed. In the not too distant future, Wii sales are going to plummet. My guess is that it will happen some time after Nintendo releases it's next console. I could be wrong though, it could be after MS or Sony release a new console. This will lead Nintendo to drop production on new units, and all of the existing will eventually fail, wiping the Wii from the face of the earth. Granted, it might take a decade or two for all of this to come to completion, but...
The Wii is DOOMED! DOOMED I tell you!!!
and now sit alone in a dark house playing videogames, trying to recapture the feeling of their youth, before their spirit was crushed.
Actually, they are playing World of Warcraft
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Don't fight for your country, if your country does not fight for you.
For all those people posting "What about Wii" comments...
Did you ever play Duke Nukem?
Can you imagine some of the gestures they'd include in a Wii version??
Do you really think Nintendo would do anything other than gag and possibly pass out, upon seeing the demo???
Yeah, no way they'd get licensed.
If I knew the wedgies I gave you back in 6th grade would have resulted in this . . . I might have taken a moments pause.
Viva la 64 bit revolution!
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A developer friend of mine at 3D Realms has privately confided to me that Duke Nukem Forever is being coded in Perl 6, so draw your own conclusions...
http://tinyurl.com/29x2q4
"I work at 3D Realms..."
"Really? What's that like?"
"It's pretty sweet... we sit around a dream up cool stuff based on a 10 year piece of software..."
"A what do you do with these ideas?"
"Press releases, screen mock-ups, teaser trailers... that sort of thing."
"That doesn't sound like a whole lot of work..."
"Nope... we pretty much just like the sound of fake deadlines."
"Fake?"
"Yeah... it's nice to have a boss and investors who don't really care about releasing actual product."
"I wish my boss would take a page out of that book..."
"Who do you work for?"
"Microsoft..."
*snicker*