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The Duke Is Finally Back, For Real
After the first announcement on 1997-04-27 and over eleven years of fresh start after fresh start, Duke Nukem Forever finally comes to your system. At least if your system is an Xbox 360. Jon Siegler, the webmaster of 3D Realms, confirms this on their site: "As has been reported around the net today, we can confirm that the game has indeed passed final certification with Microsoft on Friday the 15th of August (on our first try, no less). That means the game is done — it is now in the hands of Microsoft." Update: 08/19 10:47 GMT by T : Several readers have written with a correction: this announcement is actually about Duke Nukem 3D, rather than Duke Nukem Forever.
Standby, I'm seeing pigs flying outside my window.
I've always known that the Apocalypse would fall on a Tuesday.
Uh... no?
The story is about Duke Nukem 3D for Xbox Live Arcade, NOT Duke Nukem Forever.
Bad summary. Bad.
This isn't a release of Duke Nukem Forever, just an updated Duke 3d for Xbox 360...
(As I am sure many posts will correct)
And Here I was looking forwards to it receiving the 2009 Vaporware award of the year! They were going to give it an lifetime non-achievement award too.
This story is about Duke Nukem 3D, not Duke Nukem Forever.
*sigh*
The apocalypse is not upon us. The summary is wrong, for those of you new here. This is Duke Nukem 3D for Xbox Live Arcade and not Duke Nukem Forever.
The announcement is about Duke Nukem 3D on XBLA, not Duke Nukem Forever.
I thought it was a bit odd when I checked my basement and didn't see ice, but this is for Duke Nukem 3D, not Duke Nukem Forever. Originally released in 1996. It's a port.
We're very pleased to announce that "Duke Nukem 3D for Xbox LIVE Arcade" will be coming to your Xbox 360 console soon!
That means the game is done -- it is now in the hands of Microsoft.
as they hold it there is this barely perceptible crackling sound as a thousand fissures in the disk appear and as they grow more and more numerous the disk turns to sand and filters through thier fingers and as the sand hits the floor it turns back to the vapor from whence it came.
Either that countless Xbos systems melt down as people try to play it. It'll be one of those two.
Take the cheese to sickbay, the doctor should see it as soon as possible - B'Elanna Torres, "Learning Curve"
If the editor had even looked at the links in the summary he would've seen it's bullshit. DN3d != DNF. Nice job dropping the ball.
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Am i reading this /. article wrong, or am i right that it says that DNF is done and coming to XBLA!? If i read that right, i'd like to correct you. Joe is talking about a ported version of the original Duke Nukem 3D and _not_ DNF. This has nothing to do with DNF at all...
Everyone else here pointed out the obvious. Kdawson, I volunteer my time to reading summaries and clicking on links before putting hogwash on games.slashdot (only games!). Thank you.
it is now in the hands of Microsoft.
Given how long it was taking, I was under the impression that it had been in their hands all along!
... not news about Duke Nukem Forever.
No, /. editors not checking the actually story is not a sign of the Apocalypse.
It's more on the scale of "a sign that /. is not a real news source".
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I'm thinking it's time to bring the Y2K survival kit out of mothballs and restart that bomb shelter home improvement project.
doesn't RTFA
No DNF, less clue than a monkey. Lame.
Take this down and learn to read please editors.
A Duke Nukem Forever article posted on slashdot, has this ever happened before ?
;)
Results 1 - 10 of about 852 from slashdot.org for duke nukem forever.
Lets hope the game actually gets released before we have to read another 800+ articles about it
was a very good game, and i think it's very good it is cross-platformed. What i WOULD hate, tough, is duke nukem forever coming out (if it comes out) on xbox 360 only. It'd be like forcing all xbox players to use mouse and keyboard to play games.
No, /. editors not checking the actually story is not a sign of the Apocalypse.
It's more on the scale of "a sign that /. is not a real news source".
Given your low uid, if you haven't realised this by now its probably something you shouldn't worry about...
A learning experience is one of those things that say, 'You know that thing you just did? Don't do that.' - D. Adams
... this announcement, making a clear statement that this is NOT Duke Nukem Forever?
Sorry for shouting, but this is really a complete mess... it might even lead to nervous breakdowns, common outrages, mass panic etc.pp. - not to mention camping havoc before retail stores...
Today I shall remember forever as the day I was trolled by Hurricane78, who possibly just fooled a /. editor. Would have been more epic if the links were spoofs, too. However, I still humbly applaud and bow before your master trollery.
Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria... Duke Nukem Forever
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Did anyone keep a list of what is supposed to happen after Duke Nukem is released?
Someone please wake me up. I must be dreaming. This is a dream right??? No no no Duke Nukem Forever should be always under development. Something change in the Matrix...
Ever to excel
fps, badsummary, wrongsummary, !dukenukemforever, kdawsonsucks (tagging beta)
Best. Tags. Ever.
DN3D != DNF
Article Summary == Wrong
Editors == Fail
Thank god for that or the world would need a new product to hold up as shining example of vapourware ;)
(Microsoft works which actually lives up to the name would be a candidate, linux desktop edition another)
--- Users are like bacteria -> Each one causing a thousand tiny crises until the host finally gives up and dies.
Patiently waiting to be Rick Rolled.... any minute now...
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If it had *actually* been Duke Nukem Forever being released, this particular Slashdot meme would be forever dead... I mean, what else would there be for us to complain about?
If telephones are outlawed, then only outlaws will have telephones.
...until I can see Duke Nukem Forever-DVDs in the shops.
from http://www.3drealms.com/gethired.html
Freedom from arbitrary completion date pressures, which allows the game to be made on its schedule, and not some suit's schedule.
That is pure win!
Everybody knows that Duke will be released on December 21, 2012, to coinside with the end of the world! :)
PS to lameness filter:
just let me post this, will you?!
I am human darn'it!
What, I fail the turing test now?
And I thought women were hard to please!
1 2 3 what am I suppose to say to make you love me?
Oh, fsck it...
And in the news, next week the Amiga has it's comeback!
Karma Whoring for Fun and Profit.
kdawson finally gets *plonk*ed. Seriously, of all the things not to check up on before posting the story.
It's official. Most of you are morons.
That means the game is done -- it is now in the hands of Microsoft.
Therein lies the rub.
"Three eyes are better than one" -- Lieutenant Columbo
After I read the summary I called my boss at home and quit. I then drained our bank account and blew it all on hookers and booze. Now you tell me it was false alarm????? When my wife wakes up what she'll do will make the Apocalypse look like a trip to Disneyland. Note to editors, please fact check articles before posting summaries.
This *is* one of the signs of the Apocalypse, right?
Windows and Linux, living together, mass hysteria!
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
Before I RTFA, I already had a comment in mind "I'll believe it when I see it". But alas, no.... Am I the only one who got slightly excited about this being Duke Nukem Forever and then feeling absolutely gutted upon realizing it was 3D? Again? Surely anyone who has wanted to play Duke 3D has, at some point, played it already. I really don't see how "newer" gamers (i.e. those who started gaming after the original playstation) would be interested especially after all the controversy surrounding the vaporware aspect of Forever. Though that being said, I suppose squeezing the last few pennies out of their retired, senile old cash cow might throw some cash towards the development of Forever.. but jesus tap dancing christ, somehow I doubt the final game will even be worth playing in the end!
As a practical matter it isn't real likely that DNF would come out now, not just because of it's vaporware status but because it is, yet again, time for another engine change. DNF was being developed on a modified Unreal Engine 2. Ok, no problem... Except that Unreal Engine 3 is out. Not only is it out, there are a bunch of first flight games using it. Bio Shock, Mass Effect, UT3, Rainbow 6 Vegas, this is what people expect new, top of the line shooters to look like. So if they release with a game based on the old engine, well it isn't likely to do so well, especially given all the buildup. Thus they'll need to license UE 3, and then they'll be conversion work for that.
However I suspect what is happening is money is starting to run out. A number of products that they were publishing/producing got transferred to other companies, which suggests they don't have the funds to keep development going. Duke 3D being one of their only properties around, they seem to be trying for another release to get some more cash.
I can't say I'm all that surprised, they have done basically nothing as a developer for over a decade, and not a whole lot as a publisher (most of their stuff published this decade are Duke rehashes for various platforms). It can't be cheap to continue working on this game that's never getting released. Compounding that is licensing cost for buying new game engines all the time. 3D engines from companies like Epic and iD are not cheap, and even less so when it is the top of the line engine. They've thus far bought 3 of them (Quake 2, UE 1 and UE 2) and that is going to hit the bottom line.
Personally, I think they'll go bankrupt before they ever actually get DNF out. Most likely the property will be sold to another studio. Who knows what will come of it? At this point, I just don't see them as being able to get together the money to finish it, even if they did actually stop screwing around and work on getting it out.
w00sh, w00sh, w00sh, w00sh, w00sh...
Xbox 360... shit; I'm still only coding for Xbox 360... Every time I think I'm gonna wake up back behind my pc coding Duke Nukem Forever forever. When I was home after my first checkin it was worse. I'd wake up and there'd be nothing. I hardly said a word to my wife, until I said "yes" to a divorce. When I was here, I wanted to be there; when I was there, all I could think of was getting back into the source code. I'm here a week now... waiting for a lock... getting softer; every minute I stay in this room, I get weaker, and every minute Microsoft squats in the log files, he gets stronger. Each time I looked around, the walls moved in a little tighter.
Duke Nukem Never
How much you want to bet it will suck anyway. Duke Nukem "FOREVER" What if it never existed the whole time?
You are an absolute fucking retard. Please go away.
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The Chinese can eat with sticks.
THIS is where they've been getting all their DN:F video and picture footage
Check out my sysadmin blog!
....put a gold star on the GP's geek card!
And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage? - Pink Floyd.
You just got Dukerolled. :V
Hey guys, this is about Duke Nukem 3D for the Xbox 360, not about DNF. Just in case nobody has mentioned it yet.
KING BABY!!! Sorry I just had to, it beaing the duke and all. I hope the at least update the graphics a little.
Don't you talk bad about my Slashdot.
It's...it's all I've got left now that I've drunk up all the Yoo-hoo and anisette. ..bastards.
You are welcome on my lawn.
I'm wondering if maybe Hurricane78 is a console gamer, and therefore has no knowledge of FPS games on the PC. It's possible people would read "Duke Nukem 3D" and assume it must be the "Forever" game, because that's the only Duke Nukem they're aware of.
After all, generic common-as-muck shooters such as the Halo franchise and Gears of War are elevated to Godlike status by console gamers, and I can only presume it's because they've never actually played shooters before that didn't suck. As far as decent shooters go, consoles don't really have much of a history. There's Goldeneye 007 on the N64, but not much else.
Point being, if you'd never heard of DN3D then you might mistake this announcement as being the final name of the "Duke Nukem Forever" project, in the way that Longhorn became Vista. So maybe that explains the journal entry. kdawson's contribution can be explained by his or her general uselessness as an editor.
Maybe Slashdot editors did check the summary. Maybe they just wanted to see all of you dance.
FAQs are evil.
Not only is the news old now, it's also incorrect. Awesome!
The article doesn't lie!
The Duke Nukem episodes ARE going to go on forever.
Why did you do that in the first place? if the End is coming, certainly it means you're just hours away from stripper factories and beer volcanoes.
The Guide is definitive. Reality is frequently inaccurate.
We're very pleased to announce that "Duke Nukem 3D for Xbox LIVE Arcade" will be coming to your Xbox 360 console soon!
So it's been Duke Nukem 3D we've been waiting for? Or did they change the name from Duke Nukem Forever? Because if you've all been waiting fro Duke Nukem 3D then that's been out for a while and you can all stop holding yer breath. If you are waiting for Duke Nukem Forever.... well then you've still got some waiting to do.
Oh and by the way. According to these articles McCain is actually a space alien and this article clearly states that Obama is a time-traveler. Don't believe me? Read the article... if you don't how would you know if the article says that or not?
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In some sports, including car rallying, DNF stands for DID NOT FINISH. Apropos, somehow...
There's now an edit that "several" people have pointed out that it's Duke Nukem 3D and not Forever? Only "several"? Not "lots" or "hordes" or "huge numbers"?
Since this is from a Journal, I hope Hurricane has fun extolling the wonders of this new game that only he has found, or complaining about the quality of the graphics after so long in development (whichever happens to be his preference).
to "faildawson" (amirite?)
I'm sure "SlashdotMedia" will improve on all the wonders that Dice Holdings blessed us all with
To be honest I wouldn't care if the engine wasn't the latest and greatest technology. However, they better have the most amazing plot ever. They've had 11 years to come up with it already!
Does this mean Textmate 2 is ready for purchase as well?
You frickin' loser.
Get of my lawn, or I'll throw this onion I've hanging in ma' belt at ya'...
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Do you realize that according to the court and the FCC 'real news' can distort or blatantly lie all they want?
I'd rather trust a fellow geek than some guy in a suit on TV.
> Get off my lawn
Get off my pile of rocks.
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2. ???
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I'm very disappointed. A silly game. I thought they had finally managed to resurrect John Wayne!
I just hope I still have an old x86 system laying around to play it when it comes out. I better put an extra system in a vault somewhere....
I remember when MOD was an audio format, and DOS wasn't a network attack....
I dweamed of a snaiw, cwawing acwoss the edge of a wazow. That is my dweam. That is my nightmawe. Heh-h-h-h-h-h-h!
A more minor error in the story is that my name is not Jon. It's Joe.
-- Joe Siegler,
Webmaster 3D Realms
Joe Siegler
Webmaster - 3D Realms & Black Sabbath Online
Balls of steel :D
C'mon, don't you people realize that there might be lives at stake in this? -both in the developer's side and the fans?) I've personally betted my hair on the Duke (I'll shave my head the day DNF comes out) and a friend and I are planning to get tattoos conmemorating the date... When you just expect something to be "whenever", IT'S FUCKIN' WHENEVER!!! --- f*ck you, kdawson -and you can quote me on that-... I hope you did that on purpose to get your name noticed. I did notice it... argh
Right... We have better chances of seeing Duke Nukem Forever before that game!
But fact checking would require moving the cursor, clicking, thinking, reading stuff. It is so hard and complicated. I was up all night playing GTA4 too. Things are so nice and quiet here at Slashdot HQ. Nap time...so sleepy...
Tropical storm blowing outside, sky all dark, internet out so I'm having to use neighbor's wifi, and now I thought for a moment Duke Nuke'em Forever was finally coming out. I expected to see another sign of the apocalypse at any moment!
Kwisatz Haderach
Sell the spice to CHOAM
This Mahdi took Shaddam's Throne
I thought somebody resurrected John Wayne
How long have I been sleeping?
"we'll just keep making Duke Nukem, forever."
A) 173945 is a low UID these days? Shit, I'm pissed I didn't sign up with my friend in the 14,000s... and he's pissed he didn't sign up before there were UIDs.
B) You missed his joke. He is fully aware of the fact /. isn't a fact checked news source and was just pointing out that this retarded "story" is something that should surprise nobody.
C) Screw you, Jogar the Barbarian (5830)... you are supposed to wait for a 5 digit to post before you as a 4 digit posts. Then someone with a 3 digit should post. That's how low UID epeen threads are supposed to go.
IANAL, but I play one on
Confucius say "Duke Nukem like geek's girlfriend. Existence uncertain."
Fascism trolls keeping me up every night. When I starts a preachin', he HITS ME WITH HIS REICH!
What about those of us who have never played a computer game (Duke em whatever we could care less). I would have thought that the moderators at /. would approve topics of significance.
I guess I was wrong.
Heh, I wish I could remember what my ID was about 8-9 (/. been around that long? jeez.) years ago.... don' even know what uid I would've been back then.
-- "Wherever you go, there you are." -Buckaroo Banzai
Oh yeah, here it is. ;) I hadn't even thought about this account until this thread. weird.
Your Onions are weak, old man...
A learning experience is one of those things that say, 'You know that thing you just did? Don't do that.' - D. Adams
I knew he would be back, oh wait...nevermind.
John Wayne is back from the dead?!!!
With Duke Nukem 3D for XBLA out, development can finally focus on Duke Nukem Forever. Expect it VERY soon!
I have given up hope on DNF for so long now that when I read the article, the first thing in my mind was "John Wayne's back? What?"
I guess I need to turn in my geek card now...
$> man woman $> Segmentation fault. (Core dumped)
As the other poster said, the burden of proof is on YOU. I've been hearing of DNF for over a decade, and thus far there's nothing to show for it. I don't claim to be an expert on the development cycle, but I do know more than a little about computer technology. I know that things change FAST and what you did 10 years ago doesn't cut it today.
You want people like me to quit giving you shit for rehashes of Duke 3D? Then release DNF, and it'd better not suck. You can't do that because it's still not "done" after a decade of work? Well then expect to take crap. In the time you have been not releasing DNF, Epic (another shareware company from the DOS days) has managed to Unreal, Unreal Tournament, Unreal II, UT2003, UT2004, UT3, Gears of War, and soon Gears of War 2. All this while managing to develop 3 versions of a top notch engine that now runs a large amount of the shooters out there (yours included, if you ever get it out).
You can maybe see why then people are a little disdainful of what you've accomplished, or rather not accomplished. It isn't as though I can't go on for other game development studios. How about Bioware, who has done Baldur's Gate 1 and 2 (and expansions), MDK2, Knights of the Old Republic, Jade Empire, and Mass Effect, as well as the Infinity, Aurora and Odyssey engines. Other development houses have been producing many works over this decade, and not just yearly titles that suck, great games that stand the test of time.
So expect the skepticism, criticism, and outright mocking to continue unless you put up the goods. A decade is an unheard of amount of time for game development.
They come up with new ideas all the time. Mass Effect, for example, is an amazing game. If you like RPGs, you should go buy it today. What they have realized is that just because something is old, doesn't mean people stopped liking it. Yes I play mostly new games, doesn't mean I don't want to dust off the old favorites once and awhile. Baldur's Gate II is still an awesome game, and I still like playing it.
DN3D != DNF
Article Summary == Wrong
Editors == Fail
Yes, but who tagged it "epicfail?"
It's "3D Realms" that failed, not Epic.
Clearly, that's an entirely different company.
If it's for-profit but free, you're not the customer -- you're the product (e.g., the Slashdot Beta's "audience").
CanÂt believe. Has the NASA confirmed the launch?. ...wait. ;)
I must be dreaming.
Sign of Armageddon?... itÂs impossible, states has not a black president yet (??)
pigs still move about on land, and DNF is still unreleased.
moving right along...
Fifty watts per channel, baby cakes.
I thought John Wayne was dead... Oh, wait - you must mean the guy from GI Joe, then...
Bow-ties are cool.
I can finally sell my Nintendo 64.
Duke Nukem Forever will release on Dec 21, 2012. Look up the date. I am sure you will agree with me.
It's a shame it's not DNF but Duke 3D kicks ass all the same. It's time to kick ass and chew bubblegum... and I'm all out of gum.
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, watch it -- I'm huge!
Mr Prosser: "But the plans were on display..."
Arthur: "On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them."
Mr Prosser: "That's the display department."
Arthur: "With a torch."
Mr Prosser: "Ah, well the lights had probably gone."
Arthur: "So had the stairs."
Mr Prosser: "But look, you found the notice didn't you?"
Arthur: "Yes," said Arthur, "yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying Beware of the Leopard."
This is all well and good, but are the system requirements still going to be a 486DX2 66MHz, 4Mb ram, DOS 5.0 and a 30MB HD space or better?
"I bow to no man" - Riddick
While it may have been posted without the proper facts, Duke Nukem 3D is still awesome. I still own the game for the Nintendo 64. Now Xbox 360 owners get the pleasure of playing the game. I think the funnest part of the game is playing 4 player death match with some friends. The game moves so fast it stays exciting for a long time.
And the MAFIAA finally stops being assholes, and a Libertarian is elected president, and copyright is abolished... I'm asking for too much.
... that if DNF, when it's finally finished, does not include pig-policemen wearing jetpacks, there will be no justice in the world.
First of all, nothing has been said about this by either Microsoft or 3DRealms... If this were true, there should at least be 1 topic on their forums... (,URL:http://forums.3drealms.com>) Second, it's "Joe Siegler" not "Jon Siegler".
...another way to waste time between client meetings!!!!!!!!
Joe Investor
AAAARGH! Thanks for getting my hopes up, this news is only about the ports of DN3D for the 360!
I am not devoid of humor.