Duke Nukem Forever Release Date Revealed

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Duke Nukem Forever Release Date Revealed

Posted by Soulskill on Friday January 21, 2011 @02:54AM from the restocking-bubblegum dept.

stupid_is writes with news that Duke Nukem Forever has now gotten a firm US release date: May 3rd. It will release worldwide three days later. The game was resurrected last fall by Gearbox Software and 2K Games after 3D Realms' 12-year attempt at development came to an end in 2009 when the company closed its doors.

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Old Times sake by 0racle · 2011-01-21 02:59 · Score: 5, Funny

They should let the release date slide a few times, for old times sake.

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Mirage in the Distance by Sponge+Bath · 2011-01-21 02:59 · Score: 5, Insightful

Practical nuclear fusion is always 30 years away.
Fast non-volatile memory tech to replace RAM and HD is always 10 years away.
Duke Nukem Forever is forever 6 months away.
Kudos for Gearbox in keeping the myth alive.
Re:Well done, Gearbox by TrisexualPuppy · 2011-01-21 03:06 · Score: 5, Funny

Finishing this off? Please. We have only just seen the beginning.

I predict that the moment before the game is to be "released," a wormhole will open, occupying half the sky over Los Angeles. From it, millions of Octabrains will come forth, wreaking havoc and destruction while Battlelords appear and L.A.P.D. pigs are turned into L.A.R.D. cops. No, we have only just seen the early prophecy. In this Hollywood Holocaust, only those yielding laser tripmines, pipebombs, and microwave guns will survive.

I, for one, welcome our new DN3D Overlords. (Someone desperately needed to upgrade the sprites to DNF models!)
Pre-Order by hal2814 · 2011-01-21 03:08 · Score: 5, Funny

So is my Pre-Order from Electronics Boutique still good?
This might be my last chance. by eternalelegy · 2011-01-21 03:10 · Score: 5, Funny

I refuse to miss what may be my last chance to make the same horrible joke I made 10 years ago.
Duke Nukem Forever? More like Duke Nukem Fornever!
There, I feel better now.
Re:Well done, Gearbox by Anonymous Coward · 2011-01-21 03:15 · Score: 5, Funny

Well it looks like Duke Nukem Forever WILL release before Half Life 2 Episode 3.
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Fool me once shame on you, fool me 37.4 times.... by Chas · 2011-01-21 03:18 · Score: 5, Insightful

Repeat after me.
Until it ships, it is still VAPORWARE!

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Re:Shouldn't this be in "idle"? by mrmagos · 2011-01-21 03:42 · Score: 5, Funny

It's no joke. And stop calling me Shirley.

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Re:Well done, Gearbox by Anonymous Coward · 2011-01-21 03:42 · Score: 5, Informative

Gearbox didnt finish the game.. Triptych Games did(former 3D Realms employees). All that Gearbox did was port the finished PC game to the game consoles.
Re:Oh hell yeah by TheCycoONE · 2011-01-21 03:46 · Score: 5, Informative

Like others here I can verify it works well in DOSBox. For multiplayer in windows xDuke + YANG seems to have online players whenever I check. For the single player experience I recommend eduke32 (which can be further extended with the High Resolution Pack and Polymer 3d engine)
YANG - http://yang-online.com/
xDuke - http://vision.gel.ulaval.ca/~klein/duke3d/
eduke32 - http://www.eduke32.com/
HRP - http://hrp.duke4.net/
Re:Well done, Gearbox by pak9rabid · 2011-01-21 03:55 · Score: 5, Interesting

Agreed. Not to mention the other niceties of Duke3D, such as blood dripping off the walls, the mirrors where you could actually see your own reflection, and being able to leave footprints when stepping over a blood puddle or out of water. I thought the graphics in Quake were awful compared to Duke3D back in that day, even though it was true 3D (granted, this was before glQuake made it's debut).