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Hail to the king Baby!
2010-09-03, 10:29 AM #1
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/111/1118087p1.html

Quote:
After nearly 13 years of development time, Duke Nukem Forever is nearing completion.

The game was on display at the Penny Arcade Expo this weekend in Seattle. Texas-based Gearbox Software confirmed they are finishing development of the title. Studio president Randy Pitchford told the Wall Street Journal the game is expected to ship this fall.


The question is... Does anybody really care anymore?

Is it bad that I actually do?. Duke Nukem was one the first FPS (aside from Wolfenstein and Doom of course) I ever played and introduced me into the genre. DN along with JK were the two top FPS's of my childhood. And for that reason, I am excited.
2010-09-03, 10:34 AM #2
I'll believe it when I see it!

It would be pretty cool. Not to mention even TODOA came out after all!

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2010-09-03, 10:38 AM #3
I saw this on a twitter feed and I'm actually kind of interested.
nope.
2010-09-03, 10:39 AM #4
Apparently the WSJ reported it incorrectly, the date is actually next year sometime and not this fall.

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/65435

It's all over every video game related website that I've seen so far.
2010-09-03, 10:40 AM #5
Gearbox has made good games of the genre before, so I'm confident it can be somewhat decent, though the quick timeframe for its release is a bit disconcerting.

EDIT: If it's not this fall, then I retract my worry.
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2010-09-03, 11:52 AM #6
I called this about two months ago. After hearing about Gearbox working on a top secret project, and then learning about a meeting between them and some guys who originally worked on it.

*shrugs* who knows.
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2010-09-03, 12:11 PM #7
Don't we have a guy working for Gearbox on Massassi who keeps saying that he's not allowed to talk about his current project? COME OUT, WHEREVER YOUR ARE. :P
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2010-09-03, 12:24 PM #8
yea, just saw this on kotaku and was about to post :P

I'll play it. I don't care if it sucks balls.

I'm gonna play it beginning to end.
2010-09-03, 12:36 PM #9
he's had plenty of time to stock up on bubble gum
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2010-09-03, 12:37 PM #10
Zero Punctuation already reviewed it.
2010-09-03, 12:37 PM #11
Wait I thought they canned it
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2010-09-03, 12:37 PM #12
I bet that gum is hard as rock by now
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2010-09-03, 1:45 PM #13
ALWAYS BET ON DUKE
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2010-09-03, 1:46 PM #14
SHAKE IT, BABY
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2010-09-03, 3:39 PM #15
Originally posted by mb:
Wait I thought they canned it


I thought that too.
2010-09-03, 3:43 PM #16
I was pretty sure they did, officially. Perhaps it was a mixture of rumors and logic
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2010-09-03, 5:05 PM #17
They did, but apparently these Gearbox people are finishing it off after the old team got laid off.
nope.
2010-09-03, 9:12 PM #18
Hahaha check out these promo bits http://blog.pikimal.com/geek/2010/09/03/piki-at-pax-the-duke-he-has-returned
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2010-09-03, 10:49 PM #19
Originally posted by Deadman:
I bet that gum is hard as rock by now


He ran out a long time ago.
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2010-09-03, 10:55 PM #20
Originally posted by Deadman:
I was pretty sure they did, officially. Perhaps it was a mixture of rumors and logic


From interviews I've read, the game was apparently close to being finished multiple times and every single time Broussard declared it not good enough and told the team to start over.

Now I don't know how reliable those interviews are (most were done with disgruntled ex-employees), but each iteration was apparently ahead of its time.
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2010-09-04, 8:47 AM #21
From what I've read/gathered from interviews and such, the core team that was working on DNF at 3DR is now working on it with a team at Gearbox, including some of the veteran Duke developers like Scott Miller, etc. Apparently even a few of the guys that work at Gearbox already were former 3DR employees, and the acquisition of the game was actually in 2009 BEFORE all of this stuff happened, so they've apparently been working on it for a while under wraps.
2010-09-04, 9:00 AM #22
I really hope it's going to be a fun game rather than one of the dark, tuff' and edgy 2000s shooters with brown lighting and ridiculously bright bloom effects (that don't really fit the dark part but still).

If it comes out, of course... hmm. I think I've placed too much thought on this. I should divert all my "it's not even out yet but it's gonna suck" energy on Deus Ex 3. :suicide:
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2010-09-04, 9:05 AM #23
Also at this time one shouldn't forget the Duke Nukem 3D High Resolution Pack!

It's got faux-HDR! And normal mapping! Mixed with 1995-6 architecture! Woo!

[http://hrp.duke4.net/screens/ep1/e1l3_03.jpg]
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2010-09-04, 10:57 AM #24
Wow, very nice. I wish I would've heard of this High-Res pack sooner.
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2010-09-04, 5:17 PM #25
I've been looking forward to this game since I was 10 years old. That's 13 years. I'm not quite like this guy, though:
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2010-09-04, 6:21 PM #26
I wonder if those pre-orders will still be valid...
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2010-09-05, 1:20 AM #27
exclusive footage from E3:

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2010-09-05, 2:16 AM #28
Originally posted by Commander 598:
I wonder if those pre-orders will still be valid...

If not, is there any legal ground to sue them for a "free" copy?
2010-09-05, 4:59 AM #29
Originally posted by stat:
From interviews I've read, the game was apparently close to being finished multiple times and every single time Broussard declared it not good enough and told the team to start over.

Now I don't know how reliable those interviews are (most were done with disgruntled ex-employees), but each iteration was apparently ahead of its time.


Yeah, I read the same in this article from Wired magazine.
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2010-09-05, 8:37 AM #30
Originally posted by Tenshu2.0:
exclusive footage from E3:


It's a damn shame that neither that version or the 2001 version (also shown at E3) ever got out. They were way ahead of their times.
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2010-09-05, 12:31 PM #31
ALWAYS BET ON DUKE.
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2010-09-05, 1:23 PM #32
Originally posted by Emon:
It's a damn shame that neither that version or the 2001 version (also shown at E3) ever got out. They were way ahead of their times.


Seriously. Motion blur, scripted events, turret sequences, secondary fires.
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2010-09-05, 2:43 PM #33
Originally posted by Commander 598:
I wonder if those pre-orders will still be valid...


In the 2K Games live stream from PAX they interviewed some guy who said he'd preordered it from Babbages, who went out of business. The 2K rep asked where he'd preorder from this time and he said something like "Bittor--I mean Gamestop"
2010-09-05, 3:11 PM #34
Haha! Did he get any reaction from that?
2010-09-05, 3:15 PM #35
Just sort of an awkward "OK! So are you excited about Douk Noukem?"
2010-09-05, 8:13 PM #36
Originally posted by 'Thrawn[numbarz:
;1100200']In the 2K Games live stream from PAX they interviewed some guy who said he'd preordered it from Babbages, who went out of business. The 2K rep asked where he'd preorder from this time and he said something like "Bittor--I mean Gamestop"


It kind of made me want to punch me in the face
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2010-09-06, 8:46 AM #37
Originally posted by Tenshu2.0:
exclusive footage from E3:



I wonder how complete this version was when they showed that, and as to why they gave up?
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2010-09-06, 12:40 PM #38
Originally posted by Andrew L:
I wonder how complete this version was when they showed that, and as to why they gave up?


According to the interview above, the game was well on its way to being complete around this time, but other games started popping up that had features DNF didn't and Broussard decided to can it and start over. The same thing happened around 2001 iirc.
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2010-09-06, 4:08 PM #39
Oh yeah and it'll only have taken as long as 0.86 guns n' roses albums!

Seriously though, I doubt it will ever happen.
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2010-09-06, 4:22 PM #40
Is this officially the longest game in development?
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