Come get some!.

The best thing in this video is the Telltale-games-logo in the background.

“Its going to be big”
It actually looked pretty small to me

If Duke teamed up with Rick Astley, and went around blowing up dudes with the RCKROLLINATOR-9000, then I would be interested.

I hope it is good. I trust Gearbox though.

I don’t really see what all the skepticism is for. Team Fortress 2 had a very similar disaster-wrought development. Years ago THAT was the game that would never come out, and it did to considerable appeal. I can understand being skeptical if there weren’t examples to draw from, but there are.

*Duke fans prepare for nerd-raging*

..Ah. An even handed review? Well thats just fantastic. I was afraid you were going to be quite dissappointed.

Someone folks gotta realise. Triptych games was formed back in May of 2009 when 3D Realms had to release their internal development studios. Triptych games is 9 of the former 3DR developers. They literally worked out of their houses to get Duke Nukem Forever on the PC to its completion. However, they had NO WAY to actually get this game on shelves, they had no money. Gearbox stepped in to help fund the last leg of the trip, port it, and to acquire the actual Duke Nukem IP from 3D Realms. In Randy Pitchfords own words “I want you to understand, we didnt just buy this IP, they sold it to us. These guys would sooner burn down their own house then sell the Duke IP, but they sold it to us.”

The thing to remember about the 15 minute demo at PAX is it was simply there to say “Its actually real, here it is.” Many of the great enviroments that will be in Duke Forever (Like Duke’s own casino, with actual playable Casino games and stuff) were not on display. The Stadium Remake, and The Desert are hardly the most impressive levels this game will have on hand methinks.

Thanks for the good news Spoony. This Duke fans going to be happy come 2011. It’ll be like an era coming to an end for some of us dedicated Duke fans who have waited on the forums at 3D Realms, and now await his return at Gearbox.

*Gets to the end of the line* Finally! Duke Nukem Forever is here! *Tries the demo and gets RickRolled* FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU–

LOL Operation Cock-Block. Yup, it’s Duke!

ALWAYS BET ON DUKE!On a more serious note, no, of course this game will not live up to the expectations it has set for itself. However, I’m still very positive on how this game will turn out, because even if it’s not a masterpiece, it’ll definitely be something unique and a refreshing change from all that modern warfare shit that’s out there. Can’t wait to kick ass and chew bubblegum. Welcome back Duke.

The camera angle makes me assume you are a midget. I just found that a little funny. :P but holy crap…i home it actually comes out

Time to kick ass or chew bubblegum … and his bubblegum is ages old, so time to kick ass!

Lmao @ the Rick Roll..I thought thats how you where gonna end the segment saying everyone got Rick Rolled …but it’s true the Duke is back i cant wait 8)

LOL at the rick roll, its funny too cause in my head i was saying to my self “at the end of the line there is Rick Astley dancing to the countless hours waiting in this fake line” nice one Spoony!!

I remember reading about this game in my favorite gaming magazine. I was so pumped and I couldn’t wait for it to hit the stores. Duke Nukem 3D was my favorite game. The year? 1997…

After all this time the Zero Punctuation review really summed up my feelings.

I’m still going to buy it because I have waited this game for over 10 years.

That Rick Roll moment just made me burst out laughing.

Oh God, the Duke is FINALLY(?) returning to the gaming scene? What is this strange world that I have stumbled upon? Is this a sign of the Apocalypse? Will I be seeing the Four Horsemen come riding past as our world is engulfed in hellfire as the end is nigh?

Really, at this point, I don’t care if the Duke to bring anything new to the table, I just want to play a Duke Nukem game and be entertained by the humour.

Hail to the Duke, baby!

OK, I have never played a Duke Nukem game, I was around 8 years old when Duke Nukem 3D came out, and THIS LOOKS AWESOME!!!!! All I can say is that I want a game that is essentially like playing as exploitation film. Violent, politically incorrect, NO significant levels of realism, and a badass protagonist who doesn’t have or need cover or that regenerating health bull. BRIGHT COLORS, LOUD NOISES, AND DICK JOKES!!!!! From what I hear, the Duke is the man to go to for that. Spoony, I’m a huge fan I’m pretty sure this is my first post on this sight, I’m sure we’re all tired of these gritty, brown fps’s, and if this game doesn’t deliver, I would love to see you RIP IT TO SHREDS!!!!! If it does well, then it does well. Keep being awesome O Spoony One.

Spoony, this is your best coverage yet! In the recent months at E3 I felt that you were being way too cynical with the games you were seeing. Even judging them before they’re released. Personally that turned me away from your website for awhile until the E3 buzz blew over then I came back. What we needed, at the time, was additional info to what the games were about, and not an opinion piece to how bad the graphics looked on a particular trailer or what not. However, with PAX you gathered information pertaining to the games and asked the right questions that the audience was thinking. I’m glad to see that you reserved your opinions and just shown what you saw.

So kudos to you Mr. Spoony! Keep ‘em coming.

Spoony, I have to disagree with you! This game is worth the hype IF they don’t fuck it up like Id with Doom 3. They can’t make PG-13, it must be R, and they have to make it very similar to the Duke Nukem 3d game.

If they really release it, I’ll check it out as long as they keep it old school with health power-up and stuff like that. But really, I don’t think this is anymore than smoke and mirror to make us think that it’s coming sometime down the line. Duke Nukem Forever is only there so that no matter how long a game stays in development, we can say that at least it was released faster than DNF.

Reality is cracked! Fantasy is bleeding into existence! The universe as we know it is coming to an end, and it turns out that Star Wars Episode One was a good movie… All this and Satan finally has to make good with those ice skating tickets he was selling off when he was just getting started.

Duke Nukem Forever exists? My god (not the duke but close) I never thought this was going to come out. Seriously, I might even be temped to play it.

Hail to the King

I knew after Chinese Democracy dropped that it was only a matter of time before we’d see Duke Nukem Forever.

Lets not forget there was a playable demo of Duke Nukem Forever at E3 oh.. 6 years ago? And really after 12 years, every copy of the game better come with a clone of that schoolgirl to sexually gratify me while I play.

THX Spoony
NOW we know for sure!
I will buy at least one copy of DNF!
Just For Fun!

I’m 21 going on 22, i don’t remember much of the Duke so i think i will probably enjoy this more then even the old hardcore players. I dig throwback games, no matter if i get them or i don’t, i hated Unreal Tournament 2 and all the 2k games because they didn’t feel like Unreal Tournament to me and i fucking loved UT3 (most people did not).

Anywho i will pick up a copy of the duke, its hard to get mad at a fellow who is so goddamn smooth.

I won’t buy it.

There was never a playable demo of Duke Nukem Forever. Never. They had a trailer in 98, and a trailer in 2001, but they NEVER had a playable version that was open to the public to try.

COME GET SOME!

I just hope DNF isn’t plagued by the rampant console-itis that plagues Borderlands. Not that Borderlands is a bad game, but yea..

ok everyone I have a theory, this will get pushed back a year to 2012 and will be the cause of the apocalypse. It makes perfect sense

I’ve gotta side with LordKat on this.
Anybody that actually buys this game is basically saying to the game companies that the industry-gamer relationship isn’t a producer-consumers relationship, where the gamer has power, but is, instead, a dealer-addict relationship and they have complete control.

i disagree, buying this game is supporting Duke Nukem and saying that we still care.

3-D Realms in disgrace has ahd their name stripped from the product like a dishonorable discharge. Also 3-D Realms doesn’t exist anymore so supporting this game will be supporting Duke not a failed company. The Delusional leader of 3-D Realms now has a privately employed position at 2k like a bad dog just tied to his leash.

As fucking dumb as this directly following observation might read I do have to say that I’m more surprised that gamers are actually surprised that DNF is actually going to be completed. Don’t get me wrong it being actually playable at PAX was a rather massive surprise, but the same doesn’t go for its’ survival. After all the money invested into the DNF’s development scrapping it completely was no longer an option 5 years ago. George Broussard has no one to blame but himself for completely destroying any credibility he may at one time had, and turning himself into a pariah in the gaming industry. I think the anger/hate being thrown at him for dragging his ass is completely reasonable.

Personally I don’t really hold that as my main criticism on the man, I grew up and still am a NIN fan which as a side effect forces you to adopt patience as a virtue. So I can somewhat understand he wanted to make the best Nukem game possible, and usually I find it admirable when a company holds back releasing a title until it is the best game possible. Although if Broussard had half a brain he would have proved progress was being made by showing fans/investors game play footage, instead of a couple screen shots per year. What really pisses me off about George is that thanks to his moronic handling of DNF the original development team before Gearbox took over will most likely get little to no credit for all their work. Now after busting their asses build after build for over a decade it will probably feel to them like a complete waste. Even worse is the fact that if 2k canned them they will have to include working on a game widely believed to be vaporware on their updated resumes. So George Broussard a man who at one time long ago considered a “genius” in the industry has managed to allow the franchise that put him on the map get stuck in the position where it is being finished for the wrong reasons( meaning it is being made to recoup losses instead of to entertain), as well as severely tarnish (at the very least) the careers of the people who are the main reason there was anything to show at PAX in regards to proving DNF’s existence. I’m sure Gearbox had enough time to atleast polish up a playable demo but seeing as how recent the rights acquisition there is no was responsible for anything more then maybe 25% of it.

Sorry for the lengthy comment, and I hope my being exhausted did not cause my writing to become incomprehensible. Just to sort of clarify I’m not trying to say DNF is destined to suck. Gearbox has proved their potential several times in past releases. I just feel that loss recuperation as a motivation never ends up doing anything even remotely positive for video games. Regardless of whether the game has more negative or positive things going for it the last thing I will say is that it will be fucking awesome to get reacquainted with Duke and finally have another epic adventure filled to the brim with alien blood/gore, cheesy on-liners, ridiculously silly looking strippers, and many other franchise stables.

Wow… hard to believe. I thought Duke Nukem was going to be sitting on his firey throne of development hell for all eternity

Wow, they had an actual playable demo? That’s a first. I think the furthest they ever got previously was a lengthy gameplay trailer…which devolved into a trailer of a bunch of cutscenes…which devolved into a rendered CGI movie of Duke doing weight-curls.

I have to admit, I never played the original Duke Nukem 3D. I didn’t own a PC until 1996 (I’ve always been a devoted Mac user), and I didn’t get into first-person shooters until very recently as a direct result of that. So I’ve watched the Duke Nukem Forever saga unfold from a unique perspective; that of a person who genuinely didn’t give a crap if the game ever got released or not. And it’s just been downright shameful to watch; between the fanboys getting their hopes up and seeing them dashed time and time again, and the developers making excuse after excuse, it was like a slow-motion trainwreck; I just couldn’t look away. I’d be hard pressed to find a better example of what’s wrong with the game industry today than the shitstorm of hype that was Duke Nukem Forever. And now, seeing it on the verge of release is, well…cathartic. It feels cleansing. Hell, I’ll buy a copy just so I can say I own one (though the game actually does look pretty fun).

because a totally different company has it now and 2k has a proven track record of not only releasing games but making pretty good ones to boot.

Denial is not just a river in Egypt.

That’ll do, Duke. That’ll do.
(I love those pictures wrapped around the DNF site, as if to show you what he’s been up to all these years. XD)

That’s an interesting way to put it…I know I’ve played every Pokemon game that’s been out since Red, but that’s because I enjoy them….even though I’ll be the first to admit the plots are recycled and it’s only the details that are changed in each game. And EVERYONE in the fandom keeps wondering when they’re going to finish scraping the barrel for Pokemon animal ideas…but we still enjoy playing the games, so we gripe a bit, but we don’t stop. I don’t see it as an addiction…I see it as ‘this is something I enjoy playing. The benefit to the company is forty dollars, and the benefit to me is hundreds of hours of entertainment.’

I think if someone is buying the Duke Nukem game because they plan to enjoy the game, there’s no reason to assume it’s like an addiction. It’s because they plan to enjoy the game. You might as well say that someone will buy a Zelda game because they’re addicted to Zelda, or Mario, or whatever. If you know there’s a series with a proven formula that you like, you’re more likely to go to it again. And Spoony is saying this game has stuck with the formula the Duke Nukem fans want. I know the Pokemon fans right now are getting pretty pissed off because the formula in the anime’s being messed with–if the games were messed with, we’d be even MORE annoyed. So why be mad that they didn’t try to push? Sometimes people want oatmeal, not caviar, because it’s comforting.

I think Hell froze over!!

Wow, that girl with the purple hair was pretty cute…