![]() Gamers hoping for viral marketing ploy were quickly fragged by a post from the company's webmaster, Joe Siegel. Earlier this year, 3D Realms announced that it was shutting down for good and ending development on the title. Diehards hoped the delays were some elaborate viral marketing hoax, but couldn't avoid the stench of staleness setting in.Īfter a tantalizing build-up of tweets, screenshots, and rumors this spring that seemed to indicate the game's release, the brawny first person shooter ended with a whimper. Then came the lag, the rumors, the engine switches (Quake II! Unreal!). ![]() With 3D Realms staying tight-lipped, fans devoured every new bit of into online (lap dances! Vegas!). DNF promised a cheeky, cheesy antidote to the grim late 90s shooters. The beefy, catchphrase-spewing, Ahnold-inspired Duke was a huge innovation - establishing the sort of political incorrectness, and giddy gore that would become the trademark of the Grand Theft Auto generation.įittingly, Take-Two Interactive, publishers of GTA, would eventually snap up the rights to Duke Nukem Forever (along with buying 3D Realms' acclaimed shoot 'em up, Max Payne, for $45 million). Since the first game debuted in 1991, the franchise (which includes more than 15 titles) has raked in roughly $500 million. The aptly-titled shooter goes down as the ultimate shorthand for everything that can go wrong when a game gets too bold. So where's Duke Nukem Forever - the long-awaited follow-up? Some intrepid gamers who are modifying the old Duke Nukem shoot 'em up for high-resolution playback.
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