Fri, Sep 03, 2010 | 19:22 BST
Duke Nukem Forever hitting PS3, 360 and PC “sometime in 2011″
Gearbox, as has been heavily rumoured this week, has just confirmed that Duke Nukem Forever will finally release, with dev boss Randy Pitchford confirming the game is coming next year.
The news will delight and stun those who’ve followed the shooter’s development.
Pitchford has just confirmed the game will release on PC, 360 and PS3.
In a short movie, the Duke was shown lighting a cigar, saying he’d “hit” a monster with tits and “taking a piss in the John,” according to VG247′s Steph Nunneley, who was one of a handful of journalists to see the game in Seattle this morning.
Aliens, “pig monsters” and what looked to be vehicle combat were also show.
You can check her updates from the demo in the window below.
Duke Nukem Forever was first announced in 1997, and became a legendary project in that it simply never came out.
3D Realms went bust in May 2009 thanks to a lack of funding, and was subsequently sued by Take-Two over lack of delivery and the small matter of $12 million.
Take-Two retained the rights to the game. Rumours surfaced at E3 that Gearbox was now in charge of the project, which finally surfaced last month.
Steph’s at PAX in Seattle now and we’ll have more coverage throughout today. Keep it locked.
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Posted in: 2K, Hot, PAX 2010
Tags: 2K PAX reveal
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#1
Hunam
03/09/10, 4:14 pm
I’m so excieted I could pee.
#2
Patrick Garratt
03/09/10, 4:44 pm
Already shit myself twice.
#3
Freek
03/09/10, 4:48 pm
What are the chances this turns out to be Borderlands or Mafia 2 DLC and everybody going: “are you shitting me, 2K?”
#4
Patrick Garratt
03/09/10, 4:50 pm
I can’t say anything. I can say that Steph’s in Seattle and that I strongly recommend you keep watching this page.
#5
ArtemB1988
03/09/10, 4:50 pm
CVG says it’s gonna be Duke Nukem ! So, only ~ 1 hour left ?
#6
peteb
03/09/10, 4:51 pm
Oh my word. Can you….imagine…a world with an ACTUAL Duke Nukem Forever release date? What would we make fun of then, eh?
#7
Hunam
03/09/10, 4:52 pm
Holy shit, pat has lost the ability to speak! His beard is pulling too hard on his voice box and he can now only comunicate via dance which interprets it into voice and on screen text… because his fingers are also broken.
#8
Freek
03/09/10, 4:56 pm
Ah, so there is actually something interesting and the press is already in the know? The plot thickens.
#9
ArtemB1988
03/09/10, 5:00 pm
Hey guys ! Please, help me out here… When I’m trying to enter my Profile I only get “Authorization Required” with this text: The site says: “tester”
#10
Patrick Garratt
03/09/10, 5:02 pm
@9 – Sorry, dude. All this broken stuff is going to be fixed very soon. Like, within a few months.
#11
ArtemB1988
03/09/10, 5:04 pm
@10 – Nice one =)
#12
Patrick Garratt
03/09/10, 5:11 pm
http://kotaku.com/5629550/nice-t+shirt-gearboxs-randy-pitchford
#13
The_Red
03/09/10, 5:18 pm
So this is it. The first sign of the apocalypse. I never knew Duke was one of the horsemen.
#14
The Hindle
03/09/10, 5:24 pm
Screw Duke, wheres Aliens Colonial Marines!!!
#15
Freek
03/09/10, 5:34 pm
Duke Nukem by Gearbox? What the hell is next? Sonic on a Nintendo console? Tekken characters in a Streetfighter game?
The world might actaully end.
#16
Patrick Garratt
03/09/10, 5:37 pm
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=29nyvzr&s=7
#17
Patrick Garratt
03/09/10, 5:38 pm
http://i.imgur.com/7pDZU.jpg
#18
DSB
03/09/10, 5:40 pm
The time has come.
#19
The Hindle
03/09/10, 5:41 pm
If this comes out i wont know what to do, DNF has been my fav running joke for ages, its like ill have to find something else
#20
Erthazus
03/09/10, 5:42 pm
Duke Nukem? Finally
#21
Aimless
03/09/10, 5:45 pm
@17 Shouldn’t Duke be burning the stack of money in that portrait?
#22
Freek
03/09/10, 5:46 pm
Yeah, but will it actually be any good? Unless Gearbox is rebooting the entire project, it probably won’t be.
#23
Patrick Garratt
03/09/10, 5:46 pm
@21 –
#24
Zarckan
03/09/10, 5:57 pm
Come get some!
#25
Patrick Garratt
03/09/10, 5:59 pm
The stream just went on then off again. Nearly ready.
#26
El_MUERkO
03/09/10, 6:01 pm
it says ‘On Air’ but nothing is playing :/
#27
Patrick Garratt
03/09/10, 6:02 pm
This is going well.
#28
Hunam
03/09/10, 6:03 pm
/checks watch
/taps foot
#29
El_MUERkO
03/09/10, 6:03 pm
now it says ‘off air’
why am i surprised?
it’s the curse of duke nukem
#30
Freek
03/09/10, 6:04 pm
The forces of the universe won’t allow DNF into existence, it’ll upset some sort of balance.
#31
Hunam
03/09/10, 6:05 pm
Freek speaketh the truth.
#32
Freek
03/09/10, 6:06 pm
meanwhile, some more artwork:
http://kotaku.com/5629589/duke-nukem-forever-spotted-at-pax
#33
DJ Deathstar
03/09/10, 6:07 pm
Don’t fear people, we still have the likes of L.A Noire to keep us waiting
#34
Syrok
03/09/10, 6:07 pm
Oh no, 50% percent of the jokes on gaming sites are now ruined. I guess GT has to take over now.
#35
Hunam
03/09/10, 6:07 pm
Oh shit, things are happening!
#36
Hunam
03/09/10, 6:10 pm
False alarm, nothing is happening.
#37
Patrick Garratt
03/09/10, 6:12 pm
It’s confirmed. Check the text.
#38
DJ Deathstar
03/09/10, 6:12 pm
Wow just had a site crash and then it tell me vg247 is currently too busy and i thought the world was ending due to this piece of news!
#39
Patrick Garratt
03/09/10, 6:13 pm
Yeah, we’re really getting hammered.
#40
El_MUERkO
03/09/10, 6:14 pm
up again
#41
macronia1
03/09/10, 6:15 pm
i wish i can the the announcement .. may be on yt
Duke is back
but at last
#42
Hunam
03/09/10, 6:15 pm
I like how all the streams died until after it was announced. Announcement fail?
#43
DaMan
03/09/10, 6:16 pm
impossible! I refuse to believe this game will be released in any form.
oh, and would be amusing if it does come out now and ends up being utter shit, it’s Gearbox after all.
#44
El_MUERkO
03/09/10, 6:17 pm
yup, stream dies… stream lives… annoying nerd interviews and no footage
announcementfail
#45
Erthazus
03/09/10, 6:17 pm
It’s Gearbox… Can’t believe that the game will be decent.
#46
macronia1
03/09/10, 6:19 pm
no footage !!! well all i want is a PC version conformed
#47
BULArmy
03/09/10, 6:19 pm
So what about platforms is it still PC exclusive?
#48
Hunam
03/09/10, 6:21 pm
I’d imagine PC/360/PS3 simulaunch.
#49
Erthazus
03/09/10, 6:22 pm
Oh gosh, this is so stupid…
She is masturbating that microphone. SHOW the DAMN game. Why we need to see all of this… Ok good, there are people.
2K did a failure attempt at the presentation of this big title.
#50
Nozz
03/09/10, 6:22 pm
Yo-Yo Girl FTW!
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