Duke Nukem fans owe Gearbox a Thank You card, because thanks to the Texas-based game development company, Duke Nukem Forever has morphed from arguably the most popular vaporware of all time to a game we now actually expect to ship on time (on time being 12+ years after the fact).
Still skeptical? After waiting more than a decade for a sequel, you should be. But to reaffirm that the game is on track, Gearbox is apparently taking DNF on a world tour starting with a live demo in Amsterdam.
Check out the 9 minute video below, just be warned this is Duke Nukem we're talking about, so it's probably not a good idea to click the play button at work or in front of small children. It has it all -- language, sexual content, violence, and of course drawing man parts on a dry erase board.
Thoughts on the demo? Hit the jump and sound off!
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December 08, 2010 at 9:50pm
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Keith E. Whisman
October 06, 2010 at 8:08am
I love the joke at the end of the demo. He's getting blown by two blondes and playing on a console. LOL.
reallyscrued
October 06, 2010 at 7:47am
Looks freaking awesome. What Doom3 should've been. That boss battle is jaw dropping, I like the "water-drop-on-visor-effect" but it made more sense in Metroid Prime.
HaitianSensation
October 05, 2010 at 6:51pm
Great,
so now HL:Ep 3 is the new DNF. Although, since DNF is FINALLY coming out, there is probably hope for it releasing eventually :)
BizSAR
October 05, 2010 at 1:05pm
I was able to play the game for the allotted 15 minutes at PAX in Seattle over Labor Day weekend. I'm a HUGE Duke fan. We will NOT be disappointed, and if you know the story behind DNF's acquisition by 2K, you know it couldn't be in better hands.
We'll see this on the XBOX360, PS3, and PC.
titan8813
October 05, 2010 at 11:55am
I assumed this would be for PC but appears to be demoed on a console... ? I think I missed something.
gruvsf
October 05, 2010 at 9:41am
in a frozen hell! I can no longer use DNF as a running joke anymore...sad.
Obsidian
October 05, 2010 at 9:23am
I noticed Duke has been voiced by a different actor and I'm not sure I like it. But if the quips shown in this demo were any indication the game might still have it's balls intact. The key to Duke wasn't anything origional in game play; it was the crude humor the swearing, the inappropriate mysoginistic mindset and the plethora of quips that came out of Duke's mouth every time he obliterated a bad guy.
After this demo with it's comically out of date halarity I think this could finally be a good title as long as the price was right. I remember the days of fighting that same guy on the football field. Sure the image was pixelated, and the lighting was static, there were no water effects and the surrounding items weren't movable or destructable, but it's the same zone. I hope the team brings something new to the game.
This probably won't bring any more women gamers into the fold...
someotherdog
October 05, 2010 at 10:40am
That was definitely still Jon St John doing the voice.
I am already north of 40. It's been a long wait for this game. But I have the cash to buy it and the PC to play it on.
Bring it.
I Jedi
October 05, 2010 at 7:01am
If this game truly has been waiting for a sequel for tweleve years now, I was 9 when the first one came out. So, am I to guess that a lot of fans of this game area around their late 20's early 30's?
orca11
October 05, 2010 at 7:40am
Late 30's here... and I'll believe it when it's on my hard-drive AND starts up. (Even then I might be a bit suspicious).
Paul_Lilly
October 05, 2010 at 7:15am
Sadly, yes, it's really taken that long for a sequel (to the 1996 hit Duke Nukem 3D) to come out. DNF, in some form or another, has been in development since 1997.
-Paul Lilly
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