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Rumour: Duke Nukem Forever Now in Development at Borderlands Dev Gearbox

by Alice O'Connor, Aug 11, 2010 4:00pm PDT

Related Topics – Duke Nukem Forever, Gearbox, PC

Anonymous "sources claiming to have knowledge of the situation" whisper to Kotaku that 3D Realms' eternally troubled Duke Nukem Forever is now in development at Borderlands developer Gearbox. Naturally, it should all be taken with a big pinch of salt.

Duke Nukem Forever as it was under 3D Realms in 2008.

Duke Nukem Forever will be released under Gearbox's name, the sources claimed. One indicated that a playable demo might be released later this year. Unsurprisingly, DNF publisher 2K Games, creator 3D Realms and Gearbox have not confirmed this.

While Gearbox involvement in DNF has been rumoured before, this time Gearbox president Randy Pitchford hinted that--in Kotaku's words--"he may be able to better clarify the situation further at this year's Penny Arcade Expo,"which runs September 3-5.

However, Pitchford might be teasing news of the unannounced Duke Begins, which Gearbox had worked on but was described in mid-2009 as "halted" "for the time being."

In May, 3D Realms and publisher 2K Games settled their legal battle over Duke Nukem Forever, potentially meaning Duke could return if only the game could be finished--which is unlikely to happen at 3D Realms after most of the studio was laid off.

"We've never said that Duke Nukem Forever has ceased development," said 3D Realms CEO Scott Miller in December 2009, explaining that "yes, we released the internal team, but that doesn't correlate to the demise of the project."

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why it can't just die?!

oh! shoot it in the head!

Aug 11, 2010 12:58pm PDT

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      hahaha... seiously. Im reading this and Im like...fuck, more please. : BackSinner
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  - Glad I'm not the only one who thinks about Dukke bumping uglies with a Brazilian soccer team. : SideShowHimself

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Whan it is finally realese, it must be called Duke Nukem: Forever and a Day

Aug 12, 2010 10:37pm PDT

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Whan it is finally realese, it must be called Duke Nukem: Forever and a Day : LemonJoose
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  Wow, time for bed when my typing gets like that. : LemonJoose
  - or your jokes : whatsinthebox11

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Here's my question about Duke Nukem, and really, I want to know:

WHO THE F*** CARES ????

Aug 11, 2010 5:29pm PDT

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- Read the comments : Johnnsen
- so you were never a fan of anything. i get it. : varsindarkin
- The whole of the internet, apparently. : D-OveRMinD
- ill buy it if it doesn't suck i dont like things that suck : technotica
- I do. Duke was a great character and a quality game for its time. While the odds of it recreating that... : Dimmona

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Anyone but Gearbox please!!!!

Don't believe a word their PR hacks say until you see it actually in the final product.

I'm looking at you borderlands

Aug 11, 2010 9:28am PDT

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  If they had called it Broheimlands, all would have been well. : CrustaR
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  Chill, the game has pretty much been completed by 3DR. Gearbox will just wrap things up. : freakynipples69
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      gearbox rocks! my point stands :) just finished borderlands on the PC and it was awesome. : fw_rams
      
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  borderlands was surprising good although i was not hyped at all by gameplay videos : dantastic
  - but still i don't believe anything about DNF until it comes out officially and has a release date : dantastic
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  Better Gearbox than Obsidian. : shredomatic
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      I'd play the shit out of this if it were anything like WolfRPG. : PlayfulPuppy
      
      Yeah, WolfRPG seems nice. Thanks for reminding me of it. It surely looks neat. You sure it plays nice as ... : anal justice

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great, can't wait for a shitty broken port using gamespy matchmaking, zero support for mods, WACKY CHARACTERS, and UE3 texture streaming. can't wait.

Aug 11, 2010 11:01am PDT

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Holy crap, just let it die already.

Aug 11, 2010 10:25am PDT

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  Too true. Duke's become Johnny from Johnny Got His Gun. He's got no arms, no legs and lost all abilit... : Lateralyte
  - The "One" video? : technotica
- This guy, right here folks - this one, listen to him. : abrasion

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* Richter Belmont: Die monster! You don't belong in this world!
* Duke Nukem: It's not by my hand that I am once again given flesh. I was called here by humans who wish to pay me tribute.
* Richter Belmont: Tribute? You steal men's souls, and make them your slaves!
* Duke Nukem: Perhaps the same could be said of all religions.
* Richter Belmont: Your words are as empty as your soul! Mankind ill-needs a savior such as you!
* Duke Nukem: What is a man? A miserable little pile of secrets! But enough talk...have at you!

Aug 11, 2010 11:07am PDT

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- *But enough talk ... blow it out your ass! : Walterbennet
- You do realize, its a trap? : technotica

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I hope Babbage's still has my pre-order.

Aug 11, 2010 11:43am PDT

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I hope Babbage's still has my pre-order. : House
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What the fuck is a rumour?

Aug 11, 2010 9:49am PDT

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      And bad teeth! Just because the rest of the world does it does not make it right. : TheMongbat
  - That's what we like to call, "... and everyone else." : Ksey17
- It's what the English call a vagina. : Godhatesfatpeople
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  A rumour is a couple of anonymous developers saying they're working on Duke. A fact is George Broussar... : House
  - It will also be out before Half Life 2. The conversion to the Unreal engine should only take a couple o... : Beelzebud
- Alice is from Englaund. : CrazyPants
- It's a bit like your face, dearest rosewood. : Alice O'Connor

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At this point, I don't think even Valve could save this game.

Aug 12, 2010 12:50am PDT

At this point, I don't think even Valve could save this game. : The_Turbinator

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Anyone else think this is a bad sign? Give it to id Software :DDD

Seriously, give it Romero.

Aug 11, 2010 11:14am PDT

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DNF...my god please no more... I beg you. Cover Farve's retirement instead of this again.

Aug 11, 2010 8:21pm PDT

DNF...my god please no more... I beg you. Cover Farve's retirement instead of this again. : SurgioClemente

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Id rather have Valve finish it

Aug 11, 2010 9:20am PDT

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- id rather be a millionaire than not a millionaire. : rtrson
- a thousand times this : ETPC1
- Frankly, Valve is too good for DNF. They have their own stuff they do, and I'm sure finishing up some o... : Beelzebud
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  - Yeah, no thanks. Let DNF rot in it's own self-made grave. Valve has better things to do. : jtthe2nd
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    - Not for todays ADD youth. : Johnnsen
  - At least I would expect it, though. : House
- I'd rather sleep with a young Joey Heatherton. : estevancarlos

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As long as 3D Fails (see what I did there?) isn't involved then I think this may be released.

Aug 11, 2010 7:44pm PDT

As long as 3D Fails (see what I did there?) isn't involved then I think this may be released. : estevancarlos

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This is great news even if a rumor. If this game is released I will buy it. I don't care that I have been waiting since 1997?

Aug 11, 2010 6:50pm PDT

This is great news even if a rumor. If this game is released I will buy it. I don't care that I have be... : computerBoy

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Whatever happens, I just hope it's really dramatic.

Aug 11, 2010 4:32pm PDT

Whatever happens, I just hope it's really dramatic. : Liquid

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PLEASE LET THIS BE TRUE. PLEASE!!!!

Aug 11, 2010 4:09pm PDT

PLEASE LET THIS BE TRUE. PLEASE!!!! : fw_rams

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A lot of gearbox haters on here. You guys are messed up. Myself, I don't care even if it was the developer of Farmville was coming in to finish it.

Aug 11, 2010 11:04am PDT

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Duke , still generating 200comments after all these years.

Aug 11, 2010 2:54pm PDT

Duke , still generating 200comments after all these years. : Frush81

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Lets go back 24 hours and see this little post:
http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=23689913

Next prediction, DNF will sell at least 3 million before Xmas, on 3 skus
That is all for now

Aug 11, 2010 2:35pm PDT

Lets go back 24 hours and see this little post: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=23689913 Next pre... : et72

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ALWAYS BET ON DUKE! LOL

Aug 11, 2010 11:18am PDT

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- and the consequences will never be the same! : Unkei
- It's like betting on orange in roulette. : FirstPersonCooter

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I can't wait to see it come out, watch a couple of average reviews and go 'meh', back to JC2

Aug 11, 2010 12:08pm PDT

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In a new twist DNF has been announced to be a console only title.

I would so lol

Aug 11, 2010 11:31am PDT

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  - me neither : angelrubio
- It would be hailed as an innovative FPS with a completely new style and flare on the console. : Topsiderover

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Lol, and the colossal joke continues. I genuinely believe that all 3D Realms does is just work on trailers for this game. Every 2-3 years they release a trailer that looks slightly worse than the current Next Gen FPS engine.

DNF is dead. Just let it die. If the lawsuits and the layoffs haven't killed it, the hype most certainly will. How are you supposed to release an FPS that's been in the making for getting on 12 years? And that's gone through everything from the Unreal 1 engine to some mongrel internal engine designed by 3D Realms.

DNF R.I.P. Leave him alone.

P.S Next big FPS I'm looking at is Rage. That shit looks amazing. And maybe Bulletstorm for kicks :D

Aug 11, 2010 12:54pm PDT

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I passed on Borderlands when it first came out because i'm primarily a PC gamer. Having said that i'm glad I got it on the steam sale because dispite it being a total console game.. it's still pretty fun with friends.

Aug 11, 2010 12:19pm PDT

I passed on Borderlands when it first came out because i'm primarily a PC gamer. Having said that i'm gl... : Pneum0

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dnf is gonna own.

Aug 11, 2010 11:58am PDT

dnf is gonna own. : jayares

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I will buy it.

Aug 11, 2010 11:23am PDT

I will buy it. : at0micgarden

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Is it just me or do others just stop caring after it's been in development for so long and the legal battles that keep happening that you just don't care anymore? By the time this game is released there will be much better stuff on the horizon then a game that has been in the making who knows how many years and is just getting released for nostalgia. When you wait so long to make a new version of something old it generally sucks. Kind of like the Smashing Pumpkins coming out with a new album after like 9 years which was craptastic.

Aug 11, 2010 9:08am PDT

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Don't care anymore until the game actually comes out, even then my disgust for 3DR and GB will NEVER change. Take your rumors and PR and cram it.

Aug 11, 2010 9:47am PDT

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OK when did they change the cover art graphic?

http://www.shacknews.com/reviews/game.x/4886#graph1

Aug 11, 2010 9:48am PDT

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Sod Duke.....where the hell is Aliens: Colonial Marines???

Aug 11, 2010 9:39am PDT

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Well that'll cheer up Duke fans, and for myself, save me some money. I was already scared off of their PC titles after the debacle that was Borderlands - with zero interest in the Duke IP, it's all coming together nicely.

Aug 11, 2010 9:58am PDT

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Hey shacks Credit me....

Aug 11, 2010 10:36am PDT

Hey shacks Credit me.... : Montykoro

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The history of Duke Nukem Forever is a history of rumours and misunderstandings. You put it in the hand!!!111 http://www.myvideo.ch/watch/3676436

Aug 11, 2010 10:26am PDT

The history of Duke Nukem Forever is a history of rumours and misunderstandings. You put it in the hand!!... : Lukiopimp

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Since Gearbox refused to comment on it now but will clarify the matter later, I think that pretty much confirms it.

At least I hope.

Aug 11, 2010 9:08am PDT

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Weren't George Broussard and Take Two busy suing each other after last year's closure of 3D Realms?

It sort of makes sense considering that Gearbox is DFW area, and Pitchford used to be at 3DR, but it's also a bit disappointing. I'd rather see DNF remain "in development" indefinitely so we don't feel so bad about Valve Time.

Aug 11, 2010 9:19am PDT

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Quit playing games with my heart, with my heart

Aug 11, 2010 9:03am PDT

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let it die

Aug 11, 2010 9:48am PDT

let it die : jonin

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Who cares. It's not "the" Duke Forever. It's just some other gearbox Duke. No thanks.

Aug 11, 2010 9:43am PDT

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- I would think that depends entirely on how close the game was to being done. : Schnapple

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