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Rumor: Duke Nukem Forever Still Alive, Being Developed By Gearbox

by Gali Slevin, posted on 11 August 2010 / 1,081 Views

A recent story from Kotaku has suggested that Duke Nukem Forever has been revived by Borderlands developer, Gearbox Software. According to Kotaku, sources wishing to remain anonymous have claimed that they are aware of plans for Gearbox to take up the development of Duke Nukem Forever after having cancelled the Duke Nukem spin-off game Duke Begins, which they were said to have been working on previously.

Take-Two still owns the publishing rights to the game, though when asked by Kotaku, a company spokesperson would not comment on whether or not the title was still in development or if Gearbox had taken up the reins of the title.

The source did reveal that there may be a playable demo available for the title later this year.

When asked, Randy Pitchford declined to comment on the matter but said that he'd be able to clarify on the rumor later this year at the Penny Arcade Expo while 3D Realms founder, George Broussard declined to comment entirely.

Though this is very much a rumor at the moment, I would be excited to see Gearbox's take on Duke Nukem Forever seeing as how they've had a pretty good track record as of late and not to mention the possibility of finally seeing Duke Nukem in one last hurrah gives me a nice warm feeling.


7 Comments

Chrizum
Chrizum (on 12 August 2010)

Oh my... Gearbox: the HVS of the HD platforms.

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Mojo
Mojo (on 11 August 2010)

I hope this franchise just disappears...I am so sick of hearing about how it might get made.

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Baalzamon
Baalzamon (on 11 August 2010)

Well, as long as it isn't horrible, just because of gamers familiarity with this title, it will probably have pretty good sales given it comes out in a slower time of the year. If it has pretty good sales, I'm pretty sure that it won't be the last one, but will instead be followed by more, since that is what game developers do.

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Silver-Tiger
Silver-Tiger (on 11 August 2010)

Too little too late.

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haxxiy
haxxiy (on 11 August 2010)

Wooho.

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priteshmodi
priteshmodi (on 11 August 2010)

This is a pretty old rumor but I absolutely adore Borderlands so this would still be fine by me. I still play Duke3D every once in a while and getting some new Duke with some new epic lines would be solid. I don't care what all the haters say, I always bet on Duke and I just know if not Duke Nukem Forever (DNF.. clever :P), he'll make a comeback in some other title. The IP is just too great for all us classic FPS players. Hail to the King Baby!

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Hephaestos
Hephaestos (on 11 August 2010)

the game will flop badly... unless it's a grounds up gearbox project. I doubt the brand has much appeal nowadays.

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