Duke Nukem Forever Coming to Mac
Duke Nukem is storming the Mac platform this summer thanks to Aspyr Media.
Game publisher Aspyr Media has announced that it’s bringing the highly-controversial Duke Nukem Forever PC game over to the Mac platform this summer. The company is also rewarding patient fans with a 10-percent discount on pre-orders and free shipping via the United States Postal Service.
"Aspyr Media has been recruited by Duke himself to spread his awesomeness to the world, as Duke Nukem Forever will be hitting Macs this August," the company said in a blog. "Duke Nukem Forever brings you ass-kicking of epic proportions, massive guns with equally massive explosions, and, of course, babes. This is pure unadulterated Duke that we all know and love."
After a development timeline that seemed to stretch on "forever," the game finally arrived on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Windows PC here in the States on June 14. So far the PC version has scored rather poorly with critics, earning an average 54 of 100 on Metacritic and a 47.56-percent score on Game Rankings. Some of the biggest issues reviewers have criticized have been its long load times, an extremely slow start in the beginning, and outdated NPC models that don't follow player movements when speaking. Strangely enough, the PC version is ranked highest on Metacritic and lowest on Game Rankings.
Despite the scores, Mac gamers can pre-order Duke Nukem Forever by heading here. Although final system requirements have yet to be determined, preliminary minimum and recommended requirements are as follows:
Minimum System Requirements
- Operating System: 10.6.7 (Snow Leopard)
- CPU Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo (Dual-Core)
- CPU Speed: 2.4 GHz
- Memory: 2 GB
- Hard Disk Space: TBD
- Video Card (ATI): Radeon 2600
- Video Card (NVidia): Geforce 8600
- Video Memory (VRam): 256 MB
- Peripherals: Macintosh mouse and keyboard
Recommended System Requirements
- CPU Speed: 2.6 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Video Memory (VRam): 512 MB
Supported Video Chipsets
- NVIDIA GEFORCE 8600
- NVIDIA GEFORCE 8800
- NVIDIA GEFORCE 9600
- NVIDIA GEFORCE GT 120
- NVIDIA GEFORCE 320M
- NVIDIA GEFORCE 330M
- ATI RADEON HD 2600
- ATI RADEON HD 3870
- ATI RADEON HD 4670
- ATI RADEON HD 4850
- ATI RADEON HD 5670
- ATI RADEON HD 5750
- ATI RADEON HD 5770
- ATI RADEON HD 5870
- ATI RADEON HD 6750
- Intel HD Graphics 3000
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i am the first to comment!!!!so how about the 2000$ alternative performance pc as price???
Yay, now Mac users can be disappointed too!
Oh, cool, Mac can play ONE MORE game! Impressive
What's the point of porting games to the platform that advertises itself as a non-gaming one from the very beginning? 99% of Mac users I know don't game on their Macs. They either have a PC or a console for that.
Wouldn't this sort of game be "beneath" them?
I dunno, they ARE Mac users.... they may be just delusional enough to actually like the game!
I guess there are still some fools buying this stinker since it's in the top 20 sellers on Steam.
If the Mac relied enturely on an App store guess where this game would be on Steve's list?
Theres Mac gamers? or at least Nukem fans that have a Mac? lol
Theres Mac gamers? or at least Nukem fans that have a Mac? lol
Steve would totally censor this.
I thought all Mac users were gay... why would they want a game with guns and naked women?
how's the performance?
HD3000 Wow! How dumbed down is it.
I know HD3000 barely can play battlefield 1942. HD 3000 has trouble with Chicken invaders.
I have the game, it is pretty bad. I'd rather play Serious Sam HD for a lot less money. At least I am entertained with Serious sam. Playing Duke nukem makes me feel like I bought a fart app from itunes.
mac users are use to palying games that came out 5-10 years ago as new games, so maybe dnf will be loved there because i hear the mechanics are dated.
Is the tiny niche really worth going after? That's the million-dollar question.
Oh, and they probably won't even make a million dollars from this on the Mac anyway.
This will probably be the greatest game ever brought to the mac platform.
BTW, are you sure its this year and not 2022?
Wow, Duke 3D took what 2-3 years to make it to mac as they had to catch up with the tech, guess having macs use PC hardware now has its benefits ^^
And yet this thing has sold like hot cakes, I guess a lot of the bitching about the game is forum users jumping on the bandwagon.
Sheep.
MACs can have this game.
So they decided to make it 64 bit for the few mac users but PC users get screwed. I mean if it was a good game I would be really mad.
Yay, now Mac users can be disappointed too!
Thanks, I need a good morning laugh, LOL
I dunno, they ARE Mac users.... they may be just delusional enough to actually like the game!
Come on now, don't stereotype us. Yes I have a couple Macs but I also have a self built gaming rig (neweeg) running 7 for all my serious gaming. Looking forward to SkyRim.
It should of been a Mac exclusive. Save everyone else some trouble.
Yay, now Mac users can be disappointed too!
They have to find someone to play it. I'll stick to the 2d original thank you very much
WHY?
Wait, why Mac? The game is not even close to be politically correct, so why put it on the mac platform? XD
I bet what most Mac users will say: "the dude is hot, but why so many naked women?" /trollface
Cheers!
I'm sure they are very excited...
true gamers do play on Macs
Guess no one told Steve Jobs....
DNF is on Mac, cool.
PC still rocks hard especially for gamers!
So now Duke can "Play with himself" on Mac and PC. Lucky guy!!!!