Recently Gearbox Software revealed that forever doesn't necessarily mean forever, as the company showed that development on Duke Nukem Forever was coming to a close during PAX 2010. Long-term Duke fans who patiently waited thirteen years for the sequel finally received hands-on gameplay or watched the big reveal via 2K Games' streaming event. Even more, eager fans learned that the game would finally arrive in “early” 2011.
Last week brought reports that a Gearbox forum member named “fresch” was currently re-making the original Duke Nukem 3D PC game using Epic's Unreal Engine 3. Called Duke Nukem Next-Gen, the game is receiving a major graphic overhaul with highly detailed textures and additional architecture. Footage from the newly-updated opening rooftop scene can be seen over on YouTube here.
In addition to the possible release date, Monday also brought new Duke Nukem Forever video footage from a live demo conducted at the Firstlook gaming convention in Amsterdam. The demo shows Duke taking a rather lengthy leak, playing with the bathroom faucets, drawing and erasing on a marker board, grabbing the Devastator and "duking" it out with a Cycloid Emperor in a football stadium again, and more. The clip--seen below--also contains a rather numerous ending, indicating that Duke may be a console gamer.
