Gearbox Owns the Duke

[twm1709]

Gearbox co-founder Randy Pitchford began his career at 3D Realms, working on the Plutonium Pak expansion for Duke Nukem 3D in 1996 along with the somewhat less-well-received FPS Shadow Warrior.

Hey, I loved Shadow Warrior! Sure it was a Duke clone, but it was really gory, you had a katana to slice your enemies (a gimmick that Hideo Kojima seems to be into now) and some funny voice acting. Plus how many shooters give you naked anime chicks and a Beating Heart for a weapon?

 

[Altherix]

I'll buy it when it come out.

Why, "I did it for the lulz"

 

[Lizmichi]

Well it's looking like the world will end a year early if this game really comes out. Ok in all seriousness I can bet that a shit ton of people will buy this game regardless. I hope, however, all these years of waiting will produce a good game and not crap. Please Gear Box treat the Duke well.

 

[Andy Chalk]

Hey, I loved Shadow Warrior!

I liked it too. Wish I could find a copy somewhere. But it terms of sales or popularity, there's no comparison.

 

[Doug]

Gearbox was "hand-picked as the new home for Duke Nukem,"...

... by the bank to sell off the only assests that the company has worth more than the base price of copper?

But seriously, though I don't share the passion for the duke many seem to, good for the fans. I only hope now that they'll delivery, or else they'll be labelled the 'destroyers' of Duke as opposed to his saviour, heh.

 

[SnipErlite]

I wonder if this is all just a huge joke being played on the internet...that would be amusing.

 

[Jared]

...Lets get one out before we start on others...

 

[Sartan0]

From what I understand, almost everyone on the internet will buy this game.

That's a tough call. There's a huge level of online interest in the game, sure, but how much of it is just rubbernecking at the latest chapter in this ridiculously drawn-out train wreck? It's the Snakes on a Plane syndrome: It attracted massive amounts of attention from the nerd fan base but when the rubber met the road, it was all just ironic lolz. Nobody actually went to see it, and it bombed. I wouldn't be at all surprised if DNF worked out the same way.

(For the record, I saw Snakes on the Plane. It wasn't as good as I'd hoped, which of course is another concern facing DNF: Over-hype.)

I think with DNF we are past hype. There is really nothing that can be done from a marketing stand point other then what they did at PAX. Put the game in people's hands and let them play it. I think that the older gamers who actually played the old Duke games and liked them will be the ones that buy it out of the gate. (If they are still willing to give Duke a chance) If the buzz is good after that then the younger gamers might take a look.

I can tell you from my 15 minutes playing the PAX 2010 demo that it is old school but that might work for it.

 

[Escapefromwhatever]

I'm not really impressed by what I've seen of Duke Nukem Forever at the moment. The Duke has not aged well.

 

[nYuknYuknYuk]

I know I will at least try it. It looked good from the PAX demo.

 

[OmegaXIII]

This news is buckets o' awesome

 

[VanityGirl]

I saw "game play footage" from the new Duke Nukem and I must say... I looks very meh.

>_>

 

[Zarthek]

Gearbox Owns the Duke


Beyond that, it's impossible to say where this non-stop debacle is headed; Gearbox appears to have big plans, referring to DNF ....

DNF doesn't that stand for did not finish?

It's both Duke Nukem Forever and did not finish... sounds just a coincidence right?

 

[Nouw]

lolwtf?!
Nobody owns the Duke!

I see what you did there.

Gearbox will do I guess. I'd expect Epic Games to make it.

It would have felt better with Epic games manning the wheel of such an testosteron packed franschise but I guess Gearbox will do too.

And yet the Ninja...

 

[kajinking]

If you've played Borderlands, you know Gearbox is up to this challenge. They know the sense of humor required to pull off Douk, and they won't take this opportunity lightly.

If anyone should get the rights to this game it's them. If borderlands was any indication gearbox has the best odds out of any studio to pull this game off. I'm not saying it's certian to be amazing but at least they got the best team for the job

 

[Mordwyl]

Now I want to make a scene with Nukem and Freeman duking it out.

 

[Retardinator]

I trust Gearbox with this.

You could trust anyone with it and it would come out sooner than 3DR ever planned. I'm gonna jinx everything and say that Gearbox will go down under by Christmas 2010. Just 'cause I'm that rotten. Nyeh-he-he!

I sincerely hope Gearbox improves the game drastically before releasing it. As it was when I last saw it, it looked like any other gray-brown mediocre shooter in the past few years. Except this one has Duke! It makes the game look, feel and play better almost instantly! /sarcasm