{"id":3257,"date":"2009-05-15T21:35:48","date_gmt":"2009-05-15T19:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.roumazeilles.net\/news\/en\/wordpress\/?p=3257"},"modified":"2020-11-23T22:51:51","modified_gmt":"2020-11-23T20:51:51","slug":"duke-nukem-forever-is-dead-isnt-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roumazeilles.net\/news\/en\/wordpress\/2009\/05\/15\/duke-nukem-forever-is-dead-isnt-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Duke Nukem Forever is dead, isn&#8217;t it?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3555\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3555\" style=\"width: 220px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3555\" title=\"dntrilogy_logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roumazeilles.net\/news\/fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/dntrilogy_logo.png\" alt=\"Duke Nukem\" width=\"220\" height=\"234\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3555\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Duke Nukem<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You have certinaly heard about Duke Nukem Forever, if only because you are interested in PC video games. As a matter of fact, this is (was) a game frist-announced in 1997 as the sequel to Duke Nukem, Duke Nukem II and Duke Nukem 3D (the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Duke_nukem\">Duke Nukem<\/a> trilogy), the last of them being a <em>First Person Shooter<\/em> (FPS like Doom, FarCry or Crysis) whose success was partly based on its very high level of violence (blood, dismembered corpses, etc.) Whatever! Many old\/mature video gamers were awaiting the real availability o this game which well earned its title of best <em>vaporware<\/em> for many years.<\/p>\n<p>Rumor was running for weeks that, 3DRealms, the developer, had finally closed doors. Take-Two still has the exploitation license, but the horizon is really dark. Some hope to see Duke Nukem ressurect, but&#8230; Apogee software, LLC <a href=\"https:\/\/ve3d.ign.com\/articles\/news\/46837\/Apogee-Statement-Adds-Weight-To-3D-Realms-Shutdown-Rumour\">confirmed<\/a> its willingness to keep developping the trilogy (for the Playstation Portable &amp; Nintendo DS), but&#8230; Take-Two attacks 3DRealms and Apogee dragging them to the Judge, but&#8230;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Duke Nukem was known for its one-liners; The new one was about to say:<br \/>\n\u201cHow would you like a C-4 enema?\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cHow would you like a C-4 suppository?\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cThis will help your constipation\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cBlow it out your ass\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cBottoms up asshole\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cTurn your head and cough\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cGluteus explodeus\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cRight in the Keister\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cI aint blowing smoke up your ass\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cThis is about to impact you colon\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cMontezuma&#8217;s revenge\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cColon-ize this motherfucker\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cI\u2019m going to stick this where the sun don\u2019t shine\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cAlways be finishing\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.roumazeilles.net\/news\/fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/monster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3559\" title=\"monster\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roumazeilles.net\/news\/fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/monster-150x112.jpg\" alt=\"monster\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finally, the end is so true that developpers started to leave 3DRealms and are actively looking for new jobs. Even worse, the game assets are dispersed widely: The Web sees the distribution of many good pieces of work, <a href=\"https:\/\/ve3d.ign.com\/articles\/news\/46937\/Duke-Nukem-Forever-New-Artwork-Character-Render-Images-Released\">3D models<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ve3d.ign.com\/articles\/news\/46980\/Duke-Nukem-Forever-Complete-Plot-Revealed-Redux\">script\/plot contents<\/a> (only 60% finshed), <a href=\"https:\/\/ve3d.ign.com\/articles\/news\/46967\/More-Duke-Nukem-Forever-Assets-Released\">many objects and backgrounds<\/a>, etc.<\/p>\n<p>You can also find<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ve3d.ign.com\/articles\/news\/46948\/Duke-Nukem-Forever-28-Hi-Res-Screenshots-Entire-Plot-Leaked\">28 screen copies<\/a> for <em>Duke Nukem Forever<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.duke4.net\/news.php?extend.276.2\">monsters<\/a><\/li>\n<li>videos like the following to see were it really went<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<embed src=\"https:\/\/csdl.ign.com\/ve3d\/players\/flv.swf\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ve3d.ign.com\/videos\/47091\/PC\/Duke-Nukem-Forever\/Gameplay\/Bryan-Brewers-Duke-Nukem-Forever-Animation-Gameplay-Demo-Reel\">Link to IGN<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>At last, you can read the Wired <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/gamelife\/2009\/05\/quiet-death-duke-nukem\/#more-11671\">eulogy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The most fanatical readers\/gamers will want to check the only <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gaming\/reviews\/2006\/04\/forever.ars\">real review<\/a> of this (unfinshed) video game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You have certinaly heard about Duke Nukem Forever, if only because you are interested in PC video games. 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