Duke Nukem Forever Reaches Development Milestone

If you told your spouse that the two of you would be together until Duke Nukem Forever hit shelves in an attempt to be absolutely precious, it might be time to start sweating. According to a tweet by 3D Realms man George Broussard, Duke Nukem Forever’s unending development cycle may soon be leaving the death-and-taxes consistency club.

“Closing out a milestone this week. 71 more tasks to do and we started with probably 800-900. Been a good push. Next one starts Monday,” he tweeted.

After some rudimentary math, we’ve determined that – assuming development continues at a nice clip – Duke will be back in business sometime next year. Guess the Mayans were a little off with their apocalypse calculations.



Source: Maximum PC

Don't lie to Bacn.

it is all a clever ruse, i am sure of it

What is actually taking them SO long, though?

It's ridiculous. It seems to be laziness more than anything.

It was changing game engines from what they were originally using, and other stuff...I have a feeling when it comes out it's not going to save the company and they'll go belly up!

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It was changing game engines from what they were originally using, and other stuff...I have a feeling when it comes out it's not going to save the company and they'll go belly up!

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Game engines only take so long to make.

yeah, i mean over ten years in development... the heck are they doing?

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yeah, i mean over ten years in development... the heck are they doing?

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Trying to get into Guinness Book Of World Records for the longest game development of course..

Theres a reason its called Duke Nukem FOREVER, guys.

I'd rather wait for Prey 2 instead of Duke Nukem.

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Theres a reason its called Duke Nukem FOREVER, guys.

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Game engines only take so long to make.

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If I remember correctly, they were using a modified Quake 2 engine, then the game Unreal came out, so they scrapped the engine they were using and switched to the Unreal engine and modified it...I think they are still using the Unreal engine; possibly version 3 of it but I am not sure at this point.

been reading the comments on that site and (incase noone else did)

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Here's the reality: Duke Nukem Forever is "DNF", right? DNF really stands for "Did Not Finish".

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lul.

everytime i hear something about DNF i end up playing duke 3d all over again. six years ago i was playing it on my playstation, these days (in lue of lost discs) i end up replaying it on pc. i promised myself this time i wont buy into the promises. so many crushed hopes.

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been reading the comments on that site and (incase noone else did)



lul.

everytime i hear something about DNF i end up playing duke 3d all over again. six years ago i was playing it on my playstation, these days (in lue of lost discs) i end up replaying it on pc. i promised myself this time i wont buy into the promises. so many crushed hopes.

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If you have friends Duke Nukem 64 is the best of them all.

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If you have friends Duke Nukem 64 is the best of them all.

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meh, call me elitist but i prefer the playstation version. it keeps more in touch with the pc version.

Did anyone play the Manhattan one?

It had its moments.

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Trying to get into Guinness Book Of World Records for the longest game development of course..

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they are allready in the guinnes book of gaming records as the longest game in production...