Well it seems that Duke Nukem does all things well, and that includes predicting who would win the Blu-ray vs. HD-DVD war.

The Duke Nukem Forever trailer that we all saw back in December was originally part of a present to everyone who worked at 3D Realms for their Christmas party. What they didn’t show us non-employees was a four minute audio clip that played after the trailer that had Duke talking to the people at 3D Realms.

His speech was filled with inside jokes, the most notable being Duke predicting who would win the Blue-Ray/ HD-DVD war, in order to put one HD-DVD loving employee in his place. And Duke Nukem, my friends, is never wrong. Click on the link below to hear Duke’s thundering prediction made last December.

http://www.3drealms.com/sounds/duke_bluray.wav

“Blu-ray discs, yeah that’s right! Bue-ray, the true future of high definition, and you know it!” – Duke Nukem, December 2007

Also of note, 3D Realms says that the guy who does Duke Nukem’s voice is named Jon St. John. That can’t be true, can it? That seems as cruel as being named “Duke Nukem”.

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The Dallas Business Journal ran a story on February 7th about Garland Texas based 3D Realms, confirming a late 2008 release date for the much anticipated pop culture phenomenon that is Duke Nukem Forever.

The piece stemmed from an interview with 3D Realms head, Scott Miller, conducted by the Dallas Business Journal’s Web Editor Stephen Webster, who later wrote the article which broke the release date in question.

This later prompted the following response from Miller:

“Quite simply, they are lying bastards and they know it.”

Al-righ-ty then, and what would you call a company that teases a games release for nearly ten years? I’m not saying, I’m just saying. While, “lying bastards” may be a bit harsh, it ultimately seemed that the reporter, an admitted fan of the series, got his facts mixed up.

The paper, which adamantly stood behind their report initially, but has since removed the confirmed release date, and a recently released audio file of the conducted interview confirmed that there was in fact a mis quoting of words by Webster. When asked about the Duke Nukem Forever game, Miller stated the following:

“It might make this year. We can’t make any sort of official announcement. We’re pushing for this year. Frankly, I think we’re going to miss it by just a by a few months… “

In closing, there is no official release date for the game as of yet, and another ten year wait may not be out of the question. Sit tight.

Source: bizjournals.com

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