I’ve come to realize that in hindsight, the legend of Duke Nukem Forever was clearly more entertaining than the finished product…

They’ve begun taking pre-orders for Duke Nukem Forever at Gamestop and Amazon.com. According to them . . .

On Friday, September 3rd 2010, Gearbox Software dropped a bomb on the gaming world.

DO: What is the biggest thrill for you about bringing Duke back? MN:  Oh man, definitely the fan reaction.  It’s just been the most insane thing I’ve ever seen in the game industry.  I’ve been to a lot of shows  and I’ve showed a lot of games, but I’ve never sen anything like this. I [...]

DO:  How much collaboration has there been between all the companies that have worked on this game?  I noticed a few extra names in there during the trailer and in the demo. MN:  Right, we brought in some side companies to help with the production.  Because there’s a lot of factors to getting that all [...]

DO:  So, a few other gamers and I talked after the demo and actually thought this game might deserve an AO rating.  I mean, is that  possible?  Would you support that if the ESRB decides to go that route?  I personally think it would still sell very well. MW:  Well, it’s definitely going to be [...]

DO:  Is this the culmination of everything Gearbox has ever aspired to be as a developer? MN:  Well it’s definitely the culmination of Randy Pitchford’s career in some way . . . I hope he can still go up, but this is gonna be tough to top. I plan to just take over the world, [...]

DO:  I was speaking to Mikey before and I have to know … You will forever be known as the man who brought Duke Nukem back . . . what’s that like? RP:  I don’t know about that.  To me, Duke Nukem is Allen Blum . . . I’m just doing the best I can, [...]

Duke Nukem Forever is like a really bad joke that people just can’t help themselves from telling on occasion, and considering the fact that 3D Realms Developer, George Broussard, wouldn’t confirm fan suspicions in a thread …

Why waste time pontificating when we could just deliver you the goods? Duke Nukem certainly wouldn’t. If you want to hear some thoughts on the long-awaited sequel, see our editorial below. For the trailer itself, just click on through!

Over ten years in the making, Duke Nukem Forever has the potential to be a bloated, confusing mess of worn-out ideas and half-hearted attempts. Overambition is the enemy of any game designer (just ask Peter Molyneux or Yasumi Matsuno). Yet, even when the main goal at this point is to just hurry up and get [...]