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Duke Nukem Forever Teaser Released

Posted by Zonk on Wed Dec 19, 2007 02:51 PM
from the beginning-of-the-end-times dept.
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smithtuna33 writes "As of today there is a teaser up for Duke Nukem Forever at 3dRealms. It's up on Youtube as well, since the site is already slow. Not much actual game-play, but still ... might this game actually see the light of day after so much talk?" 1up, GameTrailers, and Voodoo Extreme have it too.
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Submission: Duke Nukem Forever Teaser: Not so Vaporous? by smithtuna33 (1205488)
[+] Entertainment: Wired's 2007 Vaporware Awards 195 comments
Braedley sends word that Wired's annual vaporware list is up, and a number of products this community has discussed made the cut. The top spot, the position of most dishonor, was almost a foregone conclusion. "Another December, another list, another crowning achievement by the Emperor of the Ethereal, the Head Honcho of Hype, Duke Nukem Forever. We were going to disqualify him out of pity, but Sir Duke is back for 2007 thanks to a few leaked screenshots and an overwhelming number of votes. DNF creators 3D Realms even chose this week to debut a well-publicized video trailer for Duke's long-awaited return. Alas, a trailer is not a game, so — long live the king!"
[+] Duke Nukem Forever 'Confirmed' For Late 2008 344 comments
An anonymous reader writes "A Dallas newspaper is claiming that the long-in-development title Duke Nukem Forever is headed for retail release in late 2008. Unfortunately, game creator 3D Realms says that's not exactly what they meant. 'What the modest Texas newspaper actually seems to suggest is that 3D Realms is "on target" to release the mythical sequel sometime this year, though company president Scott Miller adds, "we may miss the mark by a month or two" (wink, wink). Miller also hinted that "hitting the big three" (in this case, PC, Xbox 360 and PS3) is the obvious development strategy, but he continued to stress that 3D Realms has not "formally announced any platforms for DNF."'"
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  • in a word... (Score:5, Insightful)

    by geedra (1009933) on Wednesday December 19 2007, @02:53PM (#21755266)
    LIES!

  • Who cares? (Score:4, Insightful)

    by despe666 (802244) on Wednesday December 19 2007, @02:53PM (#21755270)
    Does anybody still care about that game?

    • Re:Who cares? (Score:5, Interesting)

      by Divide By Zero (70303) on Wednesday December 19 2007, @02:57PM (#21755326)
      Only as a punchline. "We'll see that when Duke Nukem Forever is released" will now imply a concrete date. Which would be disastrous for the type of person who reads and posts snarky comments on video game news posted to Slashdot. :-/

      • Re:Who cares? (Score:4, Funny)

        by Chyeld (713439) <chyeld AT newsguy DOT com> on Wednesday December 19 2007, @03:11PM (#21755520)
        That's ok, it hasn't gone gold yet. And as Bogart would say, "We'll always have the Phantom [wikipedia.org]."

      • Re:Who cares? (Score:5, Insightful)

        by Chris Burke (6130) on Wednesday December 19 2007, @03:40PM (#21756008) Homepage
        "We'll see that when Duke Nukem Forever is released" will now imply a concrete date.

        Yeah I'm not jumping to that conclusion based on a cut-scene. There have been more complete trailers than that in years (many years) past. I'm sure not giving them the benefit of the doubt now. Still 100% vapor as far as I'm concerned.

        Of course even if they did actually ship the game tomorrow, future comparisons to Duke Nukem would still imply a delay of over ten years, a lifetime in gaming.

        • Re:Who cares? (Score:5, Insightful)

          by hedwards (940851) on Wednesday December 19 2007, @04:38PM (#21756878)
          I was disappointed that it seemed to be light on anything that looked like in game graphics, and the parts that did were on screen so briefly that it was hard to tell whether or not they were from the game.

          I would have been much happier with some actual footage of somebody playing, or a tech demo movie.

          I can't imagine that they're going to be able to turn a profit on it after all the years they've spent working on it. Daikatana was only in development for 3 years or so behind schedule, and suffered severely for it. 3DRealms could do better if they at least manage to release the first version in a mostly bug free package.

          And of course I too label this one vaporware until I can actually download a demo.

      • Re:Who cares? (Score:5, Funny)

        by ahem (174666) on Wednesday December 19 2007, @07:38PM (#21759108) Homepage Journal
        You know what, I'll believe that this game is actually shipping about the time that Duke Nukem Forever is rel....

        Oops.

    • Re:Who cares? (Score:5, Interesting)

      by netsavior (627338) on Wednesday December 19 2007, @03:17PM (#21755648) Homepage
      The truth for me is that I have still not played a FPS that was more FUN than Duke3D... Sure I have played games with better graphics, better engines, better stories, better mechanics, better multiplayer. But I have yet to find a, FPS game that was so consistantly "fun". It was just the right blend of cartooney, hard boiled, tongue'in'cheek, and psudo-realisim. And I don't believe anyone else has got it quite right yet.

      I will still buy it on release day. Even if I have top buy it in...

      THE TWILIGHT ZONE

      • Re:Who cares? (Score:5, Interesting)

        by Not_Wiggins (686627) on Wednesday December 19 2007, @05:55PM (#21757880) Journal
        The truth for me is that I have still not played a FPS that was more FUN than Duke3D...

        I second the sentiment!

        All you need to do is enjoy the all-out fun of shooting an RPG into a teleporter or, and I so wish SOMEONE would reintroduce it, leave a bunch of pipe-bombs out in multi-player to appreciate just how much fun this game really was.

        Running up to try and pick up a pipe-bomb before the other guy(s) detonated... what a great concept.

        • Re:Who cares? (Score:5, Interesting)

          by netsavior (627338) on Wednesday December 19 2007, @06:48PM (#21758616) Homepage
          Don't forget steroids[r], holoduke[h], shrink ray, and laser trip mines. The beauty in the weapons/items in that game is that they had a small selection of very well implemented weapons/itmes that would work the way you expected them to work.

          Did anyone else know the steroids would instantly grow you from a shrink... neither did most opponents on Heat.net the best is the second time they shrink you, you holoduke instead of steroids, and then get behind them and 'roid it up and shoot them dead. Beauty. It is just a far cry from the current state of FPSs which is: "Snipe, tank, or rocket"

          I have yet to find something more satisfying than sending an elevator full of pipebombs at an unsuspecting player.

          • the good old days. (Score:4, Informative)

            by bronney (638318) on Wednesday December 19 2007, @11:15PM (#21760952) Homepage
            1. holoduke on a elevator, pipe bomb on elevator, you stay downstairs, press the elevator up to your opponent, he shoots holo, notice somethings wrong, step on elevator, you det the pipebomb while looking into the surveillance cams. Insta-fun!

            2. leave pipebomb in front of force field, step behind forcefield, activate field. Stand still and look at your opponent. He shoots, came to deactivate forcefield, you det the pipebomb. Insta-lolcopters.

            Sorry for the commas.

            None of the games after Duke3D offer this kind of creative weapon usage.

    • Re:Who cares? (Score:5, Insightful)

      by Reality Master 101 (179095) <RealityMaster101@g m a i l.com> on Wednesday December 19 2007, @03:20PM (#21755688) Homepage Journal

      Does anybody still care about that game?

      If it's a good game, people will care. If it's not, people won't. Really, what difference does it make how long it took to develop?

      With all the rewrites, this is really Duke 7 anyway, with Duke 4-6 just not getting released.

    • Wait a second... (Score:4, Funny)

      by Moryath (553296) on Wednesday December 19 2007, @03:56PM (#21756238)
      wasn't this supposed to beat Daikatana to market?

    • Re:Who cares? (Score:4, Funny)

      by JavaLord (680960) on Wednesday December 19 2007, @04:18PM (#21756558) Journal
      Does anybody still care about that game?

      Yes, I've already started a book about it, called "From Vaporware to Vistaware"

    • Re:Who cares? (Score:5, Funny)

      by IdleTime (561841) on Wednesday December 19 2007, @05:00PM (#21757218) Journal
      Nuke Dukem Whatever...

  • Nice Teaser (Score:5, Interesting)

    by AbsoluteXyro (1048620) on Wednesday December 19 2007, @02:54PM (#21755282)
    Now if only there were an actual GAME to go along with it. Maybe they can cobble together a direct-to-DVD movie instead?

  • In Other News... (Score:5, Funny)

    by FreeRadicalX (899322) on Wednesday December 19 2007, @02:54PM (#21755286)
    ...Four horse-like aircraft seen flying across night sky.

  • the death of a metaphor? (Score:5, Funny)

    by Joe the Lesser (533425) on Wednesday December 19 2007, @02:55PM (#21755302) Homepage Journal
    If they actually release the game how can I continue to classify certain projects at work as 'Duke Nukem Forever' priority!!

  • Not nice. (Score:5, Funny)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 19 2007, @02:56PM (#21755318)
    Seeing the words 'Duke Nukem Forever' and 'released' in the same sentence almost made me choke on my toast. Next time, try to break the news lightly or you may end up with a slightly reduced readership.

  • dont hold much hope regardless (Score:5, Insightful)

    by falcon5768 (629591) <Falcon5768.comcast@net> on Wednesday December 19 2007, @03:00PM (#21755380) Journal
    This isnt the first trailer for the game, and in comparison, the first trailer back in 2001 was MUCH better.

  • Repent Ye! Repent Ye!! (Score:5, Funny)

    by El_Smack (267329) on Wednesday December 19 2007, @03:11PM (#21755526)
    Delete thy Pr0n and believe, for the end cometh nigh!

  • I see the future... (Score:5, Funny)

    by creimer (824291) on Wednesday December 19 2007, @03:25PM (#21755756) Homepage
    Looks like Rocky, Rambo and Duke have a lot in common these days: Comeback kings of the steroids circuit!

  • You know what? Give it up. (Score:5, Interesting)

    by WarlockD (623872) on Wednesday December 19 2007, @03:26PM (#21755766)
    Look at the games or the mega release just this year. All the innovation, the spectacular graphics. The new ideas in gameplay (Portal, Timeshift, etc). What the hell can Duke Nuke offer? Serious Sam has the crappy "Kill everything that moves" so what space will Duke Nuke offer with a one dimensional character and "wacky" characters?

    Hell, even when Doom 3 came out, it had the novity factor of being to powerful for the systems of the day. What will Duke bring to the table?

    • Re:You know what? Give it up. (Score:5, Insightful)

      by zippthorne (748122) on Wednesday December 19 2007, @04:43PM (#21756968) Journal
      If it's anything like DN3D, it won't be about a particularly innovative engine

      It'll be about details. Mostly humorous.

      There will be strippers you can pay, and rob. There will be pool-tables with semi-realistic billiard ball physics. There will be sinks you can smash and urinals you can piss in (and you'll gain health for this for some reason).

      You won't be stuck some place with a 2-inch curb you can't climb over to keep you in. Instead, the map boundaries will seem reasonable. Or at least, physical. You might still question why someone built a building across a four-lane street...

      And there will be genre-jokes. Perhaps there will even be an arcade with a working version of Ms. Astro Chicken or something, to which Duke makes some comment about it taking so long to come out and not being worth the wait.

    • Re:You know what? Give it up. (Score:4, Insightful)

      by Mishotaki (957104) on Wednesday December 19 2007, @05:04PM (#21757262)
      Naked women?
      I mean really naked... as in "we don't care about having an AO game, it's what we're aiming for" kind of naked women... in a videogame!

      That would be the first of it's kind in American gaming! Everyone is scared shitless of doing it because they're scared no one will sell the game... Everyone knows Duke, demographics shows that most of the gamers can buy adult games without any problem, all they need is to release that legendary game and show the reality that we don't mind naked chicks, we like naked chicks, we want naked chicks, we're tired of almost-but-not-naked-enough-chicks from the "M" games! We want real Adult games, not the kiddie stuff!

      Come on Duke, the future of gaming is in your hands! let us see some titties! Not yours, off course ^_^

  • Noooooooo!!!!! (Score:4, Funny)

    by wandazulu (265281) on Wednesday December 19 2007, @03:29PM (#21755852)
    I had so many hopes that we'd have solved so many of the world's problems by the time DNF was released! I was expecting to bring the game with me to my summer timeshare on Mars!

    So many dreams shattered. Oh wait, it's just a trailer, not the real thing. Dream on, then!

  • Only (Score:5, Funny)

    by Bananatree3 (872975) on Wednesday December 19 2007, @03:34PM (#21755928)
    I will refuse any release unless its Duke Nukem Forever on a Phantom Console running on an Atom Chip. Otherwise, you can forgettaboutit.

  • Running joke fatigue (Score:5, Funny)

    by Random BedHead Ed (602081) on Wednesday December 19 2007, @04:15PM (#21756504) Homepage Journal
    You know, I'm actually all out of jokes for this topic.

  • The best part... (Score:5, Funny)

    by wjsteele (255130) on Wednesday December 19 2007, @04:42PM (#21756940)
    "Stay Tuned" What the hell do they think we've been doing for the past [X number] of of years!

    Bill

  • Amazing... (Score:5, Funny)

    by Roger W Moore (538166) on Wednesday December 19 2007, @06:27PM (#21758324) Journal
    ...even their April Fool tricks are 8.5 months late!

    • Re:Quote (Score:5, Informative)

      by CestusGW (814880) on Wednesday December 19 2007, @03:11PM (#21755516)
      Read the 3drealms website. It was an unfunded effort by a few employees to make something for the company Christmas party. Lighten up, Francis!

    • Re:Quote (Score:5, Informative)

      by Esine (809139) <admin@tohveli.net> on Wednesday December 19 2007, @03:15PM (#21755618) Homepage
      The voice actor is the same, Jon St. John. That's Duke's voice alright.

    • Re:Quote (Score:5, Interesting)

      by p0tat03 (985078) on Wednesday December 19 2007, @04:11PM (#21756458)

      Er... As another poster brought up, this was a video for a company Christmas party. Give it a break. Secondly, it IS the same voice actor. Thirdly, it's not CGI, it clearly comes out of the engine (look at the horrible normal mapping on Duke's pants). Fourth, it's got gameplay, albeit not a lot of it, but you can see a fair bit of in-engine in-game shots.

      I don't get why the Slashdot groupthink is trashing this. It's been vaporware for way too long, I for one look forward to the possibility that it will get taken off the vaporware list in the foreseeable future.

      • If only there were some movie, in which many of the classic lines could be heard. That'd do it for me...

    • Re:In other news... (Score:5, Funny)

      by BarneyL (578636) on Wednesday December 19 2007, @04:53PM (#21757126)

      Extremely low temperatures have been reported in hell today. If the drop continues hell is actually in danger of freezing over...
      I hear the first level will be set in a frozen hell fighting off flying pigs.

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