Duke Nukem Forever Goes Gold

An anonymous reader writes with enthusiasm "Duke Nukem Forever has finally gone gold!" Looks like it'll be on shelves around June 10th with a demo available for Duke Nukem First Access Club members available June 3rd. Can it really be true?

A sign

[Anonymous Coward]

Maybe the world did end after all?

Re:Too bad

[ElectricTurtle]

Ditto sentiment here. I violated my 'no Steam ever' policy for Civ V. Never again. Patches are involuntary, and I once was told by the Steam software that I couldn't run my own damn bought and paid for game. Luckily it was just a fluke error and it worked when I tried again a few minutes later, but it puts things into perspective. Any time Valve wants to yank your ability to run something, they can, for virtually any reason, and you're left holding your dick.

There so many of games from indie developers and from non-DRM sources like gog.com that I will, never, ever again buy anything that requires Steam or any similar service that makes you some distributor's bitch serf.

Re:Too bad

[Eric(b0mb)Dennis]

This is so true.. although i'm still a 'slave' to the monster out of need.. valve has royally screwed me just like that one time.

I lost my entire account (The entire thing, banned) with well over $300 worth of games. Almost everyone valve-made game. CoD: MW, BF:BC2

How does this happen, you say? You receive a gift from a random friend who you never talked to (The gift was Left4Dead 2, because he wanted someone to play with) and it turns out whoever's credit card he used, issues a chargeback... your account is locked/banned permanently!

No matter what I did or said, I could not get my account back. They wouldn't just remove the offending game. They wouldn't let me pay the ***MEASLY FIVE DOLLARS (on sale) THE GAME COST WHEN THIS HAPPENED*** to get my account back.

They pretty much thought I was part of some kind of credit card fraud ring and banned me outright, when I offered to fax them multiple forms of identification AND the credit card used to purchase *Every single game* on my account...

But no, in the end, it came down to one single $5 gift given to me randomly from some douchebag to take away all my games.

Fuck you Valve.

(I still love you, though.. Portal 2 was awesome.. but this just isn't fair)

Re:Stay away from my daughters Duke

[AlienIntelligence]

I have a solution for you, and it doesn't involve groveling in front of your wife-master! First, wait till your wife-master is asleep, then open up her purse and find your balls. Next, re-attach your balls between your legs (or somewhere else if you're feeling adventurous). Now would be a good time to drink a beer, play the damn game, pat yourself on the back like a man, and try to remember that you're an individual and not a freaking slave to that ring on your finger.

Actually... he can get his balls when he goes for the
beer, cause they are in the bin in the freezer.

All jokin aside, if you see my other post... she ACTUALLY
mentioned my playing games at night in the divorce. She
didn't mention that, at the same time I was watching that
brand new puppy SHE HAD TO HAVE... and kept it quiet
while she could sleep.

Would have been cool if she mentioned that I got up to
first place for a brief 24hr period in one online shooter...
then it could have been entered into the court docs. lol

So... laugh til u cry...

-AI