Maybe He’ll Get Credit For a 2010 Duke Title?
January 4, 2010 – A very patient fan of Duke Nukem highlighted his agony over the long-awaited (and most likely never coming at this point) release of Duke’s latest adventure by posting a photo of his 2001 Duke Nukem Forever pre-order receipt from Gamestop. The photo, which has been circulating the internet today, is a painful reminder of how Duke Nukem has held so much promise and released so much disappointment.
Once upon-a-time, Duke Nukem was the hit of gaming. Duke Nukem 3D, released in 1996, featured a fun and lengthy story, inventive settings, a smooth-talking, steroid-pumped man’s man for a main character and nude strippers. It was a huge success and catapulted its studio, 3D Realms, into the upper echelon of gaming. Shortly after Duke Nukem 3D‘s success, Duke Nukem Forever was announced and has been in development ever since. A torturous development cycle full of promises and failures, 3D Realm’s promises on Duke Nukem’s future have run hollow.
Poor gamer Slash000 pre-ordered Duke Nukem Forever for the PC on October 18, 2001 and still retains the receipt. Let’s hope that, someday, he is able to use that pre-order receipt. If not, though, 3D Realms has promised several Duke titles on the horizon and maybe GameStop will accept his pre-order for one of those.
Source: Duke Nukem Forever Pre-Order Receipt
"You heard me right, I want my copy of Duke Nukem Forever. Now."
I feel sad for the poor bloke. I’m holding out for DNF but at this point I don’t think people care anymore.
Wow i Remember those old receipts. Im sorry to say that the store doesnt even have the slips for those old preorders from all the Gamestops from before the merger in 2006. All of those slips that were still left over were given to district managers problably in early 2008.
I remember seeing countless Cowboy Bebop for PS2
Starcraft Ghost, xb360 pros and many other titles that never saw the light of day and many that did see the light of day. So if you go to the store chances are the employees that are there didnt even work there when we used the old POS
LOL the name says it all….. FOREVER thats how long it would be before 3d-realms releases another duke-nukem title.
Why is this still getting press, it’s over, let it freaking go. It is never coming out.
I am have come from the year 2052 to inform everyone that Duke Nukem Forever is almost ready to be released!!! NO, honestly. They really mean it this time. They were able to disconnect George Broussard’s breathing machine long enough for him to say he thinks it might be out by 1st quarter of 2053, but to keep in mind there is no exact set date. It, as always, “when it’s done”. He shook his fist as he said this and one of the nurses reminded him to calm down, but it was an exciting moment. Just thought I’d give everyone here a little hope. Well I must get back to the future now. Now let’s see if I can get her up to 88 and scram out of here…. *poof*
I bet this guy’s glad he bet on Duke…
Let’s hope het can get it in 2011!
Unless Gearbox gets struck with the 3D Realms DNF Curse!