Duke Forever trailer today

By Tom Bramwell Published 19 December, 2007

And a screenshot now.

3D Realms has popped up to announce - to general disbelief - that it plans to release a teaser trailer for Duke Nukem Forever today on the Internet.

Not only that, but it has released a screen-grab from the teaser to help whet our appetites. That's the picture just down there. No no, there. The other thing is your leg.

The trailer will be released today, 19th December, at "around noon CST", which is 6pm GMT in old money.

Popping back up a little while later, 3D Realms boss-man George Broussard said he wanted to "manage expectations" with a little addendum, in which he wrote:

"This is a teaser. It's not a full blown trailer like the 2001 trailer (but something like that is coming). I tried to be clear about that in the message board post, so just bear in mind that it's a teaser."

'Duke Forever trailer today' Screenshot 1

Who wants some closure?

Will it have gameplay in it? Or strippers? Or gameplay strippers? Who can say? We will of course mirror it for you just as soon as we are able.

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About Tom Bramwell

Tom is Operations director of Eurogamer Network and Editor-at-Large of Eurogamer.net. He joined the company in February 2000.

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  • Steroyd #1 4 years ago

    Awe no more Did Not Finish jokes. :(

  • Steroyd #2 4 years ago

    huahuahua

  • Kafeen #3 4 years ago

    @Steroyd

    Its not out yet. There's still time.

    After the amount of time this thing has been in development it had better be the best game ever!

  • agparrot #4 4 years ago

    Cripes, it has a lot to live up to.

    And it was only yesterday somebody mentioned C&C: Renegade. Let us pray at the church of Nukem that this does not go the same way.

  • Nallen #5 4 years ago

    He's gonna push some weight, stand up, say a line about being back and then the logo is going to go 'wham' land on the screen, and then probably explode.

    Something is going to explode at any rate.

  • Guv #6 4 years ago

    hehe, I wonder what the total budget is so far... how long has it been since announced, nine years?

  • AcidSnake #7 4 years ago

    Not coming out before christmas?!
    Fine, I'll program my own Duke Nukem game, with blackjack...and hookers!
    In fact, forget the Duke Nukem game and the blackjack!

    ...Ah, screw the whole thing...

  • Genji #8 4 years ago

    He looks kinda outdated now. Love the sunnies, though.

  • BadBoyBonner #9 4 years ago

    To me Duke's starting to look like Bruce Willis as far as the face goes.

  • Universal_Hamster #10 4 years ago

    Remember folks: Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

  • Gnort #11 4 years ago

    Duke Nukem was cool back in 1996. Now it's just an easy punchline for industry jokes. Surely George Broussard must realise that the best DNF can now do is to become the new Daikatana?

    What are 3d Realms actually doing all this time? I have a feeling this teaser is probably the sum total of their work in the last few years. Who pays 3d Realms' bills during this enormous development period?

    @Steroyd
    It's not out yet, they're just releasing a teaser. I have a feeling the DNF jokes still have a lot of life in them.

  • ChrisOTR #12 4 years ago

    "Something is going to explode at any rate."

    Heh! :)

  • Britesparc Verified Creative, ITV #13 4 years ago

    Okay, NOW I'm officially excited.

    This could go any way, I know - either embarassingly pants (Daikatana), entertainingly above average with some interesting twists (Prey), or abso-bloody-lutely great (Half-Life 2). I imagine the middle one, TBH, but I live in hope that this'll be as groovy as DN3D was way back in 1864, when I ran it on my steam-powered PC I used to tinker with in the workhouse before running out to sweep chimneys.

  • Sir_TimAlot #14 4 years ago

    If this games ever comes out I will uppercut jesus and powerbomb a panda. This is the best industry joke/prank ever and i want it to continue until the rapture

  • BadBoyBonner #15 4 years ago

    Here was my fave DNF article

    http://ww w.megagames.com/news/html/conso...

  • Sir_TimAlot #16 4 years ago

    Pretty old but still funny

    [link url=http://duke.a-13.net/
    ]http://duke.a-13.net/
    [/link]

  • BadBoyBonner #17 4 years ago

    PMSL @ Sir TimAlot

  • konstantinos #18 4 years ago

    oh, so that's why it's minus three degrees outside... hell IS freezing over....!

    "looking forward" to this... whenever...

    cheers...

  • Eighthours #19 4 years ago

    "This is a teaser. It's not a full blown trailer like the 2001 trailer..."

    Amazing! Do you think he gets just how ridiculous this sounds?

  • BadBoyBonner #20 4 years ago

    Most Wanted

    *20 users want this game

    *there used to be more but sadly they are no longer with us.


    edit - now upto 20 users wanting the game - clearly the magic is working.
    Edited by 1 at 19/12/07 @ 10:39

  • oreillymj #21 4 years ago

    This game was announced before the Internet even existed ;-)

    The "official" trailer was released 6 years ago!!!
    So this new teaser means the game must be what, 10-15 years away from completion??

  • Wayne #22 4 years ago

    ""This is a teaser. It's not a full blown trailer like the 2001 trailer (but something like that is coming). I tried to be clear about that in the message board post, so just bear in mind that it's a teaser.""

    I'm glad he made this clear, cus for a minute I thought it was gonna be out like next month or something.

    SUUURRRRRRRRRRRE I DID!

  • Artemus #23 4 years ago

    Awesome. They've been working on this teaser for the last nine years. Full trailer is due 2098.

  • symmetry #24 4 years ago

    He looks like he's from the 90's...

    Oh wait! He IS!

  • marilena #25 4 years ago

    "Who pays 3d Realms' bills during this enormous development period?"

    Max Payne, mostly.

  • sickpuppysoftware #26 4 years ago

    That's not my leg

  • spiny #27 4 years ago

    Armageddon is coming!!!!1111

  • oreillymj #28 4 years ago

    How times change,

    When this game was announced 9/11 was known as September 11th.
    Back then Lenny Henry wasn't funny, oh and he still isn't now.
    Edited by 1 at 19/12/07 @ 10:49

  • Triggerhappytel #29 4 years ago

    This will never, ever live up to nine (?) years of expectation. I don't think anyone really gives a shit any more.

  • JonFE #30 4 years ago

    You'll be pissing your pants, once this is out!
    ...
    What? Don't believe me?!?
    ...
    Just wait...
    ...
    You'll see...
    ...
    Just around the corner...
    ...
    Any minute now...
    ...
    It won't take forever, you know...
    ...
    ......
    .........
    ............
    ...............
    *sigh*
    Who am I kidding? This has Daikatana written all over it...
    Edited by 1 at 19/12/07 @ 10:53

  • espy #31 4 years ago

    Some things are best left to die, this is one of them.

  • LOLLERS #32 4 years ago

    "He's gonna push some weight, stand up, say a line about being back and then the logo is going to go 'wham' land on the screen, and then probably explode.

    Something is going to explode at any rate. "


    £20 on this please.

  • Wyrm #33 4 years ago

    'Cripes, it has a lot to live up to. '

    Thing is, it doesn't anymore. It's become such a joke, so many people are convinced it's a pile of shit before they even know anything about it, if it turns out to be half decent then people will be pleasantly surprised.

  • LOLLERS #34 4 years ago

    "if it turns out to be half decent then people will be pleasantly surprised. "

    no, if it's anything less than the best game ever in the whole past and future history of games it will get destroyed, and even if it is at least a quarter of the internet will hate it anyway, just on principle.

    Then again, they've waited so long now maybe they're hoping the general public will think it's a completely new IP.

  • Tomo #35 4 years ago

    That's the first time I've ever seen that old official trailer!

    It looks/looked fucking awesome! ;_;

    It looked so complete too; it would be great if they released EVERYTHING they've worked on so far in the entire package, but I severly doubt that will happen.

  • fluff_the_tiger #36 4 years ago

    "He's gonna push some weight, stand up, say a line about being back and then the logo is going to go 'wham' land on the screen, and then probably explode.

    Something is going to explode at any rate.
    "

    Ha ha!! I hope so...

    My brain froze for a moment when I saw 'Duke Nukem' mentioned in the RSS feed.

    God I want it to be so good to get it right up everyone... here's hoping! :)
    Edited by 1 at 19/12/07 @ 11:26

  • GamesConnoisseur #37 4 years ago

    We all laugh about it but I mean, this is just a clear mathematic of what is required to produce a commerical game innit?

    Nowdays for the current gen you cannot normally just have a small set up (formerly Apogee shareware fest house) when EA or others have a team of 100 or more producing title in a 12 months turnaround but that is using established engine/middleware. With heavily modified engine adding to the time and more for a completely new one.

    This is a simplisitic take of the sweat shop for the production of the games I accept, but for 3DRealm who started out with a big ambition to be in forefront of the switch to 3D from 2D.

    So not having a massive large team mean the manpower available would still finish the work but equate to 10 years rather than massive set up to 1 year or so? Either way would still add up to the wages expended and how are they getting it?!

  • Mr.Fahrenheit #38 4 years ago

    Sen.Fucking.Sational.

  • fluff_the_tiger #39 4 years ago

    @ GC


    Prey, Max Payne series, other Duke Nukem games that have been released from other platforms??
    Edited by 1 at 19/12/07 @ 11:39

  • Freek #40 4 years ago

    A teaser and not trailer, in other words a logo and a one liner from Duke, with an explosion.

    And every1 will start making "10 years and that's all" jokes shortly after.

  • MENTAL1ST Verified Senior Software Engineer, Picsel UK Ltd. #41 4 years ago

    I reckon they were scared they wouldn't pick up that Wired (or whoever it is) top vaporware award this year, and have launched a last minute campaign push. Especially since Team Fortress 2 traditionally took the number 2 spot, and it's actually out now.

  • MENTAL1ST Verified Senior Software Engineer, Picsel UK Ltd. #42 4 years ago

    [link url=http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/12/cast-your -vote.html
    ]http://bl og.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/1...[/link]

    Looks like it was going to win anyway, actually

  • space_ace #43 4 years ago

    amazing
    what's next, a new portishead album? :)

  • Corbb #44 4 years ago

    I wonder how many times they have started all over again...
    and if there is actually even one line of code from the first build/test they made.

  • monkie_king #45 4 years ago

    @GamesConnoisseur: nah, doesn't work like that. You miss your original launch window by 12 months on the PC, and everyone has upgraded their graphics cards and your game looks like an outdated antiquity. So you have to go through a cycle of upgrading all the art assets, which makes you even later. Then you realise your engine isn't good enough to cut it against contemporary titles, and have to rewrite it to take advantage of new GPU technologies. And go through another art cycle. And so on. Pretty much what happened with Daikatana, too, which got late and had to move from the Quake1 to Quake2 engine, wasting loads of development time, but ended up looking piss poor next to Quake3 and friends.

    Same can happen with the consoles, too. Remember Galeon? Work started on that in '96 or '97, and was going to be PC and PlayStation. Eventually made its way via Dreamcast to XBox, many years (and rewrites) later. Basically becuase the team was too small, the title got delayed, and then got caught in the cycle of running to keep up with the hardware.

    So either you need a big team, or a load of bought in tech and don't slip. Odds are stacked against the little guys, sadly.

  • Beek4257 #46 4 years ago

    April Fool's, already?

    With this much development-time they should have built a console.

    TWO consoles.

    This has Leisure Suit Larry written all over it.

  • stoopidgreg #47 4 years ago

    "Awe no more Did Not Finish jokes. :("

    i think we can still do those for at least another year

  • Lawlost #48 4 years ago

    RRP £599 .......gotta get those development costs back somehow

  • dsmx #49 4 years ago

    This has to be the most unlikely news in the history of gaming, it came completely out of the blue.

  • GamesConnoisseur #50 4 years ago

    monkie_king Yeah, that an important point re the need to REDO all the work for the new hardware/target platform or being inferior last gen product when on the market.

    So basically, for the little team should practically forget it! OR at least have a more realisitic target audience ie in form of XBLA, WiiWare or PSN. Even the Handhelds.

  • Azazel #51 4 years ago

    This has been in development for so long that the final release will probably include software for analysing martian rock samples for signs of life.

  • Treze #52 4 years ago

    JonFE wrote:
    19-Dec-07 10:52:33

    You'll be pissing your pants, once this is out!


    Of course you will. Most octogenarian piss theirs pants.

  • Crovax20 #53 4 years ago

    Yeah badbonner, thats the first thing that came to my mind when i saw the screen

    Is that Bruce Willis

    Anyone else had the same?

  • pauljeremiah #54 4 years ago

    halo killer

    that's all i want to say

  • EmiliasHorse #55 4 years ago

    God I can't wait, this is the news I have been waiting for all these long years. Thank you 3d Realms I knew you would come through in the end and deliver the only game that can take the title of greatest game in the history of everything...

    Hang on, I thought Duke 3d was pretty shit after the first level.. Balls to you 3d Realms..Big sweaty balls!

  • L42yB #56 4 years ago

    @Emilia'sHorse - Duke 3D rocked :)

    "Your face, your ass... what's the difference?"

  • Guv #57 4 years ago

    Oh gods... I guessed nine years in the making, but it's acctually ten years and six months! That's a bloody long time to wait for maore bubblegum!

  • Trikk #58 4 years ago

    Any FPS designed for keyboard/mouse is a Halo killer in my book. Fuck playing first person perspective with a joypad.

    Britney Spears' entire musical career as a pop star has taken place during Duke Nukem Forever's development.

  • GitSomE_UK #59 4 years ago

    Fuck me!...

  • zoidberg #60 4 years ago

    the original Duke was best played with KEYBOARD only! W,A,S,D wasn't even invented! arrow keys for direction (and it was quick!), A and Z for the jetpack and simple CRTL or SACE for shoot! But it sure did rule!

    I remember L.A. Rumble legendary deathmatches! the rush for the jetpack, then the RPG and the atomic health... and you were set to wreak havock! those were the days...

    also:

    "Not coming out before christmas?!
    Fine, I'll program my own Duke Nukem game, with blackjack...and hookers!
    In fact, forget the Duke Nukem game and the blackjack!

    ...Ah, screw the whole thing... "

    nice one AcidSnake! "I'll buy eight! Now Zoidber, you're becoming a crafty consumer!"

    Seriously though, if this thing ever gets out the door, it better be all and MORE since most "new" gamers have NO IDEA what Duke is!

  • Caimbeul #61 4 years ago

    ZZZZZZzzzzzzzzz

  • Mr_Bogus #62 4 years ago

    Apparently it's up now, link to shacknews.com on their website

  • Collie #63 4 years ago

    Man, Max Headroom has been hitting the steroids heavily since his heyday in the Eighties.

  • manic_mouse #64 4 years ago

    The guy who said he'd push some weights, stand up and say something then logo followed by explosion was DEAD ON!

  • Ryze #65 4 years ago

    It must be being developed for the PS3 then!

    They're busy working on those 4D, 32:9, 120fps graphics.

    They're visionaries - they saw teh futur3!!!

  • deaner #66 4 years ago

    "Hi. We're Eurogamer. We copy stories from Kotaku.com and don't credit them. Don't you think we're great journos?"

  • EraSerX #67 4 years ago

    Scary how spot-on Nallan was..

  • fluff_the_tiger #68 4 years ago

    God damn it Nallan... now 3d realms will think they have a leak and delay it for another 10 years

  • gaselite #69 4 years ago

    Screen looks like it comes from a game that's about three years old but then again, I doubt that suprises anyone.

    "Hi. We're Eurogamer. We copy stories from Kotaku.com and don't credit them. Don't you think we're great journos?"


    What the hell? How is the story 'copied' from kotaku, seeing as the information is readily available on the 3D Realms forums?

  • Wendelius #70 4 years ago

    http://www .youtube.com/watch?v=ZUN7mHUtzno

  • fluff_the_tiger #71 4 years ago

    http://www .youtube.com/watch?v=cWuteFLUPSY

  • stoopidgreg #72 4 years ago

    ok that trailer was... shit.

    doesn't even look or sound like duke.

    considering it's the first video released since 2001 you'd think they'd put some time into it - looks like a few days worth of animation, that's all.

  • fluff_the_tiger #73 4 years ago

    torrent (HD version)

    :

    http://www.minino va.org/tor/1054025

  • shido #74 4 years ago

    Meh kinda crap. They should totally try to use the megadeth cover of the theme for the final release...that would rawk.

  • bushwod #75 4 years ago

    hmmm,

    Well the music was ace.

    And the flashes of aliens, if they were in game graphics, looked good.

    I agree that the voice just didn't seem 'heavy' enough.

    It'll remain on my wanted list for now.

  • Nallen #76 4 years ago

    Anyone want Saturdays lottery numbers? ;)