In fact, with the exception of just one person, every single designer and artist listed in the credits of the 2001 Duke Nukem Forever trailer had at some point either joined Gearbox Software or is now still a part of the project.īut it’s not just us working on the game. Fortunately, many of us at Gearbox feel a deep affinity for the game and the brand. But Duke Nukem Forever is a game the world MUST be able to play and experience. Yes, it was going to require tremendous commitment and effort from our studio. When I first played through what 3D Realms had created, I knew what had to be done.
The vision for the game was created and iterated by 3D Realms and, I’m very happy to report, is the worthy sequel we all hoped it would be. Our mission is to complete and deliver the game. There was simply no other choice, especially since Duke has had more adventures on the original PlayStation – Duke Nukem 3D, Duke Nukem: Time to Kill, Duke Nukem: Land of the Babes – than any other console. We had to bring Duke Nukem Forever to PlayStation 3. So when Gearbox got involved, back before the game was running on consoles and back before there was any multiplayer component, we knew what we had to do. Duke needs as many people as possible to play. Duke Nukem Forever deserves to be accessible to as many gamers as possible. This is a game people have been waiting over a decade for and it’s a game we all deserve to play for ourselves.īut it’s about more than just finishing the game - this legendary, seemingly un-shippable game was first announced in 1997. Duke Nukem is legendary and unimaginably fascinating. Duke Nukem is the Ultimate Alien Ass Kicker. How could we let Duke die? The world needs Duke Nukem.
That’s why, when bad things started to happen and the future of Duke Nukem Forever was hanging in the balance, Gearbox got involved. In the interests of full disclosure, long before Gearbox was founded, long before we developed our games for Half-Life, long before we created new brands including Brothers in Arms and Borderlands, it was working with Duke Nukem at 3D Realms (with Gearbox co-founder Brian Martel) that launched my professional career as a game maker. I know that because of my history with Duke that I’m not objective about it, but I also know I’m not the only one. The greatest video game hero – Duke Nukem, our King– was on the verge of being lost forever.Ī world without Duke Nukem wasn’t something I even wanted to consider. Not so long ago, the whole of gaming faced a terrible evil – a threat so grave that few knew of its true scope, a threat so intense that even fewer were capable fighting back.
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