In perhaps the ultimate stroke of ironic genius, Duke Nukem Forever was supposed to have finished development by April 1, 2010, according to former 2K Games producer Jason Bergman.
Bergman revealed the bit of trivia over Twitter. He's currently a senior producer at Bethesda Softworks, but claims 3D Realms and Take-Two Interactive (the parent company of 2K Games) were planning to announce Duke Nukem Forever had gone gold (read: was finished) on April 1.
"MOMENT OF SILENCE PLEASE: by the 3DR/TTWO [3D Realms / Take-Two Interactive] development schedule, April 1st, 2010 was supposed to be the day Duke Nukem Forever went gold," said Bergman. "Totally intentional. It was going to be hilarious."
Duke Nukem Forever has been an industry joke for years. No one thought it'd be released.
"I wholeheartedly believe that had things gone differently, they would have made that date," he said.
3D Realms and Take-Two are now embroiled in a heated legal battle over the fate of Duke Nukem Forever and future Duke Nukem releases. Will Duke ever return? Was he eaten by a Sasquatch? It remains to be seen.
Source: Jason Bergman
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Overthrow
hey is he going to get kicked out of the frag cup for having that gold D-eagle?
kwfang
BULL CR@P
waterlizard
I'll believe it when I see it on the shelves.
ManWhoWasNotThere
lol why do ppl still care about this game? like at all. the graphics are SH^T-TASTIC.
IcemanMX
(*SPOILER ALERT!*)
I heard that Bigfoot was going to be the final boss at the end of Duke Nukem Forever.
-M
JDarkley
Honestly, I'm a bit sad that this game isn't coming out. I mean, if crap like Chinese Democracy could come out then why couldn't this game?
theBEAST137
watch feedback for this week and you'll c what the yeti thing is about
DM818
why do a lot of the posts have something in them about yeti's or Bigfoot
IamtheBat
It's time to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and I'm all outta gum
Mega Man X
I got Balls Of Steel!
EKG
I. WANT. THIS. GAME. NOW.
rawdealmx
yaaaay april fools even for the poor duke!!!to bad its still in the dark!! no light to....
butterfly_goalie
it'd be better if there was a sasquatch
gambitjuggalo
i will never care about any sort of duke nukem info untill i have the disc in my hands. other then that its just a myth.
orangecrow
"I must break you"
Jesters8652
No one looks at any Duke Nukem news seriously anymore. If its ever released people will play it, but until then no one is holding their breath anymore.
Moore21
Does anyone still care?
Hoss70
We're still talking about this?
Just not a fan of Duke Nukem stuff anymore. It's been surpassed. Honestly, it'd be like another "Matt Hazard" game.
tsglass
cool story....:/
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