

When discussing adult-oriented first-person shooters in the 1990s, the three big players were DOOM, Wolfenstein, and Duke Nukem. It has even resulted in some pretty intense drama just this week alone.At one point in time, Duke Nukem was an absolute pillar of the video game industry. It was ultimately released by Gearbox in 2011. It was stuck in development limbo across various developers for over 14 years.

There were touchscreens that you could interact with properly, a "pipe dream" style hacking minigame that predates the hacking mechanic found in BioShock by several years, a dedicated piss button, and a kind of spooky escort mission that takes place in near complete darkness.ĭuke Nukem Forever really just is the gift that keeps on giving. Those who have already started to check out this leak have managed to find some interesting ideas that were unique and honestly ahead of their time. A Reddit thread provides some tips on how to get the game running along with how to change the resolution and how to ditch the d3d8 wrapper. Beyond entire segments of the game being near unplayable or totally unfinished, it's also a bit difficult to get running.

If you plan on downloading this, you need to understand that what is available is from an unfinished game. This release includes the editor, unfinished content, source code, and even the entire 4chan thread where the leaked media was first released. You can download the build, along with the Unreal Editor used to build the game's maps, from the Internet Archive. Until June, all we would have to tide us over would be a handful of screenshots and short video clips.Īs it turns out, June came early this year as the unfinished build of Duke Nukem Forever is now available to download by everyone with an internet connection. At the time, the leaker known by the handle of "x0r" said that they would probably release this build in June some time. Word about the 2001 build of Duke Nukem Forever being leaked out into the wild just earlier this week.
