Duke Nukem Endlessly started growth in 1997 and was alleged to be out in 1998. It wasn’t launched till 2011, and when it did, it fucking sucked. However what if the sport had come out in 2001, prefer it was at one level alleged to?
As Duke4.internet report, a giant leak not too long ago turned up on 4chan, with somebody importing a sequence of movies and pictures from what the poster says is a 2001 construct of the sport. They are saying “all the E3 content material is there” from that yr’s notorious presentation, and that whereas a lot of it’s “block-outs with no enemies” (principally empty areas), different areas have some dangerous guys and interactive sections.
The leakers additionally say they’ve their arms on the editor and supply code for this model of the sport, and that they’ll be releasing each in June. It’s vital to do not forget that the construct they’re posting and promising to in the end launch isn’t a online game, within the sense it has any type of construction or cohesion or polish to it. It is a 2001 construct from a sport that wasn’t launched till 2011, it’s basically only a assortment of near-empty levels you may shoot weapons in.
Given the sport’s notoriety, although, that also makes this gorgeous fascinating, if solely so we are able to (roughly) examine what we are able to see right here to what we in the end bought in 2011. Right here’s one of many uploaded movies (although there are much more at Duke4.internet):
George Broussard, the sport’s authentic director who oversaw growth from 1997-2009, has commented on the leaks, saying the footage “appears to be like actual” and that folks ought to “closely mood expectations” as a result of “there is no such thing as a actual sport to play…only a smattering of barely populated take a look at ranges”.
In fact whereas what’s there in the meanwhile is only a assortment of scraps, diehard Duke Nuke followers are holding out hope that if the editor and supply code actually are launched in June as promised, they’ll be capable to flesh out the undertaking and see if they will create one thing of their very own with it.
