<em>Duke Nukem Forever</em> has gone gold

<em>Duke Nukem Forever</em> is actually, really and truly, honestly... coming out. The game has gone gold, so there's no turning back now. Now what are we going to use for easy jokes?

<a href='http://meincmagazine.com/gaming/news/2011/05/duke-nukem-forever-has-gone-gold.ars'>Read the whole story</a>

 

[Mortus]

Epic epic article pic.

 

[Panick]

The demons must be shivering in hell about now.

 

[OwenT]

Epic epic article pic.

++

Is it an Aurich masterwork (rather than an official publicity shot, which I wouldn't put past them)?

 

[TheTerribleTwist]

Maybe Beetle Juice 2 is on the way now.

 

[ronelson]

Is it an Aurich masterwork (rather than an official publicity shot, which I wouldn't put past them)?

Nope, that is from 3D Realms, erm, Gearbox. I have no idea why Ars refused to put their sources out there: http://twitter.com/#!/GearboxSoftware/s ... 1902939136

 

[Z1ggy]

so it was the rapture

 

[Ulf]

What is this I...

... the end of the world is nigh!

 

[piripiri]

Hail to the King, baby!

 

[Scraps]

It's still a fine joke as the game looks absolutely terrible.

 

[versificator]

I am disappointed by the US-bias here.

The game is released 10th June internationally, and 14th June in the US.

 

[sword_9mm]

i can't wait.

i know it'll probably be total bullcrap but after this long i have to try it no matter what.

now let's see if they actually have a game in the case or if it's just a round piece of shit with a "haha gotcha" note.

 

[Mortus]

The game will be released on June 14, with a demo coming on June 3 for preorder customers and those who bought the Game of the Year Edition of Borderlands.

Oh good, so that's what that code is from my Borderlands game. So I can demo it and find out if it's bad or not.

 

[Hurda]

So when is GNU/Hurd's release-date?

 

[madmanX]

I guess we can start making fun of the lack of Half-Life Episode 3

 

[PaulWTAMU]

The Mayans were right after all

hope it is better than the preview version ya'll played a while back.

 

[Belzebuth]

Noooooo... I made a deal with the devil saying that he can have my soul when DNF ships!

 

[Ben Kuchera]

Is it an Aurich masterwork (rather than an official publicity shot, which I wouldn't put past them)?

Nope, that is from 3D Realms, erm, Gearbox. I have no idea why Ars refused to put their sources out there: http://twitter.com/#!/GearboxSoftware/s ... 1902939136

It doesn't need to be sourced, it's an official asset that was designed to be used in articles such as this.

 

[Daros]

I am disappointed by the US-bias here.

The game is released 10th June internationally, and 14th June in the US.

And on a U.S. based site, no less. What a crock.

 

[Ars of Ares]

I've never been so excited for a game I'll probably never get.

Great pic, too.

 

[Gandhim3]

Too bad it didn't go gold on May 22, the day the world was supposed to end. That would have been awesome timing.

 

[gackley]

Ahmadinejad

 

[Deleted member 1]

I know Ben hasn't been impressed with what he's played so far, but I don't think I can pass this up. It's like owning a piece of gaming history.

 

[atfphotography]

HAAAA!

They should have gone gold on Saturday. The world would have been complete. Duke Nukem gone gold on the day of the rapture.

Do you think "The Duke" would have flown up into the heavens as one of the chosen only to firmly place his boot in God's crotch or ass?

"SHAKE IT, BABY! (WHAM)"

The rapture is now over and you are all going to hell.

COMEDY.

A

 

[darkowl]

Duke is finally coming out... hur hur hur. Maybe that's what he's been taking so long to get to grips with...

 

[CodexDraco]

The world has gone mad!

 

[Meathim]

I'm speachless. I feel... empty. Almost violated.

 

[jbart]

I am disappointed by the US-bias here.

The game is released 10th June internationally, and 14th June in the US.

And on a U.S. based site, no less. What a crock.

Funny, a U.S. based *web* site, how relevant ... stuck in the 20th century??

 

[Mortus]

I've never been so excited for a game I'll probably never get.

Ditto. It's one of those things where the backstory of the development of this game has made it so very interesting, yet the game itself is something that I would probably only buy during a sale (deeply discounted of course).

 

[Xelliz]

"but now going gold is likely to simply start a countdown to the inevitable day-one patch."

Thats because instead of meaning 'done', going gold now means 'good enough to ship.'

 

[MoonShark]

As a last-minute twist, instead of donning rocket launchers and fighting aliens, the game will feature Duke sitting down to fight his real enemies -- procrastination, indecisiveness, hype, technological progress, and (now that it's 2011)... male pattern baldness!

 

[68K]

I am disappointed by the US-bias here.

The game is released 10th June internationally, and 14th June in the US.

And on a U.S. based site, no less. What a crock.

Ah, get over yourselves. The US typically gets games a day or three earlier than other territories, so just deal with it. I was bored reading posts from people who'd completed Portal 2 before my UK copy even dropped through my letterbox.

 

[ewelch]

Of course it had to go Gold after that rapture thing didn't deliver.

How terrible would it be for the world to end just before this game is released?

 

[Orthogonal]

"with a demo coming on June 3 for preorder customers and those who bought the Game of the Year Edition of Borderlands."

I don't think they know what a Demo is, sounds more like a preview for parying customer's.

 

[mogbert]

You LIE!!!!!
This... this can not BE!
Everything I have ever know, everything that I've held constant in my LIFE... it sudenly has no meaning.
The sun could rise in the west.
The earth could go 'round the moon.
I CAN believe that it is NOT butter!

The only explanation is that I've fallen through some hole in the universe and arrived at some sort of ALTERNATE future!

 

[Premo1]

Now we just have Half Life 3 jokes to look forward to...

 

[jpsquared]

Personally, I'm waiting 'til it goes plaid.

 

[OrangeCrush]

I am disappointed by the US-bias here.

The game is released 10th June internationally, and 14th June in the US.

Funny--all the things that can be said about Duke Nukem coming out, and this is the best you could come up with? Maybe from now on when Ars posts a release date, they can just have an automatic disclaimer "+/-1 week depending on region."

 

[Killing Time]

not sad at all. i'm tired of the jokes.

 

[Vastarien]

When the game is finally out in stores, it's almost going to be sad. We're going to have to work for our jokes.

No, I'm sure there will be plenty of jokes for how underwhelming a game can be after something like two decades of development.