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Duke Nukem Forever release date revealed

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By Caleb Cox

Posted in Games, 21st January 2011 14:16 GMT

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The forthcoming Duke Nukem first-person shoot-'em-up may have been taking Forever to arrive - such is the irony of its title - but at long last, the game's publisher, 2k, has confirmed the release date.

According to a report on Game Informer [1], the long-awaited title will be released in the US on 3 May. The rest of us will get it three days later.

Duke Nukem Forever, the Chinese Democracy of the video-game world, had been much cause for debate until it was finally pushed back into the limelight last year with confirmation of a 2011 release. [2]

Duke Nukem in foreground of night club. Two pole dancers in background

The game was subsequently demoed at the FirstLook games convention [3] in Amsterdam last October.

Randy Pitchford, head of developer Gearbox, told games site CVG [4], the campaign will be "three times the size of Modern Warfare 2's".

Finally we have a date and can look forward to some overdue action-packed misogyny this spring. And we won't have to wait for Christmas. Bitchin'. ®