Duke Nukem 3D

Some companies get all tiffy when one of their beloved franchises is honored by well-meaning fans. We're not convinced that fan-made games do anything to confuse consumers, so it seems to us that it's just needless litigiousness that gets them the 'ol cease and desist. But Take-Two Interactive and Gearbox Software don't roll like that. At least, not in this case.

Gearbox, the new developer of Duke Nukem: Forever, has given the "it's cool, bro" to a fan project which aims to remake Duke Nukem 3D with Unreal Engine 3 tech. The project, tentatively called Duke Nukem: Next Gen, was initiated by Frederik "Fresch" Schreiber, who first made a test level to see if it could be done...

Jan 15, 2008 Duke Nukem 3D is coming to Xbox Live Arcade, if rumours circulating the internet are to be believed. "Sources close to 3D Realms" have confirmed that the FPS classic will hit XBLA "within the next several months," IGN reports. It goes on to add that the XBLA version features a four-player online co-op mode, and that sources have further alleged that eight-player Deathmatch is included too. You may recall that way back in time - August 2007 to be precise - Duke Nukem dev 3D

The relationship between games and movies has always been a tense one. There's something almost violently alchemical about the way the two media usually react to each other. It's like getting hit by a yellow, piss-soaked snowball. Either element can be unpleasant enough on its own, but put them both together and something far more horrible happens. Games of movies, movies of games, they're both usually about as much fun as the death of a clown at a ten year-old's birthday party. But still we