Deep Silver, Inc. and Apogee Software today announced an open search for the next live-action Duke Nukem actor. One outstanding North American Duke will be chosen to represent the Duke Nukem Trilogy games hitting retail shelves this September. The talent contest will travel to three cities this spring, culminating at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in June with the naming of a new Duke Nukem representative.
From the dystopian corridors of BioShock's subterranean "paradise" to the Strogg-infested space stations found throughout the Quake franchise, First Person Shooters have found countless ways to establish themselves as rich, enjoyable experiences, capturing the hearts and trigger fingers of gamers worldwide.
GamesAreEvil writes - Xbox Live numbers are in for the week beginning September 22nd. Halo 3 has reclaimed it's throne from Call of Duty 4, while Duke Nukem has 'nuked' his way to the top of the Arcade titles list in his first week.
Duke Nukem 3d has a robust Thursday and Friday, bringing it's cume to just below 40,000 in 3 days. It's the first game to officially beat out Castle Crashers, which sold 19,000 units on the week.
Console Monster writes: "It's Wednesday and as we previously confirmed, Duke Nukem 3D is now available to download from the Xbox Live Marketplace as of today, as well as a whole range of new trailers, themes and gamer pictures. Here is the full Xbox Live Marketplace update for Wednesday 24th September 2008:
dailygamesnews.com - Duke Nukem 3D is now available on live for you to download and kick some serious alien ass.
Console Monster writes: "This week's Xbox Live Arcade release has been confirmed and it's time to lock and load for Duke Nukem.
Oh dear, bad news for Japanese gamers who were looking forward to 'Duking It Out' (sorry) with buddies online. The game has received an adults only rating and therefore will not be released on the Xbox Live Marketplace in Japan.
Shacknews writes: "The Xbox Live Arcade version of 3D Realms' classic shooter Duke Nukem 3D is arriving on September 24, GameTrailers has revealed. The price of the downloadable title remains unknown.
GameFocus: We have word from X08 in Toronto yesterday that the long awaited Duke Nukem 3D (NOT Duke Nukem Forever) will hit Xbox Live Arcade this September.
Joystiq writes: "According to a Microsoft representative at X08 in Toronto, Duke Nukem 3D will include two new features when it releases "sometime in September": a saved film and gameplay rewind feature. As explained by the rep, the rewind function allows players to rewind a portion of the game if they had a particularly enthralling firefight with LARD troops or to undo any major mistakes (e.g. including death)."
3D Realms writes: "We've been asked about this for a long time, we've had fans pleading with us for some sort of announcement or information. Well, today is the day!
The achievement list for 3D Realms' downloadable Xbox 360 port of Duke Nukem 3D has appeared on the internet via Achieve360Points.com, a sign that traditionally indicates the game has passed certification and is due for release soon.
"First off, there's going to be at least 39 levels of action for you to unlock as you follow Duke's return to Earth to find that alien space maggots have taken over the police force, corrupting officers and chasing after our babes. The wonderful Pipe Bomb makes a welcome return as does the brilliant Shrink Ray and Freezer… but there's more to come. "
The last Joystiq heard from Duke Nukem 3D on Xbox Live, it was "several months away" as of January ... well that time has come and passed with nothing to show for it. Now comes two new pictures from "SV" that purportedly reveal his Dukeness in the Xbox Live Arcade system, with some achievement icons and, in the second picture, 25 points for completing L.A. Meltdown on any difficult in co-op.
The rumours were true; 3D Realm's classic FPS Duke Nukem 3D is coming to Xbox Live Arcade.3D Realms boss Scott Miller has confirmed that the downloadable version of Duke's '96 outing is coming with online multiplayer support, achievements, Xbox Live score boards and a co-op mode."We're really excited about bringing classic Duke to the 360," said Miller in an interview with Dallas Business Journal.You may recall that way back in August ...
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