“The video game Duke Nukem Forever has been a perpetual joke in video game circles. A decade ago it was already being mocked as Vaporware. At some point, Wired had to “retire” it from its annual vaporware list, giving it a “lifetime achievement award.” But that was back in 2003, and after strong demand, it was added back to the list later. Finally, in 2009, we thought it had gone into permanent vaporware mode, after the developer, 3D Realms, shut down. There was a fascinating post mortem of the effort, which talked about the rather perfectionist views of 3D Realms boss, George Broussard, who kept having the team effectively start over to avoid being “behind” the state of the art.”Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- We <3 voxels: why Voxatron is an exciting indie shooter @ Ars Technica
- Most Anticipated PC Games of 2011 @ TechSpot
- Contemporary Graphics Cards in Call of Duty: Black Ops @ X-bit Labs
- Bulletstorm – PC, Xbox 360, PS3 @ HEXUS
- Blizzard Squishes ‘World of StarCraft’ Mod @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- Final Fantasy XIII-2 Announced @ Slashdot
- Scared of the dark: a look at the audio game Papa Sangre @ Ars Technica
- Mod News: Variety Pack @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- Skynet meets the Swarm: how the Berkeley Overmind won the 2010 StarCraft AI competition @ Ars Technica
- Players Control Living Cells in “Biotic” Video Games @ ExtremeTech
- “MMORTS” Is A Real Thing, Honest @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- Preview: Test Drive Unlimited 2 @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- Resistance 3 – PS3 @ HEXUS
- Fight Night Champion – Xbox 360, PS3 @ HEXUS
- PS3 Portal 2 to come with free PC/Mac version, cross-platform play @ Ars Technica
- Kinect Hacked To Play Max Payne, Left 4 Dead 2 @ Slashdot
- Body and Brain Connection: Brain Age on Kinect, with uneven results @ Ars Technica
We actually have to stop picking on Duke come the spring

It is hard to believe that a game which has won so many awards already might have a release date. After so long at the top of the vapourware charts, we might get to see Duke Nukem again before the heat death of the universe. Techdirt spotted a release date for the Xbox 360 version of the game on Amazon, for May 31st. It will most likely be a disappointment, a game which has killed studios and seen the coming and going of numerous engines will be unlikely to live up to the reputation it has garnered for its self over the past decade.