The day Duke Nukem Forever was supposed to go gold
It's
April Fools' Day, a day on which we take absolutely
everything with a grain of salt. Imagine our surprise, then, when we learned that today, April 1, 2010, was the day that
Duke Nukem Forever was
supposed to go gold. In other words, the game would have been officially complete and ready for manufacturing. The news comes via former Take-Two producer Jason Bergman's Twitter account which he states
today was the gold date according to 3D Realms' internal schedule.
Variety followed up with Bergman and confirmed that, no, it's not a joke. Bergman
adds that the date was "totally intentional," and that "it was going to be hilarious."
Considering the long and storied (and
long) development history of
Duke Nukem Forever, we're inclined to agree. In fact, it's hard to imagine a more appropriate date for the game to reach the gold milestone. Alas, now that the game is kaput and its corpse
trapped in legal limbo, Bergman's revelation is more than a little sad. If you've got any heart left, pour one more out for the Duke and dream of
what might have been.
Source - Variety
Source - Twitter (@loonyboi)
