First footage of Duke Nukem Forever

by Richard Mitchell { Jun 5th 2008 at 4:15PM }

The very first episode of The Jace Hall Show is now live, and it includes the impossible: footage of Duke Nukem Forever. The segment with 3D Realms begins at 2:33, and we can honestly say that we appreciate host Jace Hall for asking the team "What the f*uck is taking so long?" The real fun, however, begins at 4:18, when we actually get a tiny glimpse of the game in action. Fans of Duke Nukem 3D will notice plenty of things from the original game, including some of the classic weapons. Specifically, there is footage of the shrink ray including the ever important moment when Duke crushes his recently debigulated foe. Hall concludes by saying, "I saw it. They have been working. It's not a myth. You're going to be pleased."

Let's hope so.

Update: Find the (autoplaying) video after the break. Sorry 'bout that.

[Thanks, Coffinfeeder. Via Shacknews]

Tags: 3d-realms, duke-nukem-forever, jace-hall, jace-hall-show

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

offday @ Jun 5th 2008 4:21PM

Holy crap. It's not an urban legend!

But your telling me it's taking so long because the guys working on the game are addicted to warcraft? Is anyone else pissed?

754Boy @ Jun 5th 2008 5:04PM

If my dev team was hooked on WoW then they would be fired!!

NineT9 @ Jun 5th 2008 7:44PM

good god this is the most excited ive been for years about a video game... and i loooove video games

i coudlnt' believe my eyes, i hope i dont wake up right now and it was a dream :(

xenocidic @ Jun 6th 2008 8:14AM

what's with the auto-playing video guys? if you're going to post an autoplay video put it after the break, i have this as one of my home pages at work.

Trekster_Gamer @ Jun 5th 2008 4:23PM

I stopped caring half a decade ago about this title...

Gamertag: GOPAL892005 @ Jun 5th 2008 4:36PM

the gameplay footage of Duke Nukem Forever actually looks pretty amazing.

JHTM @ Jun 5th 2008 4:44PM

i have to disagree i think the gameplay looks remarkably average and standard run and gun fare. To be frank on that (limited) showing, it looks nowhere near as good as est. FPS games such as Crysis, CoD4, HL2, bioshock etc. Admittedly its only a glimpse but i see nothing to write home about

decidely average imo

Neil @ Jun 5th 2008 5:11PM

Yeah, I don't know but from the little bit we saw in the video it looks very generic.....and other than Duke's voice there was nothing special here.

Still the video was really short so who knows the game might actually be cool, but as of right now its a BIG meh for me.

Sean @ Jun 6th 2008 2:50PM

Crysis, beyond it's pretty trees, is awful mate. It's certainly not an established FPS either.

JHTM @ Jun 6th 2008 2:58PM

i dunno, i think any FPS can have crit levelled against it, Bioshock is largely linear, CoD is very linear, Doom 4 too dark etc etc. I think you have to judge each FPS on its merits and i think as a whole Crysis was an excellent game and introduced not only a great engine, but also good AI, story, and as a package was very good. COD4 was an excellent game, bioshock too. True in DN4E weve only seen a glimpse, whilst i hope it will be 'genre-defining' i cant help thinking when and IF it gets released its going to be another Daiktana (or however you spell that crap)

BTW - i played Bad company demo last night on XBLM - WOW - excellent game - NOW RELEASE FOR PC !!! :)

ogvor @ Jun 5th 2008 5:02PM

Embedded videos that just start playing themselves are very annoying.

mian @ Jun 5th 2008 6:56PM

Absolutely. If you have to post crappy players like that, post them after the fraggin break.

Magic Whiskey @ Jun 5th 2008 8:08PM

Yes Richard, please simply link to these videos next time instead of posting them directly here. The autoplay bogs down my page load and I can't scroll to read stories.

Royale @ Jun 6th 2008 1:12AM

... and then you click to read comments and it starts playing again ... wtfx?

Royale @ Jun 6th 2008 1:12AM

... and then you post your comment and the video starts again ... wtfx?

mian @ Jun 6th 2008 1:55AM

joystiq did it right

Boff @ Jun 6th 2008 7:37AM

ARRRGGHHH MAKE IT STOP.

TTL Jericho @ Jun 6th 2008 1:40PM

It does look standard, and it looks like Unreal Engine, but if it's DUKE, I'll buy it.

ronaldmonster @ Jun 5th 2008 5:16PM

So it's basically a modified Prey?

JimyD @ Jun 5th 2008 5:44PM

Yeah, it definitely looks like Prey 2. 3D Realms better pull out all of the stops in making it funny and politically incorrect, otherwise it will be a big flop.

DMZilla @ Jun 5th 2008 7:22PM

If you follow the development cycle of this game you will see they changed engines once or twice, so they had to do a lot of rebuilding. I kinda feel bad for them as I cant fathom how much money has been poured into this game's development.

It looks very similar to Prey, but as long as its fun to play who really cares? I'm just curious if its as "mature" as DN3D.

EmptyEnergy @ Jun 5th 2008 5:43PM

DNF has live gameplay footage?! Nice.

While this is great and all, how about an update on Duke Nukem 3d for the XBLA?

Flip Top Eddie @ Jun 5th 2008 5:55PM

Never cared about this game before until now. It basically looks like Prey, so count me in.

BL4CK @ Jun 5th 2008 6:16PM

Wow, looks like a big disappointment...

doug @ Jun 5th 2008 6:22PM

That guy is annoying. Or maybe it is the auto start to the video that starts every time. Every single time.

Rick @ Jun 5th 2008 6:36PM

Oh, man. PLEASE STOP THAT VIDEO FROM AUTO-PLAYING. AHHHHHHH!!!!

That guy is a super douche.

Jonah Falcon @ Jun 5th 2008 6:36PM

Autoplay = FAIL

Arno @ Jun 5th 2008 8:41PM

Epic fail, even.

Arno @ Jun 5th 2008 8:41PM

Epic fail, even.

Jim Halpert DM @ Jun 5th 2008 9:15PM

What do you mean? I enjoy the autoplay. I love how I'm listen to music and how it interrupts and makes my music almost impossible to comprehend.

Maxwell @ Jun 5th 2008 6:48PM

I tried to pause it, and the audio restarted, and won't go away. Lame.

Trogdor @ Jun 5th 2008 7:47PM

I agree that it looks pretty generic...I predict a big dissapointment. Which is a shame because the original Duke games were pretty sweet.

Haohmaru @ Jun 5th 2008 9:20PM

For those looking back at DN3D with rose-tinted glasses: there was very little that game did that other first-person shooters didn't do before. The overall charm came from the game's attitude and humor, and not from any revolutionary engine enhancements. With that being said, what little of the game was shown in the video aboe definitely doesn't look bad. As long as this latest romp manages to capture everything that made DN3D great, it'll be an enjoyable ride no matter what it LOOKS like.

ManicBomber @ Jun 6th 2008 3:45AM

Right on, it's about the personality they infuse into games.

webster1990 @ Jun 5th 2008 10:08PM

aaargh the video wont play at all for some reason,
i watched right up until the gameplay was about to be shown on another site and it stopped, i can't get it playing anywhere.

webster1990 @ Jun 5th 2008 10:10PM

nevermind, it started to play the moment i commented

Dirtgoblin @ Jun 6th 2008 12:01AM

im definitly not excited about this game anymore... to little to late, i doubt that these guys can create a game that has a great story and great gun play. this game has to be held to a higher standard since these fools have been spending more then 10 years making it. if they release anything short of a groundbreaking genre redefining game then, well somebody should just punch them in the face. really hard. no, make that really, really hard !!

Isak? @ Jun 6th 2008 12:01AM

I thought that was cheapyD from CAG for about 14 seconds. Bald men all look the same to me apparently...

jauno @ Jun 6th 2008 12:28AM

Marti this is a video game show. marti this is a video game show. marti this is a video game show. No this a video game blog, nobody gives a shat about your stupid fvcking podcast or whatever you idiots decided I need to hear whenever I load the page. I hope this isn't a behind the scenes at X3F podcast like 1upshow because I don't care what happens behind the scenes at X3F so shut the fvck up. Let me read the stories I want in peace or I'll go somewhere else to do it.