This isn’t the first time that x0r_jmp has provided a major leak related to the Duke Nukem franchise, either, as they also posted the leak earlier this year that served as the foundation for the Duke Nukem Forever 2001 fan restoration project.ĭespite featuring an extremely limited amount of content, the side-scrolling Duke Nukem Forever prototype contains many of the classic elements associated with the franchise. The leaked build contains the original game files and a level editor for the prototype, as well as patched versions designed to work on modern hardware. In surprise news for fans still holding a candle for Duke despite his disastrous last outing, a user named x0r_jmp has leaked a 1996 build of Duke Nukem Forever to that sees Duke returning to the side-scrolling gameplay of Duke Nukem and Duke Nukem II. RELATED: Duke Nukem 3D Mod Remixes and Rebalances the Iconic FPS After an early build of the game was leaked online earlier this year, Duke Nukem co-creator Scott Miller took to Twitter to discuss what went wrong with Duke Nukem Forever’s troubled development. A follow-up to 1996’s hit first-person shooter Duke Nukem 3D, which was praised by critics and fans for its skewering of pop culture and remarkably interactive game world for the era, Duke Nukem Forever went through numerous revisions over the course of more than a decade before eventually being handed over to Gearbox Software and released in 2011. News of the Duke Nukem Forever build being leaked online comes just days after a prototype of 3D Realms’ portal-powered shooter Prey from 1995 was similarly leaked.įirst announced in 1997, Duke Nukem Forever has become infamous for both its protracted development cycle as well as the critical and commercial roasting it received upon release.
Fans of 3D Realms’ foul-mouthed, alien-bashing antihero Duke Nukem can now check out a side-scrolling version of the ill-fated Duke Nukem Forever, as leakers post a 1996 prototype build of the game online.
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