Duke Nukem Gets His Box Art Freak On

For a game with such a chequered past as Duke Nukem Forever, it took the press release of the box art for me to believe to game will actually be coming out. DNF, or Did Not Finish as I like to call it (or did, anyway) has spent to better part of ten years in development hell until it was rescued by Gearbox, makers Borderlands and paraded around as it were a real game.

As if the box art wasn’t enough, Did Not Finish has been given a release date of May 6, 2011. Suppose I’d better start calling it Duke Nukem Forever now. Although, I still almost don’t believe it and I’m expecting Randy Pitchford himself pop up and declare he had punk’d the entire world.

Until that happens feast your eyes on the box art and some key features:

Put on your shades and prepare to step into the boots of Duke Nukem, whose legend has reached epic proportions in the years since his last adventure. The alien hordes are invading and only Duke can save the world. Pig cops, alien shrink rays and enormous alien bosses can’t stop our hero from accomplishing his one and only goal: to save the world, save the babes and to be a bad-ass while doing it. The King arrives with an arsenal of over-the-top weapons, non-stop action, and unprecedented levels of interactivity. Duke Nukem was and will forever be immortalized in gaming history; this is his legend.

Features:

• Return of the King of All Shooters: He’s back, baby! The King of All Shooters returns in an explosive and action packed shooter that puts pedal to the metal and tongue firmly in cheek, among other places. Kick ass from the Vegas Strip to the Hoover Dam all while serenading your ears with your favorite Duke-isms.
• Interact With the World, the Duke Way: Experience a fully interactive and immersive look into Duke’s world. Shoot hoops, lift weights, read adult magazines, draw crude messages on white boards or ogle one of the many beautiful women that populate Duke’s life; that is if you can pull yourself away long enough from kicking ass and taking names.
• Kick-Ass Arsenal Brings Puts the F-U Into Fun: Obliterate enemies in style while giving them the Duke Nukem one finger salute. Prepare to shoot enemies in the face with a bad-ass assortment of shotguns, RPGs, pipe bombs and other trademark Duke Nukem tools of destruction. That’s going to leave a mess!