Duke Nukem Forever is Done May 24, 2011

Over ten years ago issues of PC Gamer magazine would feature one off comic strips done by Scott Kurtz of PVP. They were short PVP strips which were made specifically for the magazine.

It didn’t have a super long run, only a few issues had them but these strips were my first exposure to PVP, which is a strip I now read daily.

One of the issues featured the office intern, Francis (who was a lot younger and a lot nerdier than he is depicted now) slowly growing a beard to ZZ Top length proportions. On the last strip, as an old man, he smiles and says “Duke Nukem Forever has gone gold.”

The longest and most infamous game of all time is finished. I never thought this day would happen. I don’t think many others thought it would either, especially after everything that happened with the shutdowns and the lawsuits in 2009. So much of my life has been tied into what the progress of this project was that it’s hard to even write this posting up. Like Francis, here I sit with my long beard in shock at what I’m seeing on my screen. A chapter in the history of the Internet is turning today.

I just got the official e-mail directly from 2K Games. Duke Nukem Forever has gone gold. For real.

Duke Nukem Forever will release June 14th, 2011 for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC.