Duke Nukem Forever/Development History: Difference between revisions

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The game was given the [http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,66195,00.html Vaporware Lifetime Achievement Award] by ''Wired News'' for its continued delays, an award created specifically for ''DNF'' (as it was winning the Vaporware Awards too often). When readers complained against its removal, the game returned the following year to win some more awards.
 
To grasp the scale of ''DNF's'' development cycle, take a look at [http://duke.a-13.net The Duke Nukem Forever list]; this page (last updated in 2009) lists off major events which happened between the announcement of the game and the page's last update; perhaps the only thing that ''didn't'' happen sincebetween the game's announcement and its release is [[Baseball|the Chicago Cubs winning the World Series]], and [[Laseven Vegas]]that probablywas laidonly oddsmissed onby whicha wouldfew happen first.years ([[Buttthe Monkey|ThoseCubs poor,won poorthe Cubs.]]2016 World Series).
 
3D Realms released numerous trailers and teasers throughout development, including [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDlB2P1leRM this 2001 trailer] featuring footage tailored together from non-interactive cutscenes (according to a former 3D Realms developer) as a "proof of life" for the game. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWuteFLUPSY Another teaser trailer released in 2007], combined with the surprise release of ''[[Prey]]'' (3D Realms' ''other'' vaporware title), suggested ''Forever's'' development might have finally gotten somewhere.