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Just as numerous game developers [[Third Is 3D|named the third installment of a popular series "3D"]] back in [[The Nineties]], 3DRealms decided to extend the trope to Duke Nukem's fourth game by titling it ''Duke Nukem Forever'' ("4-Ever"). Little did they know at the time the other potential meaning -- because when they said ''Forever'', '''''[[Development Hell|they]] [[Vaporware|weren't kidding]]'''''.
 
''DNF'' was ''the'' prime example of [[Vaporware]] by way of [[Development Hell]], and widely considered the videogame equivalent of ''[[Guns N' Roses (Music)|Chinese Democracy]]'' (the sessions for the album started in 1994 and it was ''finally'' released in November 2008; ''actual'' Chinese democracy is, sadly, [[Useful Notes/China|still]] in [[Development Hell]]) or the infamous ''[[Dangerous Visions|The Last Dangerous Visions]]'' anthology (originally announced in 1973; [[Harlan Ellison]] [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Dangerous_Visions:The Last Dangerous Visions|still insists he intends to get the book out]]).
 
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.
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{{quote| ''"What? Did you think I was GONE forever?"''}}
* [[Preview Piggybacking]]: Owners of the ''[[Borderlands (Video Game)|Borderlands]]'' [[Updated Rerelease|Game of the Year Edition]], another Gearbox game, could sign up for the ''Duke Nukem Forever First Access Club'' to be among the first to play the public demo version of ''Duke Nukem Forever''. Members of said club also get the first DLC, the "Hail to the Icons" pack, for free.
* [[Rated "M" for Manly]]: The ESRB classification for this game is "M for Mature", and has the entire rating box filled out. And then there's [http://www.esrb.org/ratings/synopsis.jsp?Certificate=30650 the description].
* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: Expected. Gearbox was worried that the game would be ''too'' crude, and were surprised they didn't have to cut out any of the "Strong Sexual Content".
** The game's special edition is officially titled "Balls of Steel".
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* [[Self-Deprecation]]: Gearbox ''knew'' fans would not be happy when they announced a [[Overly Long Gag|delayed release date]], so they threw the first punch at themselves with the announcement trailer.
* [[Sequel Gap]]: ''Duke Nukem 3D'' came out in 1996. Most of what happened in those 15 years [http://duke.a-13.net/ warranted a whole site].
* [[Lady Not -Appearing in -In-This -Game|Sir Not Appearing In This Game]]: All of the ''Forever'' trailers up till Gearbox took over featured the prospector, Gus. He had been dropped sometime before Gearbox took the game, however. At first he was going to give you a donkey to ride back to Las Vegas on. 3D Realms eventually just decided to turn the donkey into a monster truck to quicken the pace of the levels and got rid of Gus.
** Revealed in the Collector's Edition art book: there was originally a [[Distaff Counterpart]] to Duke named Bombshell who was supposed to not only appear in the game as an ally, but also get her own spin-off game. She was dropped in favor of EDF Captain Dylan. See [[What Could Have Been]] below for the other reason Bombshell ended up shelved.
* [[Take a Third Option]]: Invoked in a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGTtGxaI-PE gameplay clip].
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