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== Guesses about the development of the game: ==
== Duke Nukem Forever is part of a conspiracy amongst the video game companies to downplay vaporware. ==
Think about it. Duke Nukem's ship sailed a decade ago. Even when this game was announced, people were already sick of the snarky pop culture pastiche. While I think it was an actual planned game some time ago, I think it has been cancelled in reality (probably around the first engine swap). So why does 3D Realms continue to claim that they're developing it? Because by doing so, they and everybody else in the video game development community can benefit from having the ultimate vaporware product. Vaporware usually gets attention, but by having a game that has spent over a decade in development, nothing really seems so bad in comparison. Have an ambitious game get delayed an extra year because you fired the original staff? It won't make the headlines on the gaming websites because in comparison, Duke Nukem Forever is worse. Basically, ''Duke Nukem Forever'' gives them free rein to be as late as they want, for as lame a reason as they want, because no matter what, it isn't'' Duke Nukem Forever''. And just to make sure that people continue talking about ''Duke Nukem Forever'', they release the first promotional material for it in little over eight years. Don't be surprised if, when 3D Realms goes out of business, some other company will mercifully buy out their properties and continue "development" on ''Duke Nukem Forever''.
* 3D Realms have now gone out of business. Time to test this theory!
** And Gearbox have "taken over development"! Due for release later this year or early next year! Allegedly! Because we haven't heard ''that'' every twelve months for the last thirteen years! Until we actually see a product on the shelves, I'd say this one is truly confirmed.
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*** They shut down because they realized that they might eventually have to bring on a new team of developers, and part of the deal was that they couldn't mention the deal to anyone outside the team. The new developers might actually finish the game, so they decided to shut down to pre-empt them, however a collection of unwitting fans may still get their hands on the half-finished code (possibly via another [[Deal with the Devil]] and complete the game.
* Alternately: The [[Deal with the Devil]] was to secure ''funding'' to spend the rest of their lives "developing" a game without ever having to actually release anything. If they went and put a product on the shelves it would defeat the entire purpose of the deal.
** Alternately Alternately: The Deal with the Devil would allow them to make good games. The condition was that Duke Nukem Forever would never be released. Duke Nukem Forever, if released, would literally be the best game ever produced.
*** Even more alternately: ''Duke Nukem Forever'' actually ''was'' released, but one of the developers made a Deal With The Devil in order to save his elderly aunt's life. The Devil's condition was that ''Duke Nukem Forever'' would be erased from the timeline and no one would remember it.
* Of course now that they've shut down, it implies the deal is off. Therefore, if Take Two decides to have another company work on it, they ''could theoretically finish!''
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== The Halo Trilogy is really Duke Nukem Forever. ==
As explained by [http://www.godmodeonline.com/d/20070924.html this comic]
** Therefore, Halo: The Fall of Reach was ONI propaganda to cover up the Chiefs origins.
== Duke Nukem Forever is suffering from Seiken Densetsu Syndrome. ==
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== Duke Nukem Forever will be released before Max Payne 3 ==
DNF is on the 2011 calender, but [[
* Confirmed.
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