For those of you who are attending the Penny Arcade Expo, you should be aware of two things going on. And that leads us to tonight's Double Trouble
First off, we all know about the fabled Duke Nukem Forever. That game has been in development FOREVER. I thought no one would ever release that game since 1998. Then the following just happened.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Duke Nukem is back and Duke Nukem Forever is coming out next year, with someone new developing it: GEARBOX SOFTWARE
The title will be a sequel to Duke Nukem 3D, which Pitchford himself had worked on, and will feature both multiplayer and single-player modes. The title is expected to ship next year, with Gearbox currently in the "polishing phase."]
In addition, Jim Sterling had this to say about the return of the king himself after test driving Duke Nukem Forever
Gearbox Software is possibly insane for taking on this project, a game which has twelve years of expectations and notoriety behind it. However, the studio has risen to the challenge and created a game that feels so incredibly Duke that you have to respect it no matter what. This is Duke Nukem at his puerile finest, and just from the demo, I was laughing out loud. It's not even that it's particularly witty. The humor is just so incredibly stupid that it starts to take on the illusion of brilliance, and that's what matters.
Welcome back Duke. Hail to the King indeed.
Meanwhile, in LucasArts booth, something strange happened to Star Wars The Force Unleashed 2 for the Wii. As if Smash Bros just infested it.
New Star Wars Multiplayer Might Remind You Of Super Smash Bros. At PAX, LucasArts is showing off what person after person keeps calling Star Wars Smash Bros. Wrong?
WHAT DO YOU MEAN WRONG? I'VE PLAYED SMASH BROS AND I KNOW WHAT SMASH BROS IS!
The video I've shot and am showing you here is the offline multiplayer mode in October's Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II. And, no, its designer says, Smash Bros. was not the inspiration.
Not the inspriation? Smash Bros was the game that made all out brawls popular on video games. What other game was the inspiration?
It turns out that creative lead James Clarendon at Red Fly Studio is a fan of many fighting games and drew from inspirations as diverse as SNK vs. Capcom and... The Outfoxies? Clarendon told me that that game is an antecedent of Smash Bros. What he liked about that one is its use of transforming levels.
OutFoxies? What's an Outfoxies? This is a Smash Bros clone and...
Nevermind. I take it back.
Works Cited: Destructoid Article 1: Yup, Gearbox brings Duke Nukem Forever to PAX
Destructoid Article 2:
I played Duke Nukem Forever today ... what the f*ck!?
Kotaku: New Star Wars Multiplayer Might Remind You Of Super Smash Bros.
For more on the Outfoxies, go here
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