Duke Nukem Forever developer Gearbox Software has created a survey to gauge gamer response to the critical flop.

The survey is open to everyone whether they played the game or not. Those who did play are asked to rate how much they enjoyed the game’s humour, graphics and gameplay. Drilling down, respondents are then asked whether they liked or disliked the two-weapon inventory, regenerating health, linear level design and Duke’s style of humour.

Those who didn’t play are asked how they perceive the game on a 10 point scale, how much they like mature content and themes such as nudity and sexuality, their general preferences in first-person shooters and, of course, “base humour”.

 

Gearbox has announced a multiplayer downloadable content pack for Duke Nukem Forever.

Called the Hail to the Icons Parody pack, the DLC includes four new multiplayer maps and three new multiplayer modes themed around successful contemporary first-person shooters.

The three modes are Freeze Tag, Hot Potato and Hail to the King. 2K writes, “Freeze Tag provides some of the most fun team gameplay in Duke Nukem Forever. Players cooperate to freeze and shatter their opponents in succession for huge point streaks and combos. See who can hold on to the babe the longest in Hot Potato and play free-for-all Duke style in Hail to the King.”

 

In a wide-ranging interview with Forbes magazine, Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick has confirmed that the company has future plans for the Duke Nukem intellectual property.

Take-Two’s subsidiary, 2K Games, recently released Duke Nukem Forever to middling critical reception.

When asked if the company intended to “spin out” the Duke property into new games, movies or TV, Zelnick replied, “We don’t really talk about it in detail but you will see future Duke IP coming from this company.”

 

Jim Redner, the self-employed public relations specialist recently fired by 2K Games after threatening to withhold future games from journalists, has defended his actions in an essay published by Wired.

Following poor reviews of Duke Nukem Forever, Redner tweeted, “too many went too far with their reviews…we r reviewing who gets games next time and who doesn’t based on today’s venom”.

Duke Nukem publisher 2K Games soon responded, tweeting, “2K Games does not endorse or condone the comments made by @TheRednerGroup and confirm they no longer represent our products”.

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There’s a sentence we never expected to write. 2K games has today announced that Duke Nukem Forever has gone gold, a jargon term for the process of pressing the game to discs and shipping for distribution.

While this is an everyday occurrence, Duke gets special mention as until last year the game – first announced 14 years ago – was considered vapourware.

Duke Nukem Forever is coming to PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on June 10th. All that’s left to be determined is whether it has been worth the wait.

 

2K Games has created a saucy website called Duke Nudem to promote Gearbox's upcoming game, Duke Nukem Forever.

The site comes in “Safe for Work” and “Not Safe for Work" versions, however, given the site’s URL, we’d very strongly recommend you avoid it altogether until you’re at home.

In Duke Nudem, you compete against four different models in a quick-draw competition. It’s best of three and if the model loses, she’ll take off an item of clothing.