Gearbox Software, Duke’s current owners, did not respond to a request for comment, but that hasn’t stopped the former creative stakeholders around Duke Nukem Forever from using the leak as an opportunity to simultaneously reminisce and sling arrows over why and how Duke Nukem Forever went from one of the most anticipated games to a laughingstock. “I wouldn't be surprised if that build sat unnoticed for years until someone at Gearbox stumbled onto it buried among a bunch of Duke Nukem Forever material they inherited, but that's a completely wild guess.”

“It could easily have just sat on that PC (or archived on their network) for years giving anyone the opportunity to copy it and later leak it,” said one former developer, who asked to remain anonymous because they did not want their speculation tied to their name. The version that leaked does contain documentation pointing towards the computer of a former 3D Realms employee, programmer Nick Schaffner, who didn’t respond to a message sent by Waypoint on LinkedIn. If you want to have a look at the new adventure of Duke Nukem, you have to download Duke Nukem Forever right now.Waypoint has spoken with three former members of the Duke Nukem Forever development team, and nobody knew where the leak might have come from. New weapons, improved enemies and a whole city to destroy, always for the well-being of mankind. The game, that has been developed using the Unreal Engine (responsible for lots of the most important titles of the last few years), put us back in the dirty and violent atmosphere present in each of the titles of the franchise. Since 1997 different companies had been working on a new project known as Duke Nukem Forever, and that was expected to be a sequel of the mythical Duke Nukem 3D adapted to the new times (especially the graphics), and now it's here.

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