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Apogee Software (3D Realms' former company name) has been revived; it comes not only with an official Press release dated today, but also an announcement of a Duke Nukem Trilogy made for the two handhelds, Nintendo DS and PSP.

Features include:

• 9 Different World Locations
• 36 Action-Packed Levels
• 3D Accelerated Graphics
• 3D Characters with Detailed Textures
• Real-Time Particle and Lighting Effects
• Multi-Mode Play with up to 5 Different Styles of Game Play Action
• Multi-Player Action
• Total Ass-Kicking Weapons

Seriously, what more could you ask for in a Duke Nukem Game?

Read everything about the game trilogy on Apogee Software's website. Duke4.net will keep you updated as it comes.

According to one of the company officials they will be at E3:

"Hope everyone understands that we will not have much time to respond to questions right now...we will be at E3, so give us some time"

Edit:
[July 15 Update:]
Naturally people are wondering what relation this has to 3D Realms, Scott Miller had this to say on Shacknews:

"Correction: 3DR has nothing to do with the new Apogee, other than helping to set it up -- but no management role at all. It's a real rebirth, and has access to several original Apogee brands/titles."

A certain Mr. McBacon on the 3D Realms forums lead me to this interesting article about Duke's past.
What I found particularly interesting was the Family Tree of Duke, a compilation of Every 2D, 3D, First Party, 3'rd party, console and PC game he's ever been on.

Mark Brown, who wrote the article on British Gaming Blog seemed to put quite some effort into his article, so if you didn't follow much of Duke's past earlier, why not go and read through those 5 pages of Duke's past on British Gaming Blog's article of our favorite game character?

Admit it, you got nothing better on your mind anyways, so go give it a read!

Shacknews and Kotaku have posted XBL Dashboard screenshots of Duke Nukem 3D, which have been acquired through PartnerNet, a private network for Xbox 360 developers. The shots display the various achievements you can unlock as well as a placeholder price of 1337 Microsoft points equivelant to $16.71. This might mean the game might be available for download soon!

Thanks to Micki, DkNkm, and phreakindee for the heads up.

That's right, and it looks badass.

George Broussard calls for help! A job posting on Gamasutra reveals 3D Realms is in need of another level designer. But more importantly it also reveals a new look for Duke Nukem, captured yesterday in the game according to George. Duke's now more true to his DN3D roots and also sporting a gun and a pipebomb! Last but not least, we get a glimpse of outdoor environments on a sunny day.

In a thread on 3D Realms forums GB states that in additon to level designers, 3DR is also looking for gameplay and Xbox360 programmers.

People are going crazy with the recently released Spore Creature Creator, and among these people are Duke fans. Quite a few creative minds already had their way with the editor and created characters from the Duke Nukem universe. Beware of Floating Octabrains, Fierce Battlelords, Freaky Cycloid Emperors and whatnot. But why stop here by just looking what others have done?!

We urge all you Duke fans to send in YOUR wild Creations that are related to Duke Nukem, we take submissions of any kind. Videos, screenshots or animated avatars, which are supported and easily done within the editor itself. You may also want to share your creature by sending us your creatures thumbnail from the "creatures" folder located in your Documents, so other fans can enjoy the sight, edit, and eventually play with them as they like.
Keep in mind, we do not want original made-up creatures, but rather the classic enemies from any Duke game released. But feel free to alter your creature in any way you wish, as long it somehow resembles an existing Character from a Duke game.

Don't have the editor yet? Head to Spore's official website and get either the trial, full version of Creature Creator. Whatever fits you the most, and send us your stuff

Here are some Creatures created by Parkar and Micki! using the Creature Creator:


If we receive enough Duke Nukem Creature submissions we will create a page for all the creatures.
Let's see who can make the best Octabrain. Have fun!

I was browsing through our forums today and came upon something interesting. Something that I think the author of the post took a lot of time and effort to create, and as such I've decided to add it to the articles section of our site. Here's an excerpt:

You should definitely check out what aftli has to say if you're dying to play the game too.

A lustful fellow by the name of ShepMode asked us to put together an article based on everything we know from the recently release footage. My immediate thought was, "I'm too lazy to do this shit," but then I thought about how Duke was in a bad, bad mood, and I didn't want to piss off one of his fans because who knows what he'd do to me. So I scavenged through a longass thread in search of answers, and then I saw three little piggies (actually it was the same pig in three different shots) that some guy who sported the name "NineT9 mustang" posted in the said thread. So you know what I did? I stole them is what I did. Posted them shits right down below. Sue me.

1UP's interviewd Jace about the recent video; he had this to say about DNF:

At one point we'll probably do an analysis compilation of everything we can gather about the game from the recent gameplay video, so check back often.