Gearbox Publishing officially announced today Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary Edition World Tour, along with the first teaser trailer for the re-release. You can check out that video in the player below. The new release is due out next month.
It looks like Gearbox will try to erase the bad memories of the much-maligned Duke Nukem Forever by repackaging the classic 1996 Duke Nukem 3D game. The classic FPS will be re-released with some extra, never-before-seen content, including an “all-new episode containing eight original levels” designed by the original developers of Duke Nukem 3D, Allen Blum III and Richard Gray. Here’s a breakdown on some of the new content:
- “Hail to the King, Baby!” – Complete all-new episode containing eight original levels created by the original designers of Duke Nukem 3D, Allen Blum III and Richard “Levelord” Gray
- “Come Get Some!” – All-new original music composed by Lee Jackson, original author of Duke Nukem’s iconic theme “Grabbag” and sound designer for Duke Nukem 3D, along with new one-liners from the voice of Duke himself, Jon St. John
- “I’ve got Balls of Steel!” – All-new behind-the-scenes original development team commentary accessible in-game
- “I’m Lookin’ Good!” – Play the game using the original 1996 graphics engine or toggle in real time to play with the original content rendered at high fidelity and blistering frame rate using Gearbox’s all-new “True3D Rendering” mode
Gearbox President Randy Pitchford stated on the anniversary edition: “When I first moved out to Texas to join the Duke Nukem 3D development team in the mid-nineties, I could not possibly predict that we were all going to be part of the emergence of the 3D First Person videogame genre that would ultimately impact the entire videogame industry. Making it possible for Allen, Richard, Lee and Jon to all come back together 20 years later to bring a whole new episode to the classic game is just one of those rare and incredible things that I hope will bring joy and happiness to hardcore videogame fans new and old.”
It looks like this is a solid remastering so far, and it’s not trying to reinvent the wheel. Hopefully, this game works out better for fans than Duke Nukem Forever did. Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary Edition World Tour is due out on October 11. The game will be available for $19.99 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Windows PC via Steam. You can also check out some new screenshots for the game in the gallery below. Click on the thumbnails to see the full-size images.
