Duke3D on Xbox LIVE Arcade!

[George Broussard]

can you set the hud to only show ammo and health, without the huge bar on the bottom ?

No. We though this was the best solution, overall.

is the right stick used for looking up and down ? if yes can you turn it off ?

You can turn off vertical look, yes. If defaults to on, because it feels more like a modern shooter. With the auto-aim it plays really well and feels less limiting. But, you can turn it off.

in the interview george said you can view your demos and then jump into the game and play what happens when I download a demo from someone off the internet. can I jump into his demo/game as well ? wouldnt that let me cheat very fast times on the leaderboard ?

Once you jump into a clip, it is no longer eligible for leaderboard uploads.

[DerricktheW]

That right there is just good planning/thinking in general.

Leaderboard is null and void for jumping into ANY clip, right? Not just ones you've downloaded?

What if you get to the end of a level with a record time, save it, jump back into it, does that make it no longer eligible?

[BloodWolf806]

Originally Posted by OXM Online

As great as all this sounds, surely there had to be some other, less obvious reason for Duke’s debut on Xbox. “We saw it as an opportunity to learn the 360 on a smaller project,” he admitted. “Doing all the work for leaderboards, multiplayer, TCR compliance, etc. translates directly into Duke Nukem Forever.”

Ahem....

[MegaMustaine]

I cannot wait to start Duke Matching. The only real lingering question I have about the game is why wide screen support was not implemented? From someone who has no idea about code or build in general, it seems like something that could have been easily implemented? Am I wrong about this?

[Steve]

Originally Posted by DerricktheW

What if you get to the end of a level with a record time, save it, jump back into it, does that make it no longer eligible?

I'd say once you've hit the nuke button you'll get put on the leaderboard.

[AcesOfJokers]

can we get a release date soon?

[Yatta]

Originally Posted by AcesOfJokers

can we get a release date soon?

September 5th/6th.

And I came up with that date on my own. That means I have no source and no way to prove it. Accept it or don't.

[Steve]

Originally Posted by Yatta

September 5th/6th.

And I came up with that date on my own. That means I have no source and no way to prove it. Accept it or don't.

However, I'd very much like to know IF I have to press down and hold a button to enable run. I'm very tempted to go and buy a wired 360 control and practice.

[AcesOfJokers]

the arcade games are only released on wednesdays so its either the 3rd,10th,17th, or 24th

[mct783]

I just hope it gets released before this hurricane makes landfall. It may potentially hit us (Mississippi Gulf Coast) and I had to go without Madden 06 for almost a month when Katrina rolled around.

[George Broussard]

Originally Posted by AcesOfJokers

the arcade games are only released on wednesdays so its either the 3rd,10th,17th, or 24th

This is correct and I believe the 3rd is Pirates vs Ninjas Dodgeball.

[Yatta]

Hey George, are the post-boss movies included?

[George Broussard]

Originally Posted by Yatta

Hey George, are the post-boss movies included?

You betcha.

[BloodWolf806]

Is there going to be anything in the gallery that pertains to DNF?

[mct783]

Originally Posted by George Broussard

This is correct and I believe the 3rd is Pirates vs Ninjas Dodgeball.

Hm, it won't be out before the storm makes landfall anyways thinking of it. Darn. I hope it's the 10th then, if they don't release two titles one day.

[jagguar20]

Originally Posted by George Broussard

You betcha.

Yeah, those are the best cutscenes in any game haha.

[Damien_Azreal]

Yippie. Get to play Duke... get to play Duke.... seems so weird to get so excited over a release of a game I already own.

But, I honestly am really excited for this.

[alexgk]

I'm excited for a game I bought a few months ago. Wow.

[Joe Siegler]

Originally Posted by Damien_Azreal

Yippie. Get to play Duke... get to play Duke.... seems so weird to get so excited over a release of a game I already own.

But, I honestly am really excited for this.

During development, we did say that after people play this one, they may not WANT to play the old one anymore, because some of the new features wont' be there.

[AcesOfJokers]

Originally Posted by George Broussard

This is correct and I believe the 3rd is Pirates vs Ninjas Dodgeball.

k but you guys know the release date right?

[Steve]

Originally Posted by AcesOfJokers

k but you guys know the release date right?

Yeah, in September! ... sometime

[DerricktheW]

3Drealms themselves know for sure when its coming, they're just not saying. :/

And from the way George puts it, we won't get it the first week of September either.

Oh well, I don't care if I have to wait till the end of september (well okay I'm still really excited and eager for this to come out). I can still recall when people were curious if Duke Nukem 3D would be released on LIVE Arcade AT ALL. Back then DOOM was the only classic FPS out on LIVE, and people were arguing that DOOM II or Duke Nukem 3D had to make an appearance at some point.

Few years later and here we are

I'm just glad 3DRealms decided to give the "ok" on this one, since they seemed rather skeptical of it in the past. It'll keep me occupied long after getting the 200/200 GS points anyway.

[Talos]

You know, come to think of it, what if 3DR put some neat extras into the unlockables like concept art for DNF or *behold* a little teaser? Hey one can dream alright

[Ironside]

If they dont include Australia then I will buy a ps3.

[JobivanHiob]

Originally Posted by Talos

You know, come to think of it, what if 3DR put some neat extras into the unlockables like concept art for DNF or *behold* a little teaser? Hey one can dream alright

DNF concept art would be cool! And I hope if so you guys provide us with the art. But a teaser no way! the game is about 75 MB as George said.

[ash678]

i love the image at top of this forum

[Joe Siegler]

Originally Posted by Duke 64

I'm just glad 3DRealms decided to give the "ok" on this one, since they seemed rather skeptical of it in the past. It'll keep me occupied long after getting the 200/200 GS points anyway.

We were pretty excited about the idea since the moment Doom showed up. Was the first reaction of several around here. But there's always logistical stuff like contracts to work out, making sure Microsoft was even interested, actually doing the work, etc, etc, etc. We can't always talk about everything that goes on you know.

[ash678]

Originally Posted by Joe Siegler

We were pretty excited about the idea since the moment Doom showed up. Was the first reaction of several around here. But there's always logistical stuff like contracts to work out, making sure Microsoft was even interested, actually doing the work, etc, etc, etc. We can't always talk about everything that goes on you know.

dunno if you can say. but like what did microsoft think when you asked them. did you have to ask a few times or was it a yes the first time sorta thing

[Joe Siegler]

Originally Posted by ash678

dunno if you can say. but like what did microsoft think when you asked them. did you have to ask a few times or was it a yes the first time sorta thing

I don't know - I wasn't involved with that. That's contract talk, and that's never stuff I got into. George handled all of that to my knowledge.

[mct783]

Aw poopoo I may be a longtime without Duke- it's looking like I got bigger worries heading my way (hurricane).


About the Doom- yea my first thought when I bought Doom was how well Duke Nukem would perform and how fun it would be to have Xbox Live support. I just hope the enthusiam and player base stays consistent- sometimes I can't find ANY unranked or ranked opponents on Doom, which is really unfortunate. But I think this is getting enough attention that there will always be a good pool of players, at least until DNF gets released

[Damien_Azreal]

Am I the only person who's noticed something. 3DRealms seems to be the only company taking a stand against death in games.

With dying being the main reason gamers get frustrated and stop playing.

3DRealms has found ways around this with deathwalking in PREY, and the rewind feature in DN3D on XBL. I just thought was interesting.

[Steve]

^It's the new quicksave, baby!

Originally Posted by Ironside

If they dont include Australia then I will buy a ps3.

There are ways around that.

[Damien_Azreal]

Can't wait for this to be released.

Kind of hope it comes out around the same time as Metallica's new album. Then I can listen to that and play Duke.

[StixnStonz]

well castle crashers was today's release, so with the onslaught of duke media chances may be good for a next week release!

[Steve]

Originally Posted by StixnStonz

well castle crashers was today's release, so with the onslaught of duke media chances may be good for a next week release!

Lets hope so!!

[alexgk]

I'll wait for a solid release announcement to buy my points...

[ZuljinRaynor]

Originally Posted by Joe Siegler

During development, we did say that after people play this one, they may not WANT to play the old one anymore, because some of the new features wont' be there.

We'll see about that.

Originally Posted by Damien_Azreal

Am I the only person who's noticed something. 3DRealms seems to be the only company taking a stand against death in games.

With dying being the main reason gamers get frustrated and stop playing.

3DRealms has found ways around this with deathwalking in PREY, and the rewind feature in DN3D on XBL. I just thought was interesting.

Yeah, and some jackasses complain about these features. They can still quickload if they want. :/

[Steve]

People complain about anything. If 3D Realms were giving away a million bucks, someone would complain

[ZuljinRaynor]

Originally Posted by Steve

People complain about anything. If 3D Realms were giving away a million bucks, someone would complain

They should be working on DNF!

But this feature sounds real cool. Since instead of quickloading you can jump back. Can't wait to try it.