Duke Nukem Forever

Duke Nukem Forever is the sequel to the popular Duke Nukem 3D. It’s about Duke trying to stop aliens from kidnapping all the women on Earth.

Development
After the fantastic critical and commercial success to the 1996 Duke Nukem 3D, fans wanted a sequel and 3D Realms also wanted a sequel. The game was in development hell for 14 years, the longest development of any game. The reason this game took so long to develop was because how much they had to update the game’s graphics, with it’s engine updating from a Quake ll to an Unreal Engine. A small development team worked on it and 3D Realms eventually suffered through layoffs and downsizing, and the Duke Nukem franchise was given to Gearbox Software in 2009, and they completed the game in 2011.

Reception
When the game came out in 2011, the game was a critical disappointment, receiving mixed to negative reviews according to Metacritic. Critics criticized the game for its bad adult jokes, outdated graphics, long loading times, and bad gameplay. Destructoid awarded the game as the worst game of 2011 and Ben Croshaw put it as number 2 in the Top 10 Worst Games of 2011.

Sales
The game sold 376,000 copies in its first month of sales, but was proven to be a commercial failure, selling about half of Take-Two’s expectations. Even though the game had 2 DLCs, the game was still a big failure. Even though the game failed, later in the year, Take-Two said that the game could be profitable for the company.

Links
https://www.wired.com/2009/12/fail-duke-nukem/

https://www.gamerevolution.com/features/420807-gaming-biggest-commercial-failures

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commercial_failures_in_video_gaming

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Development_hell

https://crappygames.miraheze.org/wiki/Duke_Nukem_Forever