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Devolver Digital bringing Duke Nukem 3D to Steam TODAY?

Devolver Digital is teasing a Steam release of Duke Nukem 3D later today.

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TheLiztress4806d ago

Interesting news. :) and good to see it make its way to Steam.

Tobiichi4806d ago

Yeah, would have liked to see the iOS port of Duke2 make it to PC as well though.

mynameisEvil4806d ago

Eh, who the hell cares? GOG has this game for cheaper, with extras, and DRM-free. So why get it on Steam?

Wait a minute, when did Devolver Digital get the rights to Duke 3D?

koehler834806d ago

I recently ended up with a copy of Duke 3D.. and I can't even remember how. I think it was a holiday give away from GoG.com

The experience is less than ideal.. it comes packed with and runs through DOSBox which makes running it a bit of a PITA. You have to run the settings application separately through DOSBox as well. Then boot the game back up through DOSBox to test the settings... I don't think I ever got to the game before tiring of it.

I think Steam could potentially make it a little easier to enjoy.

mynameisEvil4806d ago

YOu realize you could make this so much easier on yourself by getting EDuke32, right? And that makes modding the game easier, too. So... yeah.

koehler834806d ago

No I didn't and I assume the average person doesn't either.

If there's something that makes using the game easier, then it should come packaged with the game.

That's exactly the service that Steam provides: Ease of use.

It's typically something I find GoG tends to take into consideration too. However with Duke, they clearly failed.

mynameisEvil4805d ago

@koehler
Not really. Before I used EDuke, I still had no problem getting it to run. Whatever's going on is going on on your side.

With that said, if the 'average person' used Google, EDuke32 would be spectacularly easy to find.

Fin.

ThatEnglishDude4806d ago (Edited 4806d ago )

If this gets released on Steam, it'll most likely be a carbon copy of the same game build that's featured on GOG.com, similar to how the Steam copies of Tomb Raider 1+2+3 are the same as those found on GOG.com. So much so, that there's even GOG files IN the Steam download, and it still requires you to have knowledge of DOSBox in order to manually configure the games.

I love Steam just as much as everyone else, I mean jeez - I've been a member since 2004 and have over 450 games on the account, but these older DOS releases seem to just be the same found on GOG.com, only more expensive and with extra DRM.

koehler834806d ago

I'll take your word on that.

In regard to older games, I tend to default to GoG, as it tends to be their core competency. They tend to be really good at packaging their products to run easily on modern machines.

Duke is the only game I've come across where I had such issues. If a separate front-end exists, as mynameisEvil tells me, to make running the game easier, it's possible if not likely that the game is just a mess.

TongkatAli4806d ago

I would like this on Vita for badass trophy names.

Scenarist4806d ago (Edited 4806d ago )

i bought this game so many years ago....if i wanted to play it again i would just downloaded from a torrent site.....

I already own it

now that i think about .. i think thats the benefit of digital copies..... u cant lose the CD and have to buy it again

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Despite another big delay, Devolver is still hell-bent on releasing a game on the same day as GTA6

The mysterious project, which may or may not actually exist, will now release in November next year.

Eonjay190d ago

'May or may not actually exist'... Lol. True story i was going through my Playstation digital library yesterday and came across the Abandoned demo.

Gamersunite880189d ago

Believe it or not, not every gamer wants GTA VI. Raises hand. I am one of them.

toxic-inferno189d ago

I took am one of them.

I am willing to admit that they are brilliantly designed games, and absolutely deserve all the praise they receive. They just... aren't for me.

Yui_Suzumiya189d ago

Same here.. the series has always been boring to me.

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Comedy first-person adventure game The Dungeon Experience to be published by Devolver Digital

Devolver Digital will publish Bone Assembly-developed comedy first-person adventure game The Dungeon Experience when it launches for PC via Steam in 2026, the companies announced. A demo is available now.

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PC Gaming Show will be broadcasting a new dedicated direct during the Tokyo Game Show 2025

SEGA, Nightdive Studios, and Devolver Digital are confirmed to appear.