Poor Duke. Once an A-list star of the FPS world, his long absence during the hellish development of Duke Nukem Forever - and the even more hellish end result of that - has tarnished his name.

For years, 3D Realms toiled on Duke Nukem Forever. After the game languished, another studio (Gearbox Software) came in and finished it. Now, 3D Realms is working on a new game. A game it's been working on for a while—and it wants your money to finish it.

It's been over a year since Duke Nukem Forever was released, and to commemorate (commiserate?) the whole experience, Sideshow is next year bringing out this 16" statue of the Duke.

If anyone would know what it's like to show up late to a party it's the man that worked on Duke Nukem Forever for over a dozen years.

Duke Nukem Forever was, I thought, an absolute disaster. I was not alone in this. Yet Gearbox co-founder Brian Martel thinks the game's poor reviews weren't a consequence of the game being terrible. They were because reviewers were somehow unfair to the game.

Today's the day 2K Games delivers the "Hail to the Icons Parody Pack" downloadable content for Duke Nukem Forever, featuring new game modes and maps that parody much better games.

You don't acquire the rights to one of video game's most famous characters without planning on doing something great with him.