‘Duke Nukem’ Present Coming from ‘Satan Could Cry’ EP Adi Shankar

After serving to get diversifications for Castlevania, Devil May Cry, and Far Cry onto Netflix, Adi Shankar has now set his sights on Duke Nukem.

The well-known showrunner-executive producer lately informed Esquire Magazine he purchased the rights to the shooter franchise. He most likely received’t get to it for some time—he’s received a second season of Satan Could Cry to work on, plus diversifications for Murderer’s Creed, PUBG, Hyper Mild Drifter, and who is aware of what else—however he’s already received an concept for what the potential collection shall be.

“It’s a center finger to everyone,” he stated. “When Duke blew up, a bunch of individuals sat round making an attempt to show it right into a model. It could actually’t be made by an organization, as a result of the second an organization makes Duke Nukem, it’s now not Duke Nukem. I don’t intend on having anybody inform me what to do on this one.”

The unique Duke Nukem was a 2D platformer launched in 1991 from Apogee Software program and 3D Realms. Later installments transitioned to first and third-person shooters, however every sport places Duke in fights towards aliens or the navy. Its final installment was 2011’s Duke Nukem Ceaselessly, which got here out after Borderlands creator Gearbox (which now owns the franchise) took over growth duties with Triptych Video games and Pirahna Video games, and opened to fairly awful critiques. The franchise hasn’t been seen since, however over time, there’s been options of a movie adaptation, and the Cobra Kai creators are hooked up as of 2022.

Who is aware of if Shankar’s present means a Duke Nukem sport is on the horizon, since Gearbox is presently on Borderlands 4 obligation and his different diversifications haven’t but yielded new video games for his or her respective supply supplies. But when the present finally ends up taking place, it’ll actually be price speaking about, for higher and worse.

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