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Let The Duke Nukem Forever Asset Leaks Begin
We're less than 48 hours out from the rather shocking revelation that 3D Realms has shuttered and discontinued its seemingly endless work on Duke Nukem Forever, and already some of the company's former employees are sending previously confidential images of the game into the wilds of the Internet. The real money shot comes from artist Tramell Isaac's blog, where he offers several actual screenshots of work-in-progress DNF level designs.


Another artist, Chris Smith, posted a ton of asset renders--and then quickly pulled them down. The fast mouse fingers at Joystiq were able to grab all of his artwork beforehand, though, and have preserved it in their own gallery. Here's a few of the more interesting ones, including one sweet-looking patriotic buggy.


Lastly (for now), Layne Johnson put up a bunch of concept art he's worked on in an effort to secure new employment. (Based on the quality of his stuff, that probably won't take long.) He doesn't make specific distinctions about which images are DNF-related, but I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that anything with boobs and/or that says EDF on it is fair game.


As much as just about everyone in the world has had fun mocking 3DR at one time or another in the last 13 years, it must be somewhat vindicating for these guys to show everyone that they were in fact in there working hard on a game, and not just taking long lunches at strip clubs every day. You know, for research!

66 Comments
Double0hFor on May 8, 2009
i should play the first one
th0a on May 8, 2009
nooooo dont show me dukes corpse!!!
its like his autopsy.
I demand a closed casket funeral, dont show me what i missed
Scheds on May 8, 2009
This looks like work from some really talented people. All the best to them for finding new jobs. I wonder if an alpha leak will happen soon, Van Buren style.
Sparky_Buzzsaw online on May 8, 2009
Here's hoping someone picks this up and puts it in our hands eventually.  Hopefully before 2022.
pissedoffthewitch on May 8, 2009
R.I.P
Bigandtasty on May 8, 2009
That very last alien is nasty!
Milkman online on May 8, 2009
Does that alien have tits?...
GregIsRad on May 8, 2009
I love the "looking for a job" tagline in that guy's blog.
CenturionCajun on May 8, 2009
Well, looks like they were staying true to the themes of former Duke games. I think even if the game were to resurface it wouldn't be quite the same without 3D Realms at the controls.
AllanIceman on May 8, 2009
Always bet on Duke assets! 
Phished0ne online on May 8, 2009
This actually is a shame, most of the stuff looks really good...maybe we actually missed something here. At least a fun play along the lines of 50 cent or Wolverine.


Scooper on May 8, 2009
The alien with 3 boobs is.....

Bye.
xCJES on May 8, 2009
Man, Layne Johnson's stuff is amazing! A lot of it looks like it'd work great in an epic fantasy RPG!
VWGTI on May 8, 2009
Man, I loved Duke Nukem...sigh.
killdave on May 8, 2009
Duke is the only thing in existance that can kill Chuck Norris ^
mordecaix7 on May 8, 2009
The level renders remind me a lot of Doom 3...
Geno on May 8, 2009
These pics make it look like a Gears of War clone. How the fuck hard was it for them to release it when Epic, from scratch, have already made and released 2 such games to great critical acclaim? Even if 3DR didn't close down, by the time they released DNF, the next great game engine would have arrived. And then what, another 6 years?
Deusoma on May 8, 2009
I wonder if you'd have been able to save the chicks in alien pods, like in Duke Nukem 64. That would have been swell.
CitizenKane on May 8, 2009
Those pics look pretty awesome.  I love that bronze statue in the second group of photos.
Meltbrain online on May 8, 2009
I hope to heck someone steps up to give DNF a new home... don't let the work go to waste =(
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