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

After serving to get variations 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 not too long ago 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 variations for Murderer’s Creed, PUBG, Hyper Mild Drifter, and who is aware of what else—however he’s already received an thought for what the potential sequence can be.

“It’s a center finger to all people,” he stated. “When Duke blew up, a bunch of individuals sat round attempting to show it right into a model. It could actually’t be made by a company, as a result of the second a company 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 recreation places Duke in fights in opposition to 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 evaluations. The franchise hasn’t been seen since, however over time, there’s been solutions of a movie adaptation, and the Cobra Kai creators are connected as of 2022.

Who is aware of if Shankar’s present means a Duke Nukem recreation is on the horizon, since Gearbox is at present on Borderlands 4 responsibility and his different variations haven’t but yielded new video games for his or her respective supply supplies. But when the present finally ends up occurring, it’ll definitely be value speaking about, for higher and worse.

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