October 1997 Archives


October 30, 1997

Duke Nukem Blasts onto Consoles

Duke Nukem returns next month when GT Interactive releases the Sony Playstation and Nintendo64 versions of Duke Nukem 3D. The release date for the Nintendo64 version is November 14th, and the Playstation version is due around the end of November. Also due out any day now is the Sega Saturn version of Duke Nukem 3D.

A massive advertising campaign is due from GT to publicize the new releases. Shown here is one of the ads for the games on a bus in Europe. There will also be other "open area" advertising such as billboards for the games.

Posted by Joe Siegler at 11:56 PM


October 23, 1997

Shadow Warrior Book Text Released!

Available in stores now are the two novels based on our game, Shadow Warrior starring Lo Wang. The first, shown to your right here is entitled For Dead Eyes Only by Dean Wesley Smith. We have decided to release the first chapter of this book here on our web site so you can check it out before buying the book. A shareware book, eh? :)

Anyway, if you'd like to read the chapter, you can click on the book image to your right. If you'd like to read more about the book, as well as some info on the second book (and ordering info), you can click here.

Posted by Joe Siegler at 12:15 AM


October 22, 1997

Wanton Destruction Demo Released

Released now is the demo for Wanton Destruction, an add-on for (registered) Shadow Warrior. It comes from Sunstorm & GT Interactive, the same people who brought you Duke it out for DC. There are some screenshots from this add-on further down this page. If you'd like to download the demo for this, you can do so here.

The full version of this add-on features some new monsters, New Lo Wang Speak, Cool new Sound Effects, as well as new Textures & Sprites. If you have the registered version of Shadow Warrior (this won't work with the shareware episode), then you should grab this!

Posted by Joe Siegler at 12:14 AM


October 19, 1997

PC Gamer Cover Article about Duke Nukem Forever

On the stands now is the November issue of PC Gamer Magazine. The cover article is an in depth look of Duke Nukem Forever, the next in the Duke Nukem game series. The 8 page article is chock full of information about the game, most of which has not been seen before anywhere. Also in the article are some screen shots. You can check them out at 3D Portal, who have scanned them in and placed them on their site.

Also included in the article are small sidebars about some of our other games (Max Payne & Prey), as well as brief interviews with Scott Miller & Paul Schuytema. Go to your newsstands and buy a copy today!

Posted by Joe Siegler at 12:09 AM


October 14, 1997

Duke Action Figure Pictures Released!

We received a few preliminary copies of the Duke Nukem Action figure in the office today, and Joe Siegler and his Digital Camera crew decided to take some shots of it. Click on any of these thumbnails for a larger image.

The shot to your right is the back of the box, and has details about some of the future characters in this action figure series! The shot below is the front of the box; this is what it will look like when you see it in the stores.

Posted by Joe Siegler at 12:04 AM


October 12, 1997

New News Area on our Website!

As you can see because you're reading this, we've started a news page on our site. This will be one place where you can get news updates from us. We will put all kinds of info about us, our products, and some third party products here. The idea is to try and make it easier for you to find out the latest news about us on our site.

In addition, we'll be putting the development updates for our games here as well. In the past, we had development update pages for several games (Shadow Warrior, Prey, Balls of Steel, etc...). All of those updates will now be posted here. However, the old pages will remain where they are, so you can see the older updates if you'd like to, however, no further updates will be posted in those locations. They'll all be here now.

Posted by Joe Siegler at 12:02 AM