GameXplain writes: "I suppose I was just as intrigued as anyone when 2K announced that Gearbox (a company who I’ve quite liked since the impossibly fun Borderlands last year) would be taking over development of the Duke’s long, long awaited reappearance on the gaming scene. The ridiculously long development time of this game became such an industry joke, that even games like No More Heroes made references to the impossible wait for the game’s release. After 3D Realms essentially went under last year, most gamers including myself figured that the project would never materialize."