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'Duke Nukem Forever' Now Available for Mac

Thursday August 18, 2011 10:01 am PDT by Eric Slivka
Back in June, Aspyr announced that it would be bringing Duke Nukem Forever to the Mac. While the game has received generally poor reviews, there has still been a fair amount of interest in the title given that the game has been repeatedly promised over the past 15 years.


Duke Nukem Forever finally launched today for the Mac and is available via GameAgent and Steam for $39.99, but is also being offered through MacUpdate Promo for $34.99 through Sunday. The MacUpdate Promo offering also includes a free copy of Jets'n'Guns Gold.

Duke Nukem Forever is a Steam Play title, and thus allows users who purchase the title on one platform to play on other platforms for no additional charge.

Note: Purchases made through the MacUpdate Promo link financially benefit MacRumors.
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chocolaterabbit
10 months ago

Yes, it will.

http://www.gameagent.com/store/aspyr/en_US/pd/productID.230945100#system_requirements


Surprising that it does, considering that the minimum stated was the geforce 8600, and the intel isn't as powerful as that. I guess it'll run, but very slowly.


Why didnt they release it on the mac appstore and get rid of steam?


Steam is better for games than MAP. You can chat to your Windows gaming friends, whatever you buy on PC is free for Mac if it's available, and vice versa, join friends on multiplayer games, etc.
Rating: 4 Positives / 1 Negatives
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BulletToothTony
10 months ago
there's a lot of funny stuff on this game.. the quotes alone kept me entertained and laughing throughout the game.. the game is only worth it if you played DN 3D otherwise don't bother.. people don't seem to get the humor of it for some reason.

Even so don't expect much out of it.. having played the original a couple of times thru and many hours on multiplayer back with 56k i give this game a 7.5 for the humor alone.. the campaign it's meh..
Rating: 5 Positives / 2 Negatives
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outphase
10 months ago

Is this a brand new game or a remake?


New game. It's been in development for about 14 years :P
Rating: 3 Positives / 0 Negatives
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andreiru
10 months ago
Lost my eyesight playing it.
Rating: 3 Positives / 1 Negatives
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Dagless
10 months ago
Well I loved my romp through it, much more enjoyable than silly games that try to be serious (Gears of War, etc). Not the best game by any stretch of the imagination but it has some great unique moments.
Rating: 2 Positives / 0 Negatives
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thinkinblue613
10 months ago
I loved Duke Nukem... When it first came out.

I am so glad to have tried the demo, because I was close to going out to buy it. After playing the first level, I knew this game wasn't good at all. The controls were terrible and the graphics, wow, the graphics were a joke. I enjoyed the gameplay from the original game more than I did with this one.

Or maybe I'm spoiled from how epic FPS games have become in the last 10 years. Actually no, I hate to say it... But this game SUCKED and should be AVOIDED. Sorry, Duke.
Rating: 2 Positives / 1 Negatives
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DiSTURBED-oNE
10 months ago

This game is horrible, the original was much better.. Do yourself a favour and don't buy it :P..


Let people make up their own mind.

I would watch this review, and then make your decision:
http://www.youtube.com/user/phreakindee#p/u/13/q_EESRrn-Ck
Rating: 3 Positives / 2 Negatives
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oiuh151
10 months ago



Advice

Don't buy it. Mac port gets even worst. In steam page, there is no system spec. You don't know whether your Mac can handle. Honestly gaming on Mac is really bad idea.


Advice

Read the thread before posting.

http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=13204569&postcount=24

If anyone can answer me this

Do steam games bought on PC transfer over to Mac (and vise versa)?

I might scoop this game up to test out some light gaming on my mac, but most likely it won't run well (13" 2010 MBP) in which case I would switch and play it on my gaming rig.

Yes, they do so long as they support SteamPlay(which Duke Nukem Forever does, alongside every other Mac game currently on Steam).
Rating: 2 Positives / 1 Negatives
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oiuh151
10 months ago

Wondering if this will run on the new 13" MacBook Air with Intel HD Graphics 3000 384 MB?


Yes, it will.

http://www.gameagent.com/store/aspyr/en_US/pd/productID.230945100#system_requirements
Rating: 1 Positives / 0 Negatives
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accessoriesguy
10 months ago
they should just re-release the original duke nukem with online multiplay for mac, that would get more sales.
Rating: 2 Positives / 1 Negatives

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