Source: Gearbox Not Developing Halo 4 But a New Duke Nukem Game

By: Jon Christensen on August 28th, 2008 pm31 10:14 pm

Thanks to a source who is closely related with Gearbox software, we have some information about what the company’s next project is going to be. The source, who shall remain nameless, gave us a tip a few days ago regarding what the Dallas based company was working on. It’s not Halo 4. We thought about posting the story right away but we waited to make sure the source was legit. Here is what he/she first said:

“Well, I can tell you that it’s not Halo 4. When it is announced fans of a series from the past will be surprised.”

While we verified the information, some news broke about how the game was in fact going to be a shooter and how it is going to be multi-platform. Obviously if it was Halo 4, it would be exclusively for the Xbox 360, thus not multi-platform. So just like our source said, it wasn’t Halo 4.

Today our source contacted us once again and gave us a little more detailed information about what game they’re working on:

“The game is closely related to the story [on Slashgamer.com] that was posted on Aug. 27th at 5:37 P.M. Very closely related.”

We then searched our articles and were surprised by the title of the post that he was referring to; “‘Duke Nukem as of Now has ‘Several Hours’ of Gameplay Under it’s Belt“.

That’s right, our insider has implied that Gearbox is working on Duke Nukem, not necessarily Duke Nukem Forever, but something that has to do with Duke Nukem none the less. After doing a little research and looking up the history of the President of Gearbox Software, Randy Pitchford, we noticed that he did work on Duke Nukem 3D as well as the N64 version Duke Nukem 64.

After digesting that information, it does make a lot of sense that Randy Pitchford would call this game “big” if it were Duke because of his history with the series. If we get anymore tips about the game we’ll post it.

Although we can’t 100% confirm this rumor, it doesn’t sound that far fetched either.

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Rumor: Gearbox to Develop Halo 4

By: Jon Christensen on August 26th, 2008 am31 2:42 am

Not to long ago Gearbox Software talked about how their next game was “big.” If what OXM uncovered turns out to be true, than yes this is BIG-It’s Halo big. If the rumors are correct, GearBox (Brothers in Arms) would be making the next installment of Halo (4) and bringing it over to the next Xbox in time for its launch. With Bungie and Microsoft cutting ties recently and Bungie not being interested in developing a new Halo game – we’ve heard weirder things happen before. What some other people might not know is that Gearbox ported over Halo 1 and 2 to the PC. Would that give Microsoft the comfort level to give GB the green light to create their biggest franchise? With working closely with the Halo engine and story it shouldn’t surprise anyone that if Microsoft allowed Gearbox to developed the game. They also have some really respectable FPS as well with the Brothers in Arms series.

Even though OXM is a good source to have for a story like this, I also wouldn’t be surprised if this was a mistake. Could have OXM played telephone so much that Gearbox is actually making the long over due port of Halo 3? Who knows really, it could be either/or. Again, we’ve seen weirder things happen in the gaming world.

After the jump, check out what Randy Pitchford president of Gearbox said about their next project. (more…)

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