a DUKE NUKEM DS suddenly appears!

Today I checked the big local electronic store (at "Mediamark", the equivalent of "Best Buy" in most Europe).
And you know what I found?

DUKE FRIGGIN' NUKEM!!! 

Whaaaaa..?? 
You might not know, but I kinda dig Duke, and I planned to review most Duke-related games on this blog some of these days.
Already did the first one. 
So, the story behind this game was that it was canned. 3D Realms, the developer behind the duke went bankrupt. 2K Games kept the franchise thanks to a deal they made during the production of Duke Nukem Forever. And Gearbox was making the official sequel.
And a DS/PSP game long in the making was canceled because it was taking to much time, plus it was gonna be published by Apogee (3D Realms household company.). This original title was supposed to be a 3-episodes long game (3 separate games) where you could switch between all of Duke's previous gameplay, meaning FPS, third person shooter and sidescroller.
It was called Duke Nukem Critical Mass.

It was announced as canceled when 3D Realms close its door, the franchise reverted to 2K Games and all things Apogee were shut down.
Then a rumour the game was still coming, albeit under a new non-Duke Nukem name.

And today? BLAAAAM!

Duke's Back!
So...random? Unexpected!
And it's a real game! I almost expected a week's old April Fool in the store.

But what is...
?

There isn't even any mention of 2K Games?!
Just... APOGEE??
Is this a fake?
I check wikipedia, no mention of it. (I already alerted the nerds over there to edit the page)
Gamespot, IGN, etc...
Nope.

And even the release date states 2010!! No 2011?!

Back from an alternate universe? An alternate Earth's joke on us?
I was even expecting a Duke Nukem forever on the Xbox 360 there.

Anyway, the game is fun, feels great.
It could look a tad bit better, sure.

It's pretty close to Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project, though less polished.
Sidescrolling action with many clever different gameplay sequences.


And on a related note, here's a Duke Nukem Forever trailer
FOR MATURE AUDIENCE! (warning)
(or should I say, "IMMATURE AUDIENCE" am I right or what? :P)


The Babe trailer~