As Duke eradicates more and more creatures, he gets closer and closer to uncovering who or what is behind these terrible events.May 2001. The creature now finds itself on the endangered species list because Duke is the top of the food chain. Local law enforcement has been ineffective, so Duke Nukem is hired to track and exterminate the beast. In various regions of the world, a large rogue animal is on the warpath and threatening human life as we know it. The developers were aiming for approximately twenty different animals in the final game. Although Duke would have been tasked with hunting one specific animal per mission, other animals would have been present on each level. Duke would have also been able to use several items and equipment to help track or even alter the behavior of certain animals, similar to the Carnivores series by the same developers. The animals would have exhibited realistic instincts such as anger, fear, hunger, and pain, and they would have used sight, hearing, and smell to avoid or to track Duke. The prototype remains freely available to download.ĭuke Nukem: Endangered Species would have pitted Duke Nukem against an exotic assortment of wild animals, modified so as to be stronger than their natural counterparts. On December 18, 2022, a complete prototype dated Octowas posted online by x0r_jmp.

However, Nach0 signed a non-disclosure agreement and has thus far been unable to share the game publicly. In 2010, Duke Nukem Wiki founder Nach0 interviewed the game's lead designer, Andriy Sharanevych, and was later given a prototype of the game. In 2005, some of the assets that had been designed for Duke Nukem: Endangered Species were repurposed in Vivisector: Beast Within, which was developed by the same studio. In an interview with GameSpy, Apogee and 3D Realms founder Scott Miller stated that multiplayer was being saved for a sequel, as they would not have enough time to implement it properly in the first game. Canceled sequelĪ sequel to the unreleased game was mentioned during the course of development. The game was canceled on December 18, 2001. The game would have used an improved version of the AtmosFear engine from the Carnivores series by the same developers, Action Forms Ltd. Duke Nukem: Endangered Species was announced on and was to be released in the second half of 2001.

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