Duke Nukem: Critical Mass

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Duke Nukem Critical Mass (DNT)is a score-based “Multi Mode” Action Shooter video game produced by Apogee Software, co-published by Apogee Software and Deep Silver and developed by Frontline Studios for the Nintendo DS.

Story

The Earth Defense Forces attempts to ensure the Earth's continued security by monitoring the future with the help of their own time machine, but both their agent and a special team sent there have been confirmed MIA. Knowing something is wrong, General Graves sends in the famous Duke Nukem.

Gameplay

Duke Nukem: Critical Mass is largely a platforming shooter game, however, several different game modes are available throughout the game. There are first-person shooting sequences when player picks up a sniper rifle, and third-person battles with bosses.

Enemies

• Pig Cop
• Ratoid
• Security Camera Mech
• Morphix's robot

Bosses

[to be written]

Development

Rumors of a Duke Nukem title on PSP and DS began spreading in early 2008, and in July of that year, Apogee released a teaser trailer for Duke Nukem Trilogy, confirming the game's existence. In March 2009, Apogee attended the Game Developer's Conference and showed the game off to GameSpot, which released a short video of some of the gameplay recorded on a handheld camera. Duke was seen running around a city landscape from a third person perspective in the PSP version of the game, and platforming through an environment while confined to a sidescroller style path on the DS version. In the interview, the Fall of 2009 was said to be the target release period for both versions of the game. This event was followed by several updates about the game's progress by Apogee on Twitter during the following months, including one in which the voice recording sessions for the game with Duke Nukem voice actor Jon St. John were confirmed to have gone successfully. It was to be the first game in the plainned Duke Nukem Trilogy. A PlayStation Portable version of Duke Nukem: Critical Mass was developed but was cancelled. The DS and PSP versions were going to be unique games unified by the same basic story. Duke Nukem: Critical Mass was released for the DS in Europe on April 8, 2011.