Diamond Member Steam 0 Posted June 20, 2025 Diamond Member Share Posted June 20, 2025 This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up ’s This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up and This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up showrunner Adi Shankar has turned his attention to the This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up series after acquiring the screen rights from Gearbox Software. The animated adaptation creative lead teased his next project during an interview with This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up . Although projects like ****** May Cry Season 2 are currently top of mind, it sounds like something based on the legendary tongue-in-cheek first-person shooter franchise is currently in the works. “I'm being approached with different IPs and companies that want to work with me,” Shankar said. “I bought the rights to Duke Nukem. Not the gaming rights, but I bought it from Gearbox.” Duke Nukem is an unmistakably ‘90s video game franchise that got its start in 1991, but it wasn’t until 1996 that it would find its FPS footing with This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up . Although a laundry list of sequels arrived throughout the 15 years that followed, its 2011 entry, This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , was heavily criticized by critics and fans alike. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360-era title did so much to damage the blond, buzzcut hero’s reputation that there has not been a new Duke Nukem installment since. Shankar is already cooking up ideas for what a present-day take on Duke Nukem could look like. It’s unclear if fans can expect to see an animated Duke Nukem show in the vein of Shankar’s other projects, a movie, or something completely different, but it’s clear Shankar is trying to put together a project of some sort behind the scenes. "I don't intend on having anyone tell me what to do on this one. “It's a middle finger to everybody,” Shankar said when describing his vision for Duke Nukem. “When Duke Nukem blew up, a bunch of people sat around trying to turn it into a brand, when it's just a middle finger. Duke Nukem can't be made by a corporation, because the moment a corporation makes Duke Nukem, it's no longer Duke Nukem. I don't intend on having anyone tell me what to do on this one.” We’ll have to wait to see what Shankar has in store for the ‘90s icon. For now, no casting, plot, or release date details for the Duke Nukem show have been revealed. It's unclear how the recent rights aquisition will impact the This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up . For a better look at what to expect, you can read up on his other This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up projects. We gave Season 1 of ****** May Cry an 8/10 in This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , with Castlevania Season 1 earning an This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up upon its release in 2017. Shankar is involved in other This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up projects, too, including the This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up spinoff series, an This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , and even an This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up . Michael Cripe is a freelance contributor with IGN. He's best known for his work at sites like The Pitch, The Escapist, and OnlySP. Be sure to give him a follow on Bluesky (@mikecripe.bsky.social) and This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up (@MikeCripe). This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up 0 Quote Link to comment https://hopzone.eu/forums/topic/274717-steam-duke-nukem-rights-acquired-by-devil-may-cry-and-castlevania-showrunner/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
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