Gearbox Software has confirmed that they have purchased the Duke Nukem brand at their conference in PAX. Gearbox president Randy Pitchford dramatically told fans that “we brought Duke Nukem”. So just to clarify, Gearbox not only has the rights to release Duke Nukem Forever, it has the rights for all future projects thanks to a cooperative deal made with 3D Realms.

The press release hints that we may be seeing more of the Duke after Forever, by saying that: “The first product to be available under the Duke Nukem brand will be the long awaited Duke Nukem Forever”. Pitchford also announced that Alan Blum, the creator of the Duke Nukem franchise, is now working at Gearbox.