Duke Nukem Forever's Actually Coming Out. In Stores. This Year.

Duke Nukem Forever will launch in North America after 13-years of development chaos. The rest of the world will have to wait until May 6th for the monumental occassion, but hey, what's three days in the wider scheme of things?

“The moment fans all over the world have been waiting for is almost here,” said 2K boss, Christoph Hartmann. “May 3, 2011 marks Duke’s return as he unleashes his brash and brutally honest wit on the world. His return is going to be epic and one that will make video gaming history.”

“When I said goodbye to 3D Realms and the original Duke Nukem 3D team in 1997 and soon after founded Gearbox Software, I never in my wildest dreams imagined that a day like today would come,” said Gearbox president Randy Pitchford. “Today I am proud, humbled and even astounded to announce that the day is coming at last for all gamers to be a part of video game history: Duke Nukem Forever will launch worldwide this May.”

Duke Nukem Forever was resurrected by Borderlands developer Gearbox and the project was reannounced at PAX last year. The game was believed to be dead when 3DRealms were shut down earlier in the year.  There's a new trailer for the game after the jump.

After all this time, we're not convinced Duke Nukem's going to have a place in the current gaming landscape. It's going to be fascinating finding out though.