Duke Nukem Forever may be taking forever, but 3D Realms has some other ideas for where gamers might be able to get their next dose of ass-kicking and bubble-gum chewing. In a comment over at ShackNews, 3DR owner George Broussard revealed that they want to port the classic Duke Nukem 3D to Xbox Live Arcade.

Responding to one poster's request that the company bring the title to Microsoft's downloadable games service, Broussard wrote:

"Truth be told, we've talked to Microsoft about it and have some people that would port it. Just waiting on the good word from Microsoft to continue."

Perhaps Microsoft's views have changed since last year, when in October 3DR's webmaster Joe Siegler griped about Microsoft's approval process. "You'd be surprised what they've turned down," he said at the time. "It's a rather complicated procedure, and MS is fairly picky about what goes on there."

The recent conversation was started by Broussard mentioning that his second Xbox 360 had just inherited the red rings of death. 1UP has contacted Microsoft to ask what the hold up is with 3DR's request, but as of press time we have not received a response.

Now are they just trying to milk a franchise or are they going to surprise us with some real DNF updates?

Now a game that really makes use of the Wii and looks awesome. I'm putting this on my Buy list.

Everytime I think I've gotten away from this game, they release something to draw me back in. I can't afford to start playing it again as I'm trying to finish up my Master's degree. Damn them!

Now I don't have a PS3 yet, but this game is making me consider picking one up soon. I don't like that you can't jump, but I love the God of War, Devil May Cry style of gameplay.

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Now this is a nice use of the iPhone and an alternative to all those damn pricey cell phone games out there.

Damn this looks REALLY nice on the animation front. I can't wait to play it now. I've tried going back and playing the first one again, but I keep getting my ass kicked. I think my RTS skills have severely weakened over the years as I used to be REALLY good at it.