Gearbox has announced at PAX East that it's bringing a version of 2011's Bulletstorm to Switch 'early' this summer in the guise of Bulletstorm: Duke of Switch Edition.
Essentially a Switch version of the remaster Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition which appeared on PS4, Xbox One and PC back in 2017, developer People Can Fly's first-person shooter originally launched to critical acclaim but failed to meet EA and Epic Games' sales expectations. Gearbox helped original developers create the remastered version for modern consoles and it looks like it'll be with us pretty soon.
The 'summer 2019' date is all we've been told so far, with regards to a release window. All the DLC from the remastered version will be included in the Switch game, and as you can see from the name, that will include the Duke Nukem pack with voice work from Duke's original actor, Jon St. John.
The official release details the excitement of the team to get the game on Switch:
"Since the first reveal, when I saw the capabilities of the latest Nintendo console, I knew that we need to get Bulletstorm working on that thing!" said People Can Fly’s CEO Sebastian Wojciechowski. "The whole team was super pumped up on doing that" he adds.
The game will include the whole single-player experience in addition with all the DLC released. Yes – Duke’s coming too, and he’ll kick some ass and chew bubblegum as expected!
Did you play the original or the remaster? Do you have fond memories of the foul-mouthed Duke on N64? Let us know with a comment.
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Not gonna lie...Duke Nukem has my attention.
Glad these rumours turned out to be true, bulletstorm is one of my favourite games of last gen and I feel it always gets overlooked
Waggleton P Tallylicker shall rise again!
Physical? If it reviews well (8/10) and is a physical release I will buy....
Bulletstorm was pretty creative in terms of gameplay, even though I heard the replay value is real low. Hope it runs well on Switch
Anyone else amused by Cliffy B game being on Nintendo?
Im all out of bubblegum
I'll get but we'll see how it runs... Remember boarderlands on vita?
Wow!! And another big game for Switch! Keep it up!
From April on this is going to be mad...
Is Duke of Switch supposed to be a pun?
I enjoyed Bulletstorm on the 360, great fun... If they port it well & with care this could be a blast...
I played this game back when it first came out on the Xbox 360 and I loved it, I will be picking this up for sure.
At least we got Bulletstorm, no Borderlands...
@RyanSilberman
Dukes implementation is pretty bad as they didn’t really change the cutscenes meaning the other characters (which haven’t had their voice acting changed to acknowledge Duke and still refer to him as Grey) are often pushing him around or threatening him which might have made sense with the original main character but make Duke F’n Nukem seem spineless when put in his place. The funniest thing that this low effort extra is paid DLC on the other systems.
Meh. The fact that we didn't get a Borderlands 2 port is a crime.
Yay! I love Duke, I love FPS-games. This is for me.
Except I hate paying full price for all these old ports. Super sad that Nintendo gave the example.
@Paraka It’s not actually a Cliffy B game. It’s developed by People Can Fly (the Painkiller people). I think he was still at Epic when it came out but he only served in an oversight capacity. Great game.
I second the excitement and hope for a great port. I love this game and this genre. Real pumped for it.
I miss the times when I used to complain there were no good new games. Nowadays I can only complain about not having enough money to buy them all.
@N8tiveT3ch That port was more solid than people gave it credit for. It had big issues to be sure. It wasn’t a complete failiure. That team has gone on to port Skyrim to Switch and have did an awesome job.
@mercilessrobot Yes, if this is ported well it should be a great addition to the Switch library. I'm hoping for a physical release but worry if so it would need a 16gb cart.. In which case it would likely ship on a 8gb cart with a mandatory download to keep costs down .... I hope this is not the case.
A very good game, quite creative in ways too but if you have a PC, Ps3,360 or Xbone just get one of those versions for like £5. Doesnt matter which, the Duke Nukem content is nothing special just a reskin and some voice work.
I'm in. More FPS goodness on the go? Hell yes.
Day 1 for me. Wish we got a gameplay trailer though.
Cool, although I heard People Can Fly’s 1st game Painkiller was a little better.
Hail to the king baby!
What about Borderlands 1 or 2 announcements? Was really hoping for that.
This game might not be my cup of tea, and Gearbox' way of handling the Duke Nukem license and character certainly aren't either, but I'm still just so happy that People Can Fly are back to being an independant studio.
Welcome aboard!
I'm here to kick @#$, and chew bubble gum. And i'm all out of bubble gum!🙌
I Would you like to know why the other games were not advertised to the Switch as well?
This was unexpected.
Gearbox's show was super disappointing none of the borderlands remasters coming to switch it appears, and although I don't think it showed where BL3 was going, pretty sure if i remember correctly they laughed at the thought of BL3 being on switch.
I want this. Please port with care.
Above 6 and it will be mine. I buy duke forever twice...
bulletstorm sucks!
QUICK, SOMEONE TELL VINESAUCE JOEL
Was really REALLY hoping Borderlands was coming over too but this is a decent thing to get for the switch. Got it free from plus and after a couple hours realized it wasn't for me but it is a well made game. Hope the port runs well!
Now what about that Borderlands 2 rumor...?
@N8tiveT3ch borderlands on vita was a sluggish buggy nightmare!!! My vita worked fine before I got that game and ever since it has been plagued with corrupted files.
Borderlands sucks unless on it's on a Nintendo console and the port needs to be good. Until that happens Boardland sucks.
@NESlover85 that sucks man.
As long as they don't realease this for freakin' $80, I'll be interested in buying it. The lack of affordable FPS on the Switch is something that needs to be fixed (still $80 for Doom or Wolfenstein, come on...). Immortal Redneck is good, but this could be an interesting addition to my library.
We also need Serious Sam on the Switch.
I want Lollipop Chainsaw, the Conduit, Dante's Inferno, and the Duke Nukem games on the Switch. They would be great ports.
Ok. This is awesome
Borderlands remake is coming to everything, but Switch.
This is nice, but I really wanted Borderlands on Switch
meh would rather have Duke Nukem 3D over this
Looks like another Smash'n Switch sales year....
I wish Gearbox would go away
Speaking of Duke Nukem, I need a remastered of Duke Nukem 64 for the Switch. Since we got Turok, it wouldn't be much a problem if we get that one too.
played it on the xbox one. will get it again for the switch.
I might get this only for Duke Nukem, he occupies a huge chunk of my early PC gaming days!
First Rad Rodgers, now Bulletstorm? Is there anything Jon st. Jon/Duke Nukem can't make better?
Always bet on Duke. I'm in.
... anyone here excited to play this game... just freakin buy it on PC, Xbox, or PS4 most of the time it’s discounted to 5-10$
This is going to be one of those “if X sells well, we’ll give you Y”, isn’t it?
I just wanted a Borderlands collection Switch port.
Nobody asked for this!
They announced borderlands 1 and 2 remasters and not a single one is coming to switch and they want us to be excited for this mediocre shooter?
No thanks.
You had one thing to do 2k, ONE.
I'd consider it if they get Splatoon's motion controls. I just can't get used to using dual analogs for fps games.
Awesome. Can't wait to get it.
"Lol, Duke Nukem is a terrible character, whose viewpoints belong in the pas ... "
*this just in, Duke of Switch Edition Set To Storm Switch This Summer!"
"... I have always loved Duke Nukem! Duke Nukem is awesome!"
@RyanSilberman - I hear you, but Duke Nukem is kind of a dead relic.
Ever since I discovered the Serious Sam games I said "Hasta La Vista Baby" to the Duke and welcomed what have been a consistently better series of games with a better lead character.
Honestly, I would rather have a brand new Duke Nukem game with the character running around shooting aliens while making one-liners about everything that is going on. You know what, have the strippers, and everything else that makes Duke so special compared to other shooters.
But sadly enough, we will never get another Duke game. All we'll get is Duke shoved into cameo roles in other shooters and Duke Nukem 3D put out over and over again(it's a classic, but come on!)
The problem is the SJWs had their field day trashing Duke Nukem Forever for it's "outdated" portrayals of women in the game while video game critics trashed the game as well.
The funny thing is, they must all live in an alternate universe that got a different version of Duke Nukem Forever because I played the game on both the Xbox 360 and PS3, and had a blast.
The graphics while not the best on either system were about on par with Call of Duty and in some case I felt they were better then the Modern Warfare 3(which came out the same year), the controls and gameplay were good for an FPS game, I loved the fact that you could interact with the world(so many games look pretty, but limit how you interact with the world. It's minor, but putting popcorn into a microwave and then eating it adds something to a game) and I overall had a blast with the game.
But we'll never get a Duke Nukem sequel, and I hope we don't because I fear that it will be some water downed BS so the game will avoid the wrath of the SJWs that have nothing better to do then attack something.
The funny thing is that while everyone was bashing Duke Nukem's humor, it's mild compared to some of the stuff movies and TV shows have on. Hell, Family Guy has a serial rapist whose actions are played as jokes and somehow none of that attracts the ire Duke Nukem did.
So, while it's nice to see Duke in a game in 2019, it's also bittersweet because we will never get a real Duke Nukem sequel ever again.
Which is a shame, because Duke Nukem Forever and Doom 2016 are some of my favorite games that I had a blast playing, and I enjoyed them despite not really being into FPS games as a whole all that much.
Honestly, I'm a bit shocked Duke Nukem Forever was added as a BC title on the Xbox One, but I'm glad it was added because I'm enjoying it all over again.
I'm surprised Gearbox are throwing anything towards the Switch, considering how vocal they have been at how lowly they think of Nintendo and the system.
Not like Gearbox has the talent to get anything good to sell on the Switch mind you.
Jesus Christ, Gearbox. Duke has been dead for years now. I was already angry at when you did it for the PC version, and now you're giving the Switch a piece of his corpse, too. Just sell the dang IP to Devolver!
Really hope for physical release (and needs to be on the cart), then I will jump in. I would enjoy some silly, over the top FPS fun.
@Schizor88 lol go get a life you troll the game does not suck if you don't want it don't buy it but going around being a troll seriously grow up
@PENGUINOFGOTHAM Holy crap, someone has an opinion! Lock the doors, grab ye pitchforks! We're goin' on a witchhunt tonight, lads!
freaking hysterical if the Switch gets this garbage and not BorderLand 3.
See what happens on April 3rd 🙄
If it has motion controls I'd actual buy this amazing game again!
@PENGUINOFGOTHAM I think it sucks. If I indeed was a troll. Your response would be all I was going for, and u would have contributed to the so called trolling. 😂👍
@diwdiws
"... anyone here excited to play this game... just freakin buy it on PC, Xbox, or PS4 most of the time it’s discounted to 5-10$"
Just checked on Amazon - it is $16 on PS4 and $26 on Xbox One. Just checked on Steam, it is $40. And then I went to Gamestop and it was $13-$15 for pre-owned copies. Then I checked PSN and it was $25 for the base game and the Duke Nukem Add on.
This gane is boring after a few hours of play whwb i played on ps4. Hopefully this time around will be different
Nice addition to the library. Good to see some publishers noticing that FPS games can find an audience on Nintendo.
(The N64 was the best Console of its gen and the ‘Cube has a lot. Even the Wii got COD)
@ncb1397
""... anyone here excited to play this game... just freakin buy it on PC, Xbox, or PS4 most of the time it’s discounted to 5-10$"
Just checked on Amazon - it is $16 on PS4 and $26 on Xbox One. Just checked on Steam, it is $40. And then I went to Gamestop and it was $13-$15 for pre-owned copies. Then I checked PSN and it was $25 for the base game and the Duke Nukem Add on."
More idiotic replies from TROLLs...and what the Troll forgets is you can't just grab you Coffee Table consoles and go.
@AbstractMind
"This game is boring after a few hours of play when i played on ps4. Hopefully this time around will be different"
The name says it all. No concept of 2019 gaming on the go.
@Realnoize I agree. Doom and Wolfenstein are fantastic ports by those wizards at Panic Button, but a bit overpriced. Doom was still worth the high price tag to me. I got Turok Remastered and really enjoyed it, but already beat it. I know that Hexen like game Apocryph dropped on the eShop recently, but I haven't heard much about it.. Isn't the Quake inspired Dusk supposed to be coming soon? That one looks like a lot of retro FPS fun.
@SwitchForce
"More idiotic replies from TROLLs...and what the Troll forgets is you can't just grab you Coffee Table consoles and go."
People have all the rights to complain. Maybe you can't grab your coffee table console and go, but you can do this on PC if you buy a pocketable one. Old games like these run very well on such devices (I had one), so you just grab the PC game on whatever store has it, and play it either at home on your TV on on the go whenever and wherever you want. Switch-style.
Games sold for a console that can provide this functionality has no reason to be priced higher than anywhere else, unless they require a significant amount of coding to adapt to the nature of the platform. The portability of the Switch is a characteristic provided by the console I bought, not by the game. I already paid for this when I bought the console, heck, that's the MAIN reason why I bought the console.
What I buy is the content. The device that plays this content, and the functionalities the DEVICE provides shouldn't influence the price of said content. So on this, I'm on the side of those who complains about the "Switch Tax", where most games on the platform are often priced higher than their counterparts on other platforms for no valid reason other than being on the Switch.
Defending this is like saying people having offroad-capable cars should pay their gas more because their vehicle can drive them to more places than other cars.
So let people speak about how frustrated they are about this. The argument about "you can't turn your other consoles into a portable" is not a justification for stupidly high prices.
If you don't share these feelings with others, fine. If you feel like you get your money's worth, fine! It's not because you feel like this that everyone else is stupid for feeling different.
@Schizor88 well you sound like a troll if not i bet you have never even played the the whole game once and probably go in comment section and just say it's trash any every game just because you want attention try to actually play the game before judging it if you did play it and didn't like it I guess but most of time I read a comment like that I instantly think troll but if you really played and and didn't like it that's surprising because game was actually really good when I played it back on ps3 definitely day 1 purchase from me in the switch I really never call any game trash because i play any and all games there's games im not interested in but is because I'm not interested in it the only game I played really didn't like was Sherlock Holmes games on ps4 to me they were boring
@PENGUINOFGOTHAM In case you didn't know. People have different opinions.
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