Duke Nukem Forever has caused market analyst firm Wedbush Morgan to chop $25 million off its first-quarter revenue estimates for publisher Take-Two Interactive. Wedbush Morgan had expected the long, long awaited installment in the shooter series to sell at least three million copies. Reviews for Duke Nukem’s latest hurrah have been scathing and the sales reflect as much. Wedbush Morgan now acknowledges DNF will be fortunate to sell even half of the three million originally projected.

Duke Nuken Forever isn’t a great game. In some areas, it is flat-out dreadful in terms of playability. Sure, it is offensive. It definitely didn’t live up to the 12 years of work that was supposedly put into the game.

However, it still probably won’t be enough to kill Duke, much to the discontent of women’s rights groups who do have a good and valid point and delight of Fox News who will exploit those opinions.

It might have been impossible for any game to live up to 15 years’ worth of expectations.

Duke Nukem Forever has fallen far short, according to most reviews. Time and critics have not been kind to the game that has been in development since the late ’90s. Everything from the game’s dated humor to its missions and shooting mechanics have been blasted and not with any of Duke’s signature weapons. Duke Nukem, let’s face it, is kind of a jerk.

He’s crude, insensitive and downright disrespectful to women. As the negative reviews began to pile up, an executive at the firm in charge of the game’s PR fired off a blast even Duke might have thought twice about.

Father’s Day is next week on June 19, 2011, so Toys R Us’ June 12-18, 2011 ad is all about providing deals on items that might make good gifts for the father figure in your life. There are also a few miscellaneous deals as well, like buy one video game under $19.99, get one for the same price or less for 40% off and the 15% off promotion on all iTunes, Microsoft Live, Nintendo Points and PlayStation Network cards too. But mainly, the deals are on bigger items.

For example, Toys R Us has broken the standard ad rule of offering a free Toys R Us gift card with only one console this week…

Have you been clutching onto your Duke Nukem Forever preorder since the Clinton administration? GameStop is about to reward your obsessive record keeping.

GameStop began taking preorders in 1997 under the impression the game would release within, oh, a decade or so. GamePro asked if the retailer would honor those initial transactions in light of the game’s lengthy development cycle.

GameStop will and will even give those customers the “Duke’s Big Package” preorder bonus. That includes an in-game EGO boost, a Big Head mode and some T-shirts to wear in game.

We’ve had numerous chances to own an Online Game System for less than its normal selling price. Before now, the latest offer that involves getting a free OnLive Game System requires a pre-order of Red Faction: Armageddon. If that game isn’t your cup of tea, there is another opportunity to snag this $99 console for free. Just pre-order a copy of the highly illusive Duke Nukem Forever and you’ll be set (at least until the next big game releases).

Fox News recently went back on its anti-games soapbox. Much like it had its two cents to throw in about the deplorable, sexist, violent [insert other negative entertainment-related adjectives here] nature of highly anticipated “M”-rated games, Fox’s wrathful gaze has turned toward the game Duke Nukem Forever.

Perhaps the longest running gag in the videogame industry is still running, as publisher Take-Two Interactive has announced another delay for Duke Nukem Forever. Slated for a May 2011 release before the latest announcement, Take-Two is now promising the game will hit North American stores June 14, 2011 and launch internationally June 10. The upcoming (we think) first-person shooter has been in development since 1997. It’s become an industry joke, synonymous with the term “development hell.” Take-Two acknowledged as much in its press release. Keeping with Duke Nukem’s off-color humor, the announcement notes that “Duke Never Comes Early.” It’s safe to say we passed any chance of him showing up early around, oh, 1999 or so. Developer Gearbox Software got in on the joke, calling this the shortest delay in the game’s history.

The Duke really does know how to stay classy. At this point, it’s hard to get surprised whenever an incredibly offensive feature is revealed in Duke Nukem Forever. In the latest issue of OXM, a few multiplayer modes in DNF were revealed. One of the modes is called Capture the Babe, and it puts a little spin on the traditional Capture the Flag mode.

If you’re one of those people who has been waiting over 10 years for Duke Nukem Forever, then you may be a perfect candidate for the Balls of Steel edition. Yes, there is going to be a collector’s edition of the game, and that is what it is called. Really catches your attention. The Duke Nukem Forever First Access Club got to hear about it first, and now Gearbox Software and 2K Games have officially announced it to the world…