Duke Nukem’s acquisition by Gearbox has caused some problems for Frontline Studios. Frontline Studios was in the process of creating Duke Nukem: Critical Mass as part of a trilogy. Since Gearbox owns the Duke now, Frontline was forced to take Duke out of the game and replace him with someone else.

Apogee Software Ltd has woken up from its deep slumber and announced Duke Nukem Trilogy for PSP and DS handhelds. But it hasn’t bothered with any worthwhile details of Duke Nukem Trilogy, and there is no word on Duke Nukem Forever that has been in development for the past 11 years. All we know is that Apogee will start releasing new Duke Nukem chapters beginning Summer 2009 for the two handhelds. The three chapters are named Critical Mass, Chain Reaction and Proving Ground.

Apogee frugally revealed the following details about the upcoming chapters