By Tom Phillips Published Monday, 3 February 2014

Duke Nukem 3D: Reloaded developer Interceptor Entertainment has teased an upcoming action RPG entry in the series, Duke Nukem: Mass Destruction.

A now-offline teaser site AllOutofGum.com included a countdown timer set to end on 25th February and artwork showing an "Original Kick-Ass" flavour of bubblegum, the favourite chewing product of Duke.

The page had asked for 10,000 people to Like the game's Facebook page in order to translate a block of "alien text" with details of the game. But the code - a simple substitution cipher - was quickly cracked by fans.

"The King makes his next-generation debut in Duke Nukem: Mass Destruction. A top-down action role-playing game for PC and PlayStation.

"Duke Nukem kicks ass across planets in an Unreal Engine-powered galactic adventure to save the President from an apocalyptic alien threat."

The game will include "series-first mechanics" such as "experience points and tech trees". More details of the game's alien-fighting plot lie in the image below.

It's not the first we've heard of the game - back in December it was revealed that Duke Nukem creator Scott Miller was working on a new PC and PS4 project at Interceptor.

Code-named "Project Ascender", the game has been in development since September with a small team of 19 people and was scheduled for release at some point in 2014.

Interceptor worked for several years on a quasi-official Duke Nukem 3D remake, Reloaded, which was also being made in Unreal Engine. Reloaded was indefinitely "shelved" back in 2011 - allegedly due to differences between the developer and Duke Nukem: Forever Gearbox, whose own take on the series was due to launch around the same time.

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Cool... just don't make the same mistake did in Forever.

small team, just 19.  so basically a big indie effort.   with that team size it will be harder to end up in development purgetory. 

...but it's getting really hard to keep up with all these playstation exclusives these days. 

Action RPG? No thanks. Call me when they are going to make a good FPS.

So they are turning it into a Diablo-like game? We'll see.

I think it is more like Borderlands guys.

But the message clearly says

"The King makes his next-generation debut in Duke Nukem: Mass Destruction. A top-down action role-playing game for PC and PlayStation.

Ohhhhhh I missed the top-down perspective... sorry.

I came to deal 9999 damage with stun and poison and chew bubblegum... and I'm all outta gum.

i was thinking more tomb raider: guardian of light-like.