Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour busts some new heads for Xbox One on Oct. 11

Gearbox Software has officially announced Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour. The re-release of the original 1996 first-person shooter will include all-new content and will be released October 11 for PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4.

Gearbox Software states the biggest addition is a brand new fifth episode: Alien World Order, with levels designed by two of Duke Nukem 3D's original creators, Allen Blum III and Richard "Levelord" Gray:

Take down legions of alien scum, including new Firefly enemies, across 8 brand new levels from the game's original episode designers.

There's also some additional extras in Duke Nukem 3D: World Tour:

  • New, bonus content in Episode 5: Duke Nukem finally gets an INCINERATOR to roast new "Firefly" enemies!
  • New "Duke Talk" plus high-fidelity re-recordings from Duke Nukem's original voice actor, Jon St. John!
  • New musical score for Episode 5 created by Duke's theme song author and original game composer, Lee Jackson!
  • Original 1996 source code and "2.5D" engine re-mastered in True 3D for Xbox One, Playstation 4 and Windows 10!

Pre-orders for the game are available for $19.99 from the Xbox Store and Steam.

John Callaham