
Hurd said that the 2D version of Duke Nukem Forever was canceled mainly because of the rising popularity of 3D games, including Duke Nukem 3D. Over time the 4Eva eventually transformed to Forever." So when we as a group were coming up with a name, we thought it would be funny if Duke fell for Eva and her massive assets, and given this was the 4th installation of Duke, the name “Duke Nukem 4 Eva” was born.


"The main protagonist in our game was a female Russian soldier called Eva. "It was originally a bit of a pun," Hurd said. He also explained how the Duke Nukem Forever project got its name perhaps unsurprisingly for anyone familiar with Duke Nukem's comedic stylings, it involves a boob joke. Hurd says that the game's look came from rendering Duke Nukem 3D as 2D sprites, which would explain why the game more closely resembles 1994's Donkey Kong Country than the pixel art of the original Duke Nukem games.
