After receiving a critical spanking following Forever's long-delayed release this summer, we wouldn't blame you if you felt you'd seen the last of Duke Nukem. However, the not-quite-worth-the-wait shooter is getting a dose of DLC next week with its Hail To The Icons pack.

Details of the content have been out for a while, which involve parodies of Call of Duty, Doom, and Team Fortress 2. You'll get to lampoon these FPS icons when the pack releases on October 11th for $9.99 or 800 Microsoft Points.

Now through Thursday, take 50% off Duke Nukem Forever on Steam!

Put on your shades and step into the boots of Duke Nukem. The alien hordes are invading and only Duke can save the world. Pig cops, alien shrink rays and enormous alien bosses can’t stop this epic hero from accomplishing his goal: to save the world and save the babes!

Additionally, checkout the just released Hail to the Icons Parody Pack which adds three new modes and four new classic multiplayer maps to DNF!

I'm getting a 582.2MB update for Duke Nukem. Getting the DLC free ?

Cheh now i can't start the game! some d3d9 error.

Did you buy the DLC?

No lah. Just itchy after the update wanted to play for 5 mins. I verified the game cache, it downloaded another 7MB. But still can't....i'll try verifying again..

Don't know why mine downloading 600MB+ of update while i'm not buying any DLC. Is this normal for Steam? I mean, when new DLC come out, it will downloaded automatically and you need to buy to unlock it?

Mine downloaded the update twice! But it's working again. Phew.

The folks at Gearbox are still angry about the negative reception of Duke Nukem Forever, as co-founder Brian Martel claimed in an unpublished interview at Gamescom that reviewers were using the game as a "soapbox", and insinuated that if Half-Life were released today, it wouldn't have gotten the same kind of high praise it did when it was released.

In the interview, Martel expressed confusion over the perceived hostility towards Duke, stating, "We wish the reviews were a little less caustic. We're not quite sure where some of the anger came from," then added, "There were things towards the high and things towards the low, but the middle just didn't get any traction. It's pretty obvious that people were using it in some ways to kind of use it as a soapbox or whatever."

He then went on to say he did not think the game was reviewed "fairly", then stated that Duke Nukem was supposed to be an "old-school style game in what is today's technology". Martel then pondered, "Would Half-Life today be reviewed as highly as it is, you know, even today? As a new IP coming out with the same sort of mechanics Half-Life had.

"I think we all have a nostalgia and love for that particular brand. Obviously Gearbox got its start working on Opposing Force so we love Half-Life. But is the current gamer, would they have the same love for that? It'd be interesting. I think the same kind of thing happened with Duke."

Martel was then asked if Gearbox had set expectations too high, to which he responded, "I think there was no way that anybody could manage expectations. Name another game that's in a similar situation. This is a game that was around for 15 years and it went through a number of engine cycles. It could never be everything for everybody, right?"