Arguably one of the most highly anticipated games of all time, Duke Nukem Forever is the follow-up to a game that took people's favorite movie one-liners, a lead that makes the main guy from Doom look like a wimp, and monsters and made them into one of the first great first-person shooters.

Ironically, the announcement of the sequel came in April of 1997, which really makes the release of this game (or the non-release) the most cruel joke in video game history. After many stops and starts in the game's development cycle, between 1997 and 2008, news about the games "impending release" came out on a near-yearly basis. Each time disappointing gamers with the news that it, sadly, was not coming out.

It was supposed to come out sometime in 2009, but didn't because one of the companies in development went through massive downsizing, then the case went to court. After that it was announced it would be officially released in May of 2011 - only to be delayed until mid-June of 2011.

Needless to say, it's a frustrating fight, which is what makes this prank played by FilePlanet (a video game downloading site) that much more devious.

The prank? A link to the demo with a promotional screenshot of the game. It's free! It even has a "Download" button!... but it doesn't work. The whole thing was probably one of the most disappointing experiences in a lot of internet browsers' lives.