After making Duke Nukem fans happy by announcing a specific launch date, and showing a solid, playable version of the game to the press in Las Vegas, Take-Two Interactive has announced that Duke Nukem Forever has been delayed. Again. Duke Nukem Forever will now be released on PC, the Xbox 360, and PS3 on June 10, 2011 internationally and June 14, 2011 in North America. The original date was May 3 in North America, May 6 worldwide. Hey, we waited this long, right?

"In case you haven't heard, Duke never comes early," said Christoph Hartmann, president of 2K. "We're committed to deliver a laugh-out-loud, politically incorrect experience that people will talk about for years to come. We thank Duke's fans for their continued patience—I promise this won't take another 15 years."

While it's tempting to think this is a joke, those involved with the game assure us this is a legitimate piece of news. "Yes, it's real. Yes, it's necessary. Yes, we know everyone is going to make a big deal about it. No, we didn't plan it," Gearbox Software's Randy Pitchford explained via Twitter.

Is anyone else starting to feel like Charlie Brown, hoping against hope that Lucy will let us kick the football this time?