


“I wouldn't be surprised if that build sat unnoticed for years until someone at Gearbox stumbled onto it buried among a bunch of Duke Nukem Forever material they inherited, but that's a completely wild guess.” “It could easily have just sat on that PC (or archived on their network) for years giving anyone the opportunity to copy it and later leak it,” said one former developer, who asked to remain anonymous because they did not want their speculation tied to their name. The version that leaked does contain documentation pointing towards the computer of a former 3D Realms employee, programmer Nick Schaffner, who didn’t respond to a message sent by Waypoint on LinkedIn. Waypoint has spoken with three former members of the Duke Nukem Forever development team, and nobody knew where the leak might have come from.
