Told you not to worry!

George Broussard made some interesting statements about DNF today across Shacknews and the 3D Realms forums:

Physics and animation systems are virtually finished and shippable. It's simply maintenance and polish from here on out. We haven't needed to make substantial changes to those systems in months. The changes we have made, were made without great effort. Things are never as bleak as they appear, as is often the case when you simply have one side of the story.

About Pig Cops:

It's an interesting problem to make them not campy and silly. I think you'll be pleased with the results. ... Well they are mutated Earth Defense Force troopers, so they do know some tactics. But, I'm sure you will see them chowing down at a Vegas buffet or other in character actions.

And when shown the TAS Pig Cop fan art he responded:

I just saw the TAS concept art! Awesome! That guy is great. Surprisingly, he looks very much like the in game Pig Cops.

Finally, we're told that "the Ripper Chaingun is back in the game," and that "it's pretty faithful to the Duke 3D one with some updates to be more modern and a few thousand poly's vs a 2D sprite." Thanks George!