The game was conceived during Gearbox Software 's lawsuit against Interceptor regarding the video game '' Duke Nukem : Mass Destruction '' . Interceptor was working on the game for the PlayStation 4 and PC ; however , due to a lawsuit by Gearbox Software , the game 's name was changed to '' Bombshell '' and the main character was changed to Shelly Harrison , who was originally meant to play a supporting role in the Duke Nukem game . In April 2014 , a website NoGumNeeded.com was launched by Interceptor Entertainment that showed a countdown . The game was revealed with the title '' Bombshell '' in development for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 4 on May 14 , 2014 along with a trailer and was scheduled to be released in 2015 . Some details about the gameplay and the protagonist Shelly " Bombshell " Harrison were revealed in the announcement . It was also announced that the game utilised the Unreal Engine and it will launch with modding tools . Due to the negative reception to the trailer , 3D Realms started the development of the game from scratch . The gameplay trailer was released on March 2 , 2015 during Game Developers Conference . The E3 2015 trailer was released on June 25 , 2015 . On July 23 , a ten-minute long video showing gameplay of the game was released during QuakeCon 2015 . On August 27 , a game trailer of the boss battle against " Zeroth Guardian " was released during PAX Prime 2015 . In January 2016 , the game 's voice cast was announced , including Valerie Arem as Bombshell and Duke Nukem voice actor Jon St. John as Professor Jadus Heskel . The release of the Windows version of the game was delayed to January 29 , 2016 so as to give additional time for the developer to fix bugs
E3 2015
E3 2015
Bombshell (video game)