Duke Nukem Forever has been in development in one form or another since 1997, and people have put down a lot of pre-orders for the game over the years. Despite the fact that GameStop purges its system of old pre-order records every few years, they have announced that they’ll honor any old pre-order a customer may have, assuming they have the receipt.

“With a long-anticipated release like Duke Nukem Forever, we encourage customers who pre-ordered more than a year ago to verify their reservation with their local store prior to launch,” said GameStop in a statement. “Provided the customer has a receipt, we will honor even those pre-orders taken long ago.”

Source: IGN