Endrant Studios
| Wolfenstein | |
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| Developer(s) |
Raven Software
Additional work by:
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| Publisher(s) | Activision |
| Director(s) | Eric. C. Biessman |
| Producer(s) | Kevin Cloud |
| Composer(s) | Bill Brown |
| Series | Wolfenstein |
| Engine | id Tech 4 |
| Platform(s) |
Microsoft Windows PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 |
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| Genre(s) | First-person shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 74.30%(PC) 73.88%(X360) 73.33%(PS3) |
| Metacritic | 74/100 (PC) 71/100 (PS3) 72/100 (360) |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| G4 | 3/5 |
| GameSpot | 7.5/10 |
| GameSpy |   |
| GamesRadar | 8/10 |
| GameTrailers | 6.8/10 |
| GameZone | 8.5/10 |
| Giant Bomb | |
| IGN | 7.3/10 |
| Smartyweb! | 83/100 |
Wolfenstein is a 2009 first-person shooter video game developed by Raven Software and published by Activision as part of the long-running Wolfenstein video game series. It serves as a sequel to the 2001 entry Return to Castle Wolfenstein, albeit loosely; and uses an enhanced version of id Software's id Tech 4. It was released in August 2009 for the Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, to a lukewarm reception by critics and fans; as well as poor commercial sales, selling a combined 100,000 copies within its first month. This was the final game id Software oversaw as an independent developer, released two months after their acquisition by ZeniMax Media in June of 2009.
The story is set in the fictional town of Isenstadt during World War II, which the Nazis have enforced martial law in order to excavate rare Nachtsonne crystals necessary to access the "Black Sun" dimension. As the game progresses, happenings in Isenstadt become stranger (military patrols are replaced by supernatural creatures, etc.). Locations include the town's sewers, a tavern, a hospital, a farm, an underground mining facility, a church, the SS headquarters, a dig site and caverns, a cannery, a radio station, a paranormal base, a general's home, a castle, an airfield and a large zeppelin.
In an introduction sequence, special agent William "B.J." Blazkowicz steals a medallion from a general on the German battleship Tirpitz. Discovered and captured, he unwittingly unleashes the power of the medallion, which kills all his foes for him. Hijacking a plane from the Tirpitz, he escapes and returns to the OSA headquarters. During a meeting there, he learns that the medallion needs crystals called Nachtsonne, mined only in a city in Germany called Isenstadt, to make use of its full power. The Nazis have begun digging for crystals, led by a general named Viktor Zetta. Blazkowicz is sent to Isenstadt, but his cover is blown by an unknown informant. He then meets up with agents from the Kreisau Circle, a resistance group dedicated to freeing Isenstadt from the Nazis, and with them, makes it to Isenstadt.
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