The multiplayer demo includes a beachhead assault map similar to Omaha Beach. ==Plot== In 1943, assigned to the Office of Secret Actions (OSA) from the military, US Army Ranger William "B.J." Blazkowicz and British operative Agent One are sent into Egypt to investigate activity of the German SS Paranormal Division.
The end boss is an undead Saxon warrior-prince named Heinrich I. The cable car in the castle is based on the 1968 movie Where Eagles Dare, where a U.S.
The "W" eagle logo is prominently seen on the cover art for the American version. Music pieces such as Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata and Für Elise are used in the single-player campaign. Some sound effects in the game are excerpts heard in the 1968 movie 2001: A Space Odyssey.
It was the country's 48th-best-selling computer game between January 2000 and August 2006.
Combined sales of all Wolfenstein computer games released between January 2000 and August 2006 had reached 660,000 units in the United States by the latter date.
Return to Castle Wolfenstein is a first-person shooter video game published by Activision, released on November 19, 2001 for Microsoft Windows and subsequently for PlayStation 2, Xbox, Linux and Macintosh.
The "W" eagle logo is prominently seen on the cover art for the American version. Music pieces such as Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata and Für Elise are used in the single-player campaign. Some sound effects in the game are excerpts heard in the 1968 movie 2001: A Space Odyssey.
By the end of 2001, the game's domestic sales totaled 253,852 units, for revenues of $13.1 million. In the United States, Return to Castle Wolfenstein sold 350,000 copies and earned $17 million by August 2006.
Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Tides of War also came with the original Wolfenstein 3D as an unlockable after beating the campaign, and included some enhancements like surround sound. ===Ports=== The game was released for Linux and Macintosh platforms in 2002, with the Linux port done in-house by Timothee Besset and the Mac port done by Aspyr Media.
It features new renderer, expanded arsenal, rebalanced gunplay, new high-quality models, textures and sounds. ==Film== A Return to Castle Wolfenstein film was announced in 2002 with Rob Cohen attached to direct.
By January 2002, Activision reported that shipments of Return to Castle Wolfenstein to retailers had surpassed one million units. ===Reviews=== Return to Castle Wolfenstein received favorable reviews from critics.
The report picked up on an article originally written in 2002 by Jonathan Kay of The New York Times regarding the recent introduction of "Nazi protagonists" in the online gaming market (referring specifically to Day of Defeat and Wolfenstein).
The Return to Castle Wolfenstein engine was subsequently used as the foundation for Enemy Territory (Splash Damage/Activision), Trinity: The Shatter Effect (Gray Matter Interactive/Activision) (shown at E3 in 2003, but assumed cancelled) and Call of Duty (Infinity Ward/Activision). There are many different releases of Return to Castle Wolfenstein.
In 2003, the game was ported to the PlayStation 2 and Xbox video game consoles and subtitled as Operation Resurrection and Tides of War, respectively. ====Console version differences==== Both console versions include an additional single-player prequel mission, set in the fictional town of Ras El-Hadid in Egypt.
The single-player game is average to good and takes quite a while to finish, but the game really earns its salt by shipping with a first class multiplayer element." GameSpot named Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Tides of War the best Xbox game of May 2003. ===Controversy=== In March 2008, the United States Department of State published a report to Congress, "Contemporary Global Anti-Semitism", that described Return to Castle Wolfenstein as an "anti-Semitic video game" with no qualifications.
Little information has been available since, however, with the exception of a July 20, 2005 IGN interview.
By the end of 2001, the game's domestic sales totaled 253,852 units, for revenues of $13.1 million. In the United States, Return to Castle Wolfenstein sold 350,000 copies and earned $17 million by August 2006.
It was the country's 48th-best-selling computer game between January 2000 and August 2006.
Combined sales of all Wolfenstein computer games released between January 2000 and August 2006 had reached 660,000 units in the United States by the latter date.
In the interview, Todd Hollenshead indicated that the movie was in the works, though still in the early stages. On August 3, 2007, Variety confirmed Return to Castle Wolfenstein, to be written and directed by Roger Avary and produced by Samuel Hadida.
The single-player game is average to good and takes quite a while to finish, but the game really earns its salt by shipping with a first class multiplayer element." GameSpot named Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Tides of War the best Xbox game of May 2003. ===Controversy=== In March 2008, the United States Department of State published a report to Congress, "Contemporary Global Anti-Semitism", that described Return to Castle Wolfenstein as an "anti-Semitic video game" with no qualifications.
A sequel, titled Wolfenstein, was released on August 18, 2009. ==Gameplay== The game is played from the first person perspective, where the player's task is to perform retrieval missions, sabotage or assassinations.
A semi-sequel called Wolfenstein was developed by Raven Software and id Software and published by Activision, and released on August 18, 2009.
The PlayStation 2 version does not support online multiplayer. Completing the Xbox version unlocks a further bonus: the original Wolfenstein 3D. ===Source code release=== The source code for Return to Castle Wolfenstein and Enemy Territory was released under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later on August 12, 2010.
On November 2, 2012, Roger Avary has signed on to write and direct the film.
A successor to Wolfenstein titled The New Order and a standalone prequel expansion titled The Old Blood have also been released in 2014 and 2015.
A successor to Wolfenstein titled The New Order and a standalone prequel expansion titled The Old Blood have also been released in 2014 and 2015.
The ioquake3 developers at icculus.org announced the start of respective engine projects soon after. === Community mods === On 15 October 2020 a community overhaul mod RealRTCW was released on Steam as a free modification for original game.
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