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Wolfenstein is a hugely popular World War II first person shooter developed by id Software.
In 1992, id Software purchased the rights to the series and released Wolfenstein 3D, published by Apogee Software. id re-invented the series by changing it from an action stealth game into a first person shooter. id also brought the game into the 3D generation. Wolfenstein 3D help popularize the first person shooter genre on the PC and was regard as one of the greatest games of all time. Wolfenstein 3D was released on MS-DOS, and later ported to Windows, Mac, Apple II GS, Acorn Archimedes, SNES and was later ported to the Jaguar, Game Boy Advance, 3DO and Xbox. The sequel, Spear of Destiny, was released later that year on Windows and was published by FormGen Corporation instead of Apogee Software.
The next installment in the series was released 9 years later with Return to Castle Wolfenstein in 2001. Return to Castle Wolfenstein was released on Windows and later ported to Linux, Mac, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. The game's single player was developed by Gray Matter Interactive and the multiplayer side was developed by Nerve Software. The entire development was overseen by id Software to make sure the Wolfenstein spirit was kept in tact. The game was published by Activision. In 2003, Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory was released on Windows for a free download over the internet. The game was devloped by Splash Damage, who had developed some downloadable maps for Return to Castle Wolfenstein and published by Activision.
A new Wolfenstein title, called simply Wolfenstein, is currently in development from Raven Software. The game is using id Software's in-house developed engine and is being published by Activision.
