Return to Castle Wolfenstein

Overview

Return to Castle Wolfenstein is a 2001 first-person shooter game developed by Gray Matter Studios and published by Activision. It was initially released for Microsoft Windows and subsequently for the PlayStation 2 (as Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Operation Resurrection), Xbox (as Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Tides of War), Linux, and Macintosh in the following years. The game serves as a reboot of the Wolfenstein series. id Software, the developers of Wolfenstein 3D, oversaw the development and were credited as executive producers.

Upon release, Return to Castle Wolfenstein received a generally favorable reception, with critics praising the visual presentation and design of the game's open-ended levels in its single-player campaign and quality of its multiplayer gameplay. However, critics considered the game was not as innovative or impactful as the design of its predecessor, and expressed that its narrative and themes were unoriginal. Splash Damage created some of the maps for the Game of the Year edition. A sequel, titled Wolfenstein, was released in 2009.

Official trailer

Gameplay Video. Watch on YouTube

Screenshots

Game details

Genres

Shooter

Developer

Gray Matter Interactive, Westlake Interactive

Publisher

id Software, Aspyr Media

Series

Wolfenstein

Engine

id Tech 3

Platforms

Xbox, Windows, PlayStation 2

Age rating

ESRB M

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

No

Online multiplayer

Yes

Co op

No

Age ratings

PEGI

16

CLASS IND

18

GRAC

15+

ACB

MA 15+

ESRB

M

Release dates

Subscription history

Playable today

Credits

Publisher

id Software, Aspyr Media

Developer

Gray Matter Interactive, Westlake Interactive

Released

2001-11-19

Age rating

ESRB M

Region

US

Time to beat

about 8 hours