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Hey Intel – Nice Glass

Kotaku AU

Intel’s graphics research group has recreated levels in the latest Wolfenstein with added elements such as chandeliers, for the purpose of accurately portraying light refraction using ray casting. TL;DR? It’s pretty damn impressive.


December 16, 2009
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Google Yanks Android Ports Of Doom, Quake On ZeniMax Demand

A takedown notice sent by ZeniMax led to the Android Store’s removal of several ports of Doom, Quake and Wolfenstein; one of the developers admits that, though the port used open-source Doom code, some of the game files were proprietary.


November 27, 2009

Seeking A Game That Can Trick Me

This is the third in a series of posts labelled “Hindsight” that discuss games you may have thought we were done writing about. Last time: X-Men Origins: Wolverine. This time: Wolfenstein.


October 21, 2009
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Wolfenstein PC Patch Fixes In-Game Breaking, Lets Players Finish Game

The PC version of id and Raven Software’s Wolfenstein has graduated to version 1.11, fixing a small batch of errors that have plagued the Windows release and prevented some gamers from finishing the game at all.


October 15, 2009
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Wolfenstein Hits PCs, Demo Now Available

Are you one of the millions of gamers who didn’t play Wolfenstein when it hit the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3? Well, now’s your chance to rectify that with the PC release!


September 23, 2009

Reader Review: Wolfenstein

Kotaku AU

Do you have what it takes to get a review published right here on Kotaku? Justin does, as he battles through Raven’s seriously authentic WWII shooter.


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Swastika Gets Wolfenstein Pulled From German Shelves

Nazi imagery is a big nein-nein in Germany, and the localised version of Wolfenstein was supposed to have removed all of it. A small swastika slipped through, and Activision is said to be recalling the game from shelves there.


September 12, 2009
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You Won’t Be Getting A Refund On That Copy Of Wolfenstein

Prior to the release of Wolfenstein, Raven Software designer Manveer Heir promised a full refund to anyone who bought the game if it outsold this year’s Madden. It did not. It didn’t come close, actually, according to NPD Group estimates.


September 1, 2009

Bang Bang, Is Creativity Dead?

When future generations of gamers look back on this period of growth and advancement in our medium, will they be able to tell one military shooter, space adventure or dungeon crawler from another? Probably not.


August 27, 2009

Wolfenstein Review: Occult Following

The battle against supernatural Nazis wages on in Wolfenstein, that latest chapter in epic saga of one man’s struggle against the occult-fueled Third Reich.