PC version of Wolfenstein finally available to purchase via download [Update]

Posted Oct 14th 2009 11:00AM by John Callaham
Filed under: Downloads, FPS

Last August, Raven Software, id Software and Activision released Wolfenstein, the latest game in the first person shooter series that started the genre. The game got some mixed reviews (good single player but poor in multiplayer) but sales were bad enough that Raven was forced to let got of a number of its team members.

However, we were scratching our heads at the time that Wolfenstein wasn't made available for a download purchase. Might the game have gotten some extra revenue via a downloadable version if it had been released at the same time the retail version shipped to stores? Well in any case Activision is now finally offering Wolfenstein via download from Steam and Direct2Drive for $49.95, nearly two months after the retail version shipped to stores.

Oh, and that PC single player Wolfenstein demo? The one that was FULLY PLAYABLE over two months ago at QuakeCon? The same one that was released for the Xbox 360? Well there's still no word on when, or even if, that demo will ever be released to the public.

Update: Just a few hours after this post went live, Activision finally released the Wolfenstein PC demo.

Gallery: Wolfenstein

Tags: activision, id-software, raven-software, wolfenstein

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