return-to-castle-wolfenstein posts

Steam's holiday sale seem to pop up earlier every year. We are just sayin' ... not that we are complaining at all; just sayin':

• Steam has now finally added Return to Castle Wolfenstein to its library of titles.
• Steam has a new update for The Polynominal with Christmas-themed content.
• There's a new beta patch available on Steam for Company of Heroes and its two expansions Opposing Fronts and Tales of Valor.
• Action figure maker NECA will release figures based on Bulletstorm's lead character along with the Nanosuit warrior from Crysis 2.
• Speaking of Bulletstorm, check out this Christmas-themed trailer.
• People who plugged in the code to get the first episode of the Back to the Future game for free will still get that episode; you will just have to wait until February.
• There's a new web site for Lord of the Rings: War in the North.
• In the "sort of but not really related to games" department, there's a new CGI direct-to-DVD Warhammer 40,000 movie on sale called UltraMarines. It actually looks kind of cool

While there was nothing revealed about Doom IV during John Carmack's QuakeCon 2010 keynote, the master programmer for id Software did reveal something that will make some mod authors happy. Carmack announced that the game source code for the first person shooter Return to Castle Wolfenstein and the later stand alone free game Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory are both available to download now from id's FTP site.

As with previous source code releases from id, these fall under the GPL agreement which basically states the author is able to use the code for both free and commercial games as long as he or she does not claim the code is their own creation. Return to Castle Wolfenstein, developed by id and the now defunct Gray Matter Studios, was released in 2001. Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, developed by Splash Damage, was released in 2003. You can get both the PC, Mac and Linux versions of Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory right here at Big Download.

Download the Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory GPL Source Code at Big Download (6 MB)
Download the Return to Castle Wolfenstein GPL Source Code at Big Download

[Via VG247.com]

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Wolfenstein 3D is a fun arcade-like shooter that is considered one of the fathers of the modern first-person shooter. Roaming around a castle with an arsenal of weapons killing nazis and mecha-Hitler can't be bad, after all. That's the kind of ridiculousness you expect in a videogame! In 2001, however, id decided that it was about time to revisit their ancient classic and give it an update. Whether it's remake, re-imagining, sequel, or prequel, Return to Castle Wolfenstein is that remake and it's one of the better shooters of the early 2000s. The graphics still look alright, the level design is inspired, and the multiplayer component ridiculously good, so diving into the world of Nazi butchery after all these years isn't that bad of an idea.