Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Return to Castle Wolfenstein is a first-person shooter video game published by Activision, released on November 19, 2001 for Microsoft Windows and subsequently for PlayStation 2, Xbox, Linux and Macintosh. The game serves as both a remake and a reboot to the "Wolfenstein" series. It was developed by Gray Matter Interactive and Nerve Software developed its multiplayer mode. id Software, the creators of "Wolfenstein 3D", oversaw the development and were credited as executive producers. The multiplayer side eventually became the most popular part of the game, and was influential in the genre. Splash Damage created some of the maps for the Game of the Year edition. A sequel, titled "Wolfenstein", was released on August 18, 2009.
Wolfgang Engel
Engel then founded Confetti Interactive and Confetti Games in 2009, where he serves as CEO. Confetti is a think-tank for real-time graphics research in the videogame and movie industry, graphics tools developer, and programming services company. Tools Engel has helped develop for the company include Aura, a global illumination system; Ephemeris, a skybox/skydome system; and PixelPuzzle, a Post FX pipeline system. As a part of his role with Confetti, Engel works with external clients, and provides consultations to other game developers. Confetti contributed to games including "Tomb Raider", "Battlefield 4", "Murdered Soul Suspect", "Star Citizen", "Dirt 4", "Vainglory", "Transistor", "Call of Duty Black Ops 3", "Battlefield 1", "Mafia 3", "Quake Champions", and "Phyre".