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.
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
The game was nominated for Best Gaming Performance (Brian Bloom) and Studio of the Year (MachineGames) at the 35th Annual Golden Joystick Awards, though it lost both of them to Ashly Burch in "Horizon Zero Dawn" (Best Gaming Performance) and Nintendo EPD (Studio of the Year). At The Game Awards 2017, "Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus" won the award for "Best Action Game", whereas its other nominations were for "Best Game Direction", "Best Narrative", and "Best Performance" with Brian Bloom. At IGN's Best of 2017 Awards, "Wolfenstein II" won "Best Shooter" and "Best Story", whereas its other nominations were for "Game of the Year", "Best PC Game", "Best Xbox One Game", "Best PlayStation 4 Game", and "Best Graphics". The game was also nominated at "Destructoid"s Game of the Year Awards 2017 for "Best Xbox One Game". In Giant Bomb's Game of the Year 2017 Awards, Hitler's audition scene won the award for "Best "Wolfenstein II" Moment or Sequence", while the scene of B.J.'s return home and confronting his father and the following scene of B.J.'s "execution" and return as a super-soldier became runners-up for the award. The website also classified the game as a runner-up each for the "Best Story" and "Game of the Year" awards. The game was also nominated for "Best Action Game" and "Best Story" at "PC Gamer"s Game of the Year 2017 Awards. It won the award for "Best Campaign" and "Best Character" for Gen. Irene Engel in "Game Informer"s 2017 Shooter of the Year Awards; it also came in the lead for "Best Shooter" in their Reader's Choice Best of 2017 Awards. It also won the Herman Melville Award for Best Writing at the New York Game Awards 2018, whereas its other nominations were for the Big Apple Award for Best Game of the Year, the Tin Pan Alley Award for Best Music in a Game, and the Great White Way Award for Best Acting in a Game with both Brian Bloom and Nina Franoszek. The game was also nominated for "Best Narrative" at the 18th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards, for "Excellence in Gameplay" at the 2018 SXSW Gaming Awards, and for "Narrative" at the 14th British Academy Games Awards, and for "Action (Games)" at the 2018 Webby Awards; in addition, it was nominated for "Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition", "Outstanding Achievement in Story", and "Action Game of the Year" at the 21st Annual D.I.C.E. Awards; and for "Best Dialogue", "Best Original Instrumental" ("Lontano"), and "Best Game Audio Article, Publication or Broadcast" with "Scoring Wolfenstein II with the Baschet sonic sculptures" at the 16th Annual Game Audio Network Guild Awards; and won the award for "Game, Franchise Action" at the 17th Annual National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Awards.