Wolfenstein - E3 2008 - Activision Press Conference

Well the main points from this video are that there will be a mixture of realistic and new sci-fi / supernatural (Shroud) weapons available in the game.

The best news (as far as I am concerned) is that there will be a multiplayer that will retain the WolfMP / ET team based objective gameplay that I have come to love! And the Shroud weapons will be available in the multiplayer.

More details should be forthcoming in a couple of weeks at QuakeCon.

New Wolfenstein

Id Software plans to release a new Wolfenstein game for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It is being developed by Raven.

The E3 trailer is quite brief and does not give much away however.

Apparently the game will be set in a free roaming city with new areas opening up as missions are completed.

The game also promises some decent AI in the form of AI players that will accompany the player throughout the story. We'll have to wait and see how good that actually is ... I wonder if this means that the gameplay with be reminiscent of Call of Duty in this respect?

There is aslo something new called the "Shroud" which will give the player the ability to interact with the darker, alternate version of the city. The Nazi's are trying to open the shroud and it's your job to stop them from accomplishing this madness!

In the E3 trailer I think that this is alluded to via a fade between normal reality and Shroud reality. Doesn't the Shroud screenshot (below) look scary?

Well the screenshots look good and the E3 trailer is a bit short for my liking but there it is ... the most important question for me though is, what will the multiplayer be like, assuming that there is one? I can only pray that it will end up being the "Enemy Territory 2" that I and so many of my clan mates have been waiting for! I won't mind paying for that one little bit!