Wolfenstein series

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The Wolfenstein series is a long-running first-person shooter franchise, best known for its World War II and alternate-history settings in which players battle Nazi forces and occult or advanced-technology threats.

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instanceOf first-person shooter franchise
video game series
containsElement experimental Nazi weapons
resistance movements
supernatural enemies
countryOfOrigin United States
feature multiplayer modes
single-player campaign
firstReleaseTitle Castle Wolfenstein
firstReleaseYear 1981
genre first-person shooter
hasRating Mature (various entries)
influenced later first-person shooter games
influencedBy World War II fiction
laterDeveloper MachineGames
Raven Software
id Software
mainAntagonists Nazi regime
linked to: Nazi Germany
mainTheme World War II
alternate history
notableElement advanced technology
occult themes
notableEntry Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Spear of Destiny
Wolfenstein (2009 video game)
linked to: Wolfenstein (2009)

Wolfenstein 3D
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Wolfenstein: The New Order
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood
Wolfenstein: Youngblood
notableFor depiction of Nazi symbolism
popularizing first-person shooters
notableTechnology id Tech engine (various versions)
linked to: id Tech engine
originalDeveloper Muse Software
platform Apple II
MS-DOS
Nintendo Switch
PlayStation
Windows
Xbox
primaryCombat gun-based combat
protagonist William "B.J." Blazkowicz
linked to: B.J. Blazkowicz
publisher Activision
Apogee Software
Bethesda Softworks
FormGen
setting Nazi-occupied Europe
alternate-history United States
typicalPerspective first-person

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Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus partOfSeries Wolfenstein
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Wolfenstein: Youngblood partOfSeries Wolfenstein
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Frau Engel partOfSeries Wolfenstein
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