Reflecting upon last night's announcement that Return to Castle Wolfenstein has
gone gold, id Software CEO Todd Hollenshead
updated
his .plan with various reflections on availability and other pimpage. Here's
the word:
WoooHOOOO! Wolf is golden indeed. Congrats to Gray Matter,
Activision and Nerve for all of the hard work they have put in over the last 2+
years we've been working on this game.
If you're interested in the sweet collectors' tin boxes (that come with a cool
poster and a sew-on Wolf logo patch) I think you can still get those through the
various pre-order programs at Best Buy (blue), Gamestop/Babbages (silver) and EB
(black) while supplies last (these may go quickly now).
It looks like people will actually be able to pick up copies early next week in
many places and after Thanksgiving most everywhere in the U.S. The international
versions will follow very shortly behind due to increased manufacturing time and
shipping logistics, but I'm guessing there will be world-wide availabilty by the
first of December.
I don't know when we will have them for sale direcly from id, but retail will
definitely have the initial availability. I'll post direct-sale information as
soon as I have it.
No date yet on the Mac version, but it's coming soon (not gold yet, though). We
don't have plans to sell Linux in retail, but Timothee has done great work on
the downloadable binaries so far, and I expect that to continue.
**Special note to our German fans: buy as soon as they come out and avoid the
"rush" ;-) I know you guys know what I mean...
In related news,
Computer and Video Games has confirmed the UK release date to be November 30.