Wolfenstein

Wolfenstein
Logo as of Wolfenstein: The New Order
Genre(s)	First-person shooter, action-adventure, stealth
Developer(s)	Muse Software (1981–1984) id Software (1992, 2008) Gray Matter Studios (2001) Splash Damage (2003) Fountainhead Entertainment (2008) Raven Software (2009) MachineGames (2014–present) Arkane Lyon (2019)
Publisher(s)	Muse Software (1981–1984) Apogee Software (1992) FormGen (1992) Activision (2001–2003, 2009) EA Mobile (2008) Bethesda Softworks (2014–present)
Creator(s)	Silas Warner
Platform(s)	3DO Interactive Multiplayer Acorn Archimedes Amiga 1200 AmigaOS 4 Apple II Atari Jaguar Classic Mac OS Commodore 64 Game Boy Advance iOS Microsoft Windows macOS MS-DOS NEC PC-9801 Nintendo Switch PlayStation 2 PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 Stadia Super Nintendo Entertainment System Windows Mobile Xbox Xbox 360 Xbox One
First release	Castle Wolfenstein September 1981
Latest release	Wolfenstein: Youngblood July 25, 2019

Wolfenstein is a series of alternate history World War II video games originally developed by Muse Software.^[1] The majority of the games follow William "B.J." Blazkowicz, an American Army captain, and his fight against the Axis powers. Earlier titles are centered around Nazi attempts to harness supernatural and occult forces, while later games are set after the Nazis successfully implement various science fiction technologies to achieve victory in World War II.

The first two games in the series, Castle Wolfenstein and Beyond Castle Wolfenstein, focused on stealth-based gameplay from a top-down perspective. Beginning with id Software's Wolfenstein 3D, they shifted to, and helped popularize, the first-person shooter genre. After ZeniMax Media acquired id Software, including the Wolfenstein franchise, developer MachineGames became the series' primary developer.