RTCW: Enemy Territory Full Version Released

bani writes "Following just a month after the test release, Enemy Territory has finally made a full version release! You can download the Linux and Windows versions for free, it does not require the retail Return to Castle Wolfenstein product in order to play. Hats off to Id+Activision+SplashDamage for giving the community such an excellent 3d FPS, for FREE!" Update by J : Id has set up a BitTorrent for the downloads. And if anyone needs a Mac beta-tester, I'm available :)

Comments

Hmm...

[Soukyan]

Quality, free 3D FPS games. What is the world coming... I smell armageddon.

BitTorrent Links

[CrezzyMan]

are here: http://zerowing.idsoftware.com/BT.html

Re:See any problems with this story?

[revividus]

A simple slip of the fingers, and you get #CC3333 instead of #006666.

It could happen to anyone.

Win/Linux Games...Mac?

[cedmond]

I noticed, along with this game, that Unreal Tournament 2003 also was released for Win and Linux simultaneously with the Mac version (of UT 2003 anyway) coming out much later. I know that Mac games are always later to market but does anyone have a theory (or even an actual reason) that Linux versions come out along with the Win version? Is development for the Mac platform really that much different now with OS X? Just curious.

Thanks !

[ATAMAH]

>Hats off to Id+Activision+SplashDamage for giving >the community such an excellent 3d FPS, for FREE!"
Special thanks to fileplanet.com for hosting the linux version.
And as a token of our appreciation we will slashdot the hell out of fileplanet.com. Thanks once again guys.

Re:Fileplanet ! NOOOOOOOOOO! Mirrors?

[the gnat]

My favorite is the 3D Gamers mirror, which requires that you have a special Windows-only download manager to get the files. When you click on the Linux installer, you get an error message saying "you do not appear to be running IE on Windows". Nice work, guys.

Re:Red Title Bar

[grub]

..perhaps they are attempting to lure more subscribers by showing off the features of the system.

I was thinking this exact same thing. We must use the same brand of tinfoil for our hats.

Re:My guess as to why it is free

[clarkc3]

now if only they could release a patch to allow the germans to speak german like wolf3d I'd call it my favorite game of all time. I miss shooting guys that scream 'Mein leben', 'Spion!', and 'Eine leine Amerikaner!'

The I Speak English all the time germans in the game were the one quirk that always annoyed me

Re:direct WGET link for Linux version

[billatq]

I'm seeing 106.96K/s from AU - not bad... wget http://files.ausgamers.com:81/wolf/enemyterritory/ et-linux-2.55.x86.run

Yeah, but I'm getting 234 kB/s off of bittorrent :). My, I love how it's the only thing that actually gets faster as more people hit it. Reminds me of the scene in the Matrix Reloaded where Neo is fighting the fifty agent smiths, only without Neo or the agents or the cool computer generated background.

Good lord, 500cc's of glucose up the arm...

[Bowie J. Poag]

As a long-time RTCW addict, I can tell you this much -- The original RTCW in multiplayer mode is enough to keep you hooked for months. I mean, come on... Any game that allows you to shoot someone in the face point blank with a high powered rifle, drag their body off into a dark corner, set them on fire, and jump up and down on their chest while stabbing them in the face... What more could you ask for?