Did you buy thePSN/XBLA portofWolfenstein 3Dwhen it hit during E3? If not, you might want to pick it up before id Software’s newWolfensteingame comes out on August 4th — there’s some neat cross-game functionality that they’ve put in. I played a bit ofWolfensteinyesterday (aside: it’s a lot of fun), and during the session, id Software’s Community Manager, Peter Sokal, explained what you’ll get inWolfensteinfor your progress inWolfenstein 3D:
If you beat the first level [ofWolfenstein 3D] and save your game, you get 1,000 gold tied to your account for [Wolfenstein], so […] day one, you’ll be able to start buying upgrades for your weapons and stuff.
Just to provide some perspective, 1,000 gold is quite a lot of treasure to start off your game with. For example, the first upgrade for your Veil Shield costs $1,000. Sokal noted that the Veil power upgrades are more expensive than the regular weapon upgrades, though, so you’ll be able to go to town on the weapons that you pick up early on in the game.Wolfenstein 3Dis available for $4.99 on PSN (400 Microsoft Points on XBLA), so if you were going to get it anyway, the treasure inWolfensteinis a pretty nifty bonus, no?
Keep your eyes peeled for my hands-on report onWolfenstein, the upcoming shooter developed by Raven Software that will be out in a month and a half for PS3, 360, and PC.
