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kat:


IMPORTANT: Steam, and an associated account, is required and will be logged in to at the start of the 2+ hour installation process (duration may vary depending upon system power/specs), during which time the update for Wolfenstein: The New Order is downloaded, which currently stands at 40.7 GB (yes, that's Gigabytes) so may take several hours to acquire as a result (average ADSL broadband may take between 4 and 6 hours off-peek).

Why is the Wolfenstein: The New Order update so big (40GB)?
The update to Wolfenstein: The New Order is 40+GB because its basically re-downloading the entire contents of the game. There are a number of technical reasons for this but essentially, with idtech5 using Virtual Textures (commonly known as "Megatexture") to colour the world, minor updates and corrections to content become slightly problematic because it's not generally possible to perform a simple file overwrite as has been done traditionally - assets have to be recompiled which then means there are potential file validation issues if replacing just the actual amended area of a Megatexture. In other words, change something and the entire Megatexture has to be re-compiled and re-distributed, largely in its entirety. Additionally, content is not DVD compressed (original content is compressed to 4 DVD's) so the assets are relatively large by comparison.

FATAL ERROR: wglCreateContextAttribsARB Failed
The "wglCreateContextAttribsARB" error seems to be common on systems with Intel based embedded graphics chips, in particular the HD 3000 (+/-) series. The culprit appears to be due to the lack of support for version 3.2 (or above) of OpenGL (the Intel HD 3000 series currently runs OpenGL 3.1.0). At present there doesn't appear to be a work around.


A new Wolfenstein? Yep. Announcement trailer and initial info can be found here (GameSpot). Possibly being built on idTech 5. No release date or other info available as of yet.

[EDITS (as they become available)]
http://uk.gamespot.com/wolfenstein-the-new-order/videos/fierce-combat-and-nasty-villains-in-wolfenstein-the-new-order-6408067/

Screens (these should really be on their website not Facebook, so that's slightly puzzling as to why) - https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151575626394166.1073741826.56833114165&type=1

Concept Art - https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151575850589166.1073741827.56833114165&type=1

Lengthy article on The New Order (interesting read [contains possible spoilers]) - http://www.gamefront.com/wolfensteins-new-order-is-to-combine-old-school-with-new/

ratty redemption [RIP]:
cool, looks interesting.

kat:
Recommended(?) System Requirements for Wolfenstein: the New Order are;

PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

* 64-bit Windows 7/Windows 8
* Intel Core i7 or equivalent AMD
* 4 GB System RAM
* 50 GB free HDD space
* GeForce 460, ATI Radeon HD 6850
* High Speed Internet Connection
* Steam account and activation requiredNote: these appear to be recommended, NOT minimum requirements so the game will likely play on lower spec'd machines, just not on higher quality settings. Still a Core i7 is a pretty still steep requirement at release.

http://www.bethblog.com/2014/05/01/system-requirements-for-wolfenstein/

ratty redemption [RIP]:
kat, did you intend to say "pretty steep"?

and why steam? is this going to be digital download only?

kat:
Pretty steep? Oh hah yes. */me fixed.

Steam is probably being used for its DRM and authorising the game. Not sure if it's to be available via download as the game needs 50GB of space on a hard-drive, that's got to be at least a 10GB (compressed) download.

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