Activision has announced that id Software's Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Tides of War for the Xbox is now available at retail outlets nationwide.

id's new hit for Xbox features the definitive multiplayer experience, including squad-based warfare over Xbox Live or System Link, along with an action-packed storyline for single player and two-player split-screen cooperative action.

Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Tides of War carries a suggested retail price of £39.99 and is rated 15+ by the BBFC.

Activision and Valve are taking World War II fans online to the battlefield with the retail release of Day of Defeat.

The title, a multiplayer WWII first-person action game powered by Valve's Half-Life technology, provides intense team-based gameplay that pits gamers in Axis vs. Allies squad-based combat in Western Europe at the height of the war in 1944.

Day of Defeat is available at retail outlets nationwide for a suggested retail price of £19.99 and carries a 12+ PEGI rating.