#Raven Software
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Jedi Academy 23 Years Later: The Lightsaber Masterpiece No One Forgot
Released in 2003, Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy remains one of the rare licensed games that achieved what dozens of attempts failed to do: make lightsaber combat viscerally satisfying. Twenty-three years later, the Dark Forces lineage deserves recognition, flaws and all. Between catastrophic AI and inspired level design, Raven Software's game holds a place that nothing has truly filled since.
Wolfenstein 2009: Erased from Stores, Forgotten by History
The 2009 Wolfenstein no longer exists on any digital storefront. Not on Steam, not on GOG. Sandwiched between Return to Castle Wolfenstein, the absolute standard-bearer of 2001, and MachineGames' 2014 reboot, this Raven Software title was sacrificed at the altar of licensing rights and major publishing maneuvers. A textbook case of digital erasure that reveals something painful about how the industry manages its own legacy.