<s>
Mortyr	B-Application
2093-1944	I-Application
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
simply	O
Mortyr	B-Application
,	O
is	O
a	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
computer	O
game	O
published	O
by	O
Interplay	O
and	O
developed	O
by	O
Polish	O
developer	O
Mirage	O
Media	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
earlier	O
Polish	O
developed	O
first-person	O
shooters	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
the	O
game	O
follows	O
a	O
son	O
of	O
a	O
scientist	O
transported	O
back	O
in	O
time	O
to	O
World	O
War	O
II	O
to	O
avert	O
the	O
Axis	O
victory	O
and	O
features	O
levels	O
set	O
both	O
in	O
World	O
War	O
II	O
and	O
the	O
future	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
entitled	O
Mortyr	B-Application
II	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2004	O
,	O
five	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nevertheless	O
,	O
the	O
world	O
was	O
unable	O
to	O
stop	O
the	O
Führer	O
and	O
his	O
Reich	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
year	O
2093	O
,	O
148	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
war	O
,	O
the	O
overwhelming	O
Reich	B-Device
rules	O
the	O
Earth	O
under	O
totalitarianism	O
,	O
but	O
Armageddon	B-Application
is	O
nearing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
General	O
Jurgen	O
Mortyr	B-Application
thinks	O
that	O
the	O
Nazis	O
are	O
somehow	O
responsible	O
for	O
the	O
growing	O
number	O
of	O
disasters	O
and	O
weather	O
changes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
General	O
Mortyr	B-Application
assigns	O
his	O
son	O
,	O
Sebastian	O
,	O
the	O
mission	O
to	O
investigate	O
and	O
stop	O
the	O
events	O
that	O
could	O
destroy	O
the	O
future	O
of	O
mankind	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
separate	O
studios	O
based	O
on	O
two	O
separate	O
cities	O
(	O
Warsaw	B-Application
and	O
Toruń	O
)	O
were	O
involved	O
in	O
developing	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Interactive	O
Magic	O
picked	O
up	O
Mortyr	B-Application
in	O
December	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
publisher	O
reportedly	O
invested	O
heavily	O
in	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
Mortyr	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
IGN	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
planned	O
as	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
"	O
largest	O
retail	O
launch	O
since	O
Apache	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
planned	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
release	O
of	O
iMagicGames	O
,	O
created	O
in	O
March	O
1999	O
when	O
Interactive	O
Magic	O
divided	O
its	O
business	O
into	O
halves	O
dedicated	O
to	O
online	O
and	O
browser	B-Protocol
games	I-Protocol
and	O
to	O
retail	O
CD-ROMs	B-Device
,	O
the	O
latter	O
handled	O
by	O
iMagicGames	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
April	O
,	O
Mortyr	B-Application
was	O
set	O
to	O
launch	O
in	O
May	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
Interactive	O
Magic	O
called	O
the	O
game	O
the	O
"	O
likely	O
successor	O
to	O
the	O
wildly	O
popular	O
Wolfenstein.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
,	O
the	O
publisher	O
reported	O
that	O
four	O
stores	O
,	O
including	O
Best	O
Buy	O
,	O
had	O
declined	O
to	O
carry	O
Mortyr	B-Application
because	O
of	O
its	O
Nazi	O
themes	O
and	O
visuals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Best	O
Buy	O
offered	O
"	O
no	O
comment	O
"	O
on	O
its	O
decision	O
,	O
CNET	O
Gamecenter	O
reported	O
fansite	O
net	O
's	O
owner	O
as	O
saying	O
that	O
he	O
had	O
been	O
told	O
"	O
it	O
is	O
n't	O
because	O
of	O
content	O
,	O
but	O
because	O
they	O
feel	O
the	O
game	O
falls	O
into	O
a	O
crowded	O
category.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpot	O
's	O
Dunkin	O
remarked	O
of	O
the	O
situation	O
,	O
"	O
Best	O
Buy	O
,	O
on	O
the	O
other	O
hand	O
,	O
reportedly	O
says	O
that	O
it	O
does	O
n't	O
want	O
to	O
carry	O
Mortyr	B-Application
because	O
it	O
wo	O
n't	O
sell.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
20	O
,	O
Interactive	O
Magic	O
sold	O
iMagicGames	O
to	O
Ubi	O
Soft	O
,	O
including	O
Mortyr	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
division	O
had	O
been	O
unsuccessful	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
sale	O
marked	O
Interactive	O
Magic	O
's	O
full	O
transition	O
into	O
the	O
online	O
gaming	O
arena	O
,	O
where	O
it	O
had	O
been	O
growing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ubi	O
Soft	O
proceeded	O
to	O
drop	O
the	O
still-unreleased	O
Mortyr	B-Application
in	O
June	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
The	O
Adrenaline	O
Vault	O
reported	O
claims	O
from	O
an	O
anonymous	O
source	O
involved	O
with	O
the	O
decision	O
that	O
Mortyr	B-Application
was	O
dropped	O
because	O
of	O
its	O
"	O
history	O
of	O
development	O
problems	O
it	O
has	O
not	O
wholly	O
overcome.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
report	O
,	O
Interactive	O
Magic	O
purchased	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
a	O
low	O
price	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
in	O
"	O
no	O
condition	O
to	O
ship	O
yet	O
still	O
served	O
to	O
increase	O
the	O
paper	O
value	O
of	O
the	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
side	O
of	O
IMagic	O
's	O
business.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Mortyr	B-Application
remained	O
without	O
a	O
United	O
States	O
publisher	O
by	O
July	O
21	O
,	O
when	O
Mirage	O
released	O
a	O
downloadable	O
demo	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
unfavorable	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
GameRankings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jim	O
Preston	O
of	O
NextGen	O
said	O
,	O
"	O
Boring	O
,	O
derivative	O
single-player	O
and	O
uninspired	O
multiplayer	O
action	O
consign	O
Mortyr	B-Application
to	O
the	O
bargain	O
heap.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
entitled	O
Mortyr	B-Application
II	O
,	O
developed	O
by	O
Mirage	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Hip	O
Games	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2004	O
,	O
five	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
