Xbox Confirms Wolfenstein 3 Is Finally Happening While id Teases A New Game

The legendary Wolfenstein franchise hasn’t gotten a new game in seven years, with studio MachineGames focused on other projects including Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. However, fans can get excited about the return of B.J. Blazkowicz after Asha Sharma, CEO of Microsoft’s Xbox gaming division, posted a teaser about the next installment. If that’s not exciting enough, id Software is cooking up something, too.

Sharma took to the X to inform fans of the news, announcing that Wolfenstein 3’s production is now underway at MachineGames. She shared a picture of what looks to be a page of the game’s script, where protagonist B.J. Blazkowicz is having a conversation with another character.

MachineGames itself posted a picture of actors Debra Wilson and Brian Bloom in full motion capture gear in the middle of recording a scene together. This indicates that Bloom will reprise his role as Blazkowicz, while Wilson will be returning as Grace Walker. It’s great to see that the studio has been able to get the original actors back after such a long hiatus, which should help keep fans who’ve invested time in the first few games feel a more immediate connection with this upcoming installment.


Although it’s probably going to be a while before we actually get to play Wolfenstein 3, because everything shared so far points to it being early in the development cycle. Wolfenstein games are AAA blockbuster titles that require several years of development time even under the best of circumstances.

Another exciting project, that’s also a long way off, will be coming from id Software. The studio shared on X that their next game is already underway and is being worked on by the teams located in Texas and Frankfurt, Germany. “It'll be some time before we're ready to share more but we can't wait for you to see what we're working on.”


In the meantime, there’s still a lot of great new games out there for players to sink their teeth into, including a newly announced mode for Doom: The Dark Ages – Revelation. In Slaughter Mode players will fend off waves of enemies across 19 different maps, with rewards including character and weapon skins for those who can survive to the end. Best of all, this is a free update that'll be hitting on November 16.