MachineGames confirmed on November 13 that Wolfenstein 3 is in production, putting the Uppsala studio back on the series it set aside after 2017’s Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus. The reveal landed during Xbox’s 25th anniversary Fanfest in Seattle, with franchise creator id Software credited alongside the developer.
The studio broke the news itself, writing “His reputation precedes him. Wolfenstein 3 is in production.” in a post on X that showed a page of the Wolfenstein 3 script. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma echoed the confirmation on X, adding that MachineGames has done remarkable work bringing the franchise forward.
The trilogy plan was hiding in plain sight
The announcement should not surprise anyone who watched MachineGames studio head Jerk Gustafsson’s interview in the Noclip documentary on the making of The New Order and The New Colossus. Speaking in that interview, Gustafsson said the team had always seen B.J. Blazkowicz’s story as a trilogy and that they were not done with Wolfenstein.
“I think that’s important to say, because – at least, I hope – we’re not done with Wolfenstein yet. We have a story to tell,” Gustafsson said in the interview. With the sequel now officially in production, those remarks read as the roadmap the studio was quietly following through a seven-year gap in which it built Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, released in December 2024.
The cast is already back
Brian Bloom and Debra Wilson will return as B.J. Blazkowicz and Grace Walker, a detail the developers confirmed through a photo of the two actors in the studio’s motion-capture facility. No release date or platform was given, and Sharma’s only forward promise is that more will be shared later.
The reveal lands two days before Xbox’s official 25th anniversary on Sunday, November 15, while id Software marks its 35th anniversary this year, giving both of Xbox’s Bethesda studios a milestone backdrop for the news.
