Xbox Confirms Wolfenstein 3 Is in Production

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced that Wolfenstein 3 is officially in production at MachineGames, confirming the next mainline entry in the long-running video game series. Sharma made the announcement during Xbox’s 25th anniversary celebrations, sharing a photograph showing part of the game’s script.

Sharma described Wolfenstein as one of gaming’s important franchises and said she looked forward to sharing more about the project. Her announcement confirms that the game is being made, but did not give a release date or specify how far development has progressed.

The script image offered a glimpse of the project, though the announcement did not provide further details about its story or gameplay. MachineGames has developed the two most recent mainline games, Wolfenstein: The New Order, released in 2014, and Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, released in 2017. Wolfenstein 3 will continue the rebooted series those games began.

The franchise dates to the early 1980s and is set in an alternate-history version of World War II. After Wolfenstein II, MachineGames released the spin-offs Wolfenstein: Youngblood and Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot in 2019. Microsoft acquired ZeniMax Media, MachineGames’...