Xbox confirmed on 12 November 2026 that Wolfenstein 3 is in production at MachineGames, ending years of waiting for a sequel to the shooter series. Wolfenstein 3 was announced by Xbox chief executive Asha Sharma in a post on X, as Xbox closed its eight-city FanFest tour in Seattle to mark 25 years since the first Xbox launched. It is the first mainline entry in the series since Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus in 2017.
Sharma wrote that Wolfenstein 3 is officially in production at MachineGames. She called it a franchise with an important place in gaming history and said she was excited to see the team continue its story. MachineGames followed with a post of its own that read, “His reputation precedes him. Wolfenstein 3 is in production.” The studio shared a photo of a script page and a photo from a motion-capture session.
The motion-capture photo for Wolfenstein 3 confirmed the return of two actors. Brian Bloom is back as William Joseph “BJ” Blazkowicz, the series hero, and Debra Wilson returns as Grace Walker. IGN reported that both actors appear in the photo from the session, and Xbox Wire confirmed the casting in its recap of the anniversary event.
Wolfenstein 3 story details from the script photo
The script page shared by Sharma names the first chapter “Nazitraz” and sets the opening scene in an interrogation cell. Reports on the image say the scene puts Blazkowicz across a table from a character named Otto. The page also points to a story that turns on the aftermath of The New Colossus, in which the resistance killed General Irene Engel, according to Geek Culture.
MachineGames has made the modern Wolfenstein games since the 2014 reboot, starting with Wolfenstein: The New Order and continuing with The New Colossus in 2017 and Wolfenstein: Youngblood in 2019. Wolfenstein 3 is the studio’s sixth entry in the franchise and its third mainline game. The announcement also fits comments MachineGames studio head Jerk Gustafsson made in an interview last year about completing the story as a trilogy, according to ENMNEWS.
Wolfenstein 3 release date and platforms
Xbox gave no release date for Wolfenstein 3, no platform list, no trailer and no price. Several outlets describe the project as early stage and likely several years from release. Insider Gaming reported in February on a casting call for a character named Sofiya, an eight to 11 year old Ukrainian orphan who bonds with Blazkowicz, with performance capture scheduled to start in April and shooting running into 2027. Xbox has not confirmed any of that as the plot of the game.
The gap since the last game is the longest in the rebooted series. The New Colossus came out in 2017, and MachineGames has since released Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. Fans have asked for a third game for years, and the studio stayed silent on the subject until now.
Wolfenstein 3 and the Xbox 25th anniversary
The announcement came on the last stop of the FanFest tour in Seattle, the city where Xbox began. Xbox marks its official 25th anniversary on Sunday, 15 November. Sharma also confirmed that id Software’s next project is in development. The same event brought news of 25 original Xbox games coming to PC through backward compatibility, with Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind in the lineup, and a free winter update for Halo that adds the Firefight cooperative mode.
The reveal followed another announcement from Bethesda days earlier, that the next Elder Scrolls game will be called The Elder Scrolls VI: Sentinel. Xbox also showed new gameplay from Fable at the event. Wolfenstein is also set to get an Amazon Prime Video television series adaptation in the near future, according to GosuGamers.
Sharma said she looked forward to sharing more, and MachineGames said it is hard at work on the next entry in the franchise. No further details have been given, and the studio has not said when it will show the game next.