Wolfenstein 3’ in Development at Xbox’s MachineGames

“Wolfenstein 3″ is in the works at Xbox‘s Machine Games.

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced the news Thursday amid Xbox’s 25th anniversary celebration, sharing on X: “Wolfenstein 3 is officially in production at @MachineGames. One of gaming’s most important franchises, and a team that has done remarkable work bringing it forward. Looking forward to sharing more.”

Sharma also shared a photo featuring a portion of a script for the project:

First launched in 1981 by Muse Software and later id Software, the “Wolfenstein” video game franchise is set in an alternate history World War II that largely follow U.S. Army captain William “B.J.” Blazkowicz in his fight against the Nazis. There are more than a dozen games in the series with the two most recent installments being reboots developed by MachineGames in partnership with publisher Bethesda Softworks: 2014’s “Wolfenstein: The New Order” and 2017’s “Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus.”

“Wolfenstein 3” will mark the first game in the franchise to be developed by MachineGames under Xbox ownership following Microsoft’s acquisition of parent company ZeniMax Media in March 2021.

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