Seven years. It’s been seven damn years since we last got a proper new Wolfenstein game, and the one we got was Youngblood, which, look, I played it, I had fun with a buddy, and I have also mostly forgotten it. The real story, BJ Blazkowicz’s story, the one that started with The New Order and punched a whole lot of Nazis in the face through The New Colossus, has been sitting on a cliffhanger since 2017.
Well, Terror Billy is back, baby.
So what actually got announced?
During Xbox’s 25th anniversary celebration in Seattle on November 12, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma posted 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.”
A few minutes later, MachineGames posted its own confirmation: “His reputation precedes him. Wolfenstein 3 is in production.”
That’s it. No trailer. No logo. No release window. No platforms. Xbox even put it in its official 25th anniversary recap on Xbox Wire, saying MachineGames is “hard at work on the next entry in the franchise.” That’s the whole reveal. An exec tweet and a studio tweet. PC Gamer pointed out this is a bit of a step down from the days of on-stage E3 trailer drops, and yeah, fair. But honestly? I’ll take it.
The script page is the best part
Both posts included a photo of a script page, and it is pure Wolfenstein. It’s labeled “Chapter 01 – Nazitraz,” set in an interrogation cell, with a clock showing a couple of minutes before twelve. BJ leans in close to a guy named Otto and says, simply, “Hi.”
Otto’s response, in German: “Oh fuck. Oh… Fuck. Not him. Fuck.”
That’s it. That’s the vibe. That’s the whole damn franchise in four lines. You’re a Nazi, BJ Blazkowicz shows up and says hi, and your day is officially over. I’d frame that page if I could.
The cast is coming back
MachineGames also shared a behind-the-scenes photo of a motion-capture session with Debra Wilson, who played resistance leader Grace Walker in The New Colossus, squaring off across a table with Brian Bloom. Bethesda confirmed that Bloom is back as BJ and Wilson is back as Grace.
That matters. Bloom’s BJ is one of the best-voiced shooter leads ever. He’s this walking slab of trauma and dad jokes who mumbles poetry in his head between headshots, and it wouldn’t be the same without him. And Grace was the scene-stealer of New Colossus, so having her back is a hell of a good sign that this is a direct continuation and not some soft reboot.
Wait, didn’t they always plan a trilogy?
Yep. As VGC pointed out, MachineGames studio head Jerk Gustafsson told Noclip, “we have always seen this as a trilogy,” going all the way back to when they mapped out The New Order. He said they had a plan for what happens to BJ in the second and third games, and added, “we’re not done with Wolfenstein yet. We have a story to tell.”
So this isn’t a cash-grab revival. This is the third act they’ve been holding onto for almost a decade while they went off and made Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, which, for the record, rules.
What we don’t know (which is basically everything)
No release date. No platforms. No gameplay. No idea how far along it is. A script page and a mocap photo tell us it’s real and that they’re shooting scenes, but nobody’s said a word about when we’ll actually see it. Don’t hold your breath for 2027 just yet.
PC Gamer also noted there’s a Wolfenstein TV series in the works from the same folks behind the Fallout show, so it would make a ton of sense for Xbox to line those two up. Pure speculation on my part, but a guy can dream.
Catch up before BJ comes back
If you never finished BJ’s story, or you just want an excuse to blast Nazis this weekend, now’s the time:
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So what do you want from Wolfenstein 3? More Grace? More Set? Another trip to space? And are we all agreeing to riot if they don’t call it Wolfenstein 3D? Sound off in the comments.
Sources: Xbox Wire, 25th anniversary recap (Nov 12, 2026); MachineGames on X (Nov 12, 2026); VGC (Nov 13, 2026); PC Gamer (Nov 13, 2026).
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