MachineGames has officially confirmed that Wolfenstein 3 is in production, ending years of speculation about whether the studio would return to the series or make another Indiana Jones game first.

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced the game at Xbox’s 25th anniversary celebration during Xbox Fanfest in Seattle on November 12, 2026, and said more details would come later.

Instead of a trailer, the announcement included a photo of the game’s script and a behind-the-scenes motion-capture image; the script’s first chapter is titled “Nazitraz.”

Brian Bloom and Debra Wilson are returning as B.J. Blazkowicz and Grace Walker, while the script places Fergus in its opening scene.

It remains unclear whether players will choose between the Fergus and Wyatt timelines, as in earlier entries, or whether the game will establish one as canon.

The franchise, which began in 1981, is set in an alternate-history World War II and follows U.S. Army captain William “B.J.” Blazkowicz fighting the Nazis.

The latest entries were 2019’s Youngblood and Cyberpilot, which received a more muted response than earlier games; Wolfenstein 3D and DOOM helped establish the modern first-person shooter.

For the author and other Indian millennials, the original game’s appeal reached beyond combat to its themes of resisting dictatorship and opposing authoritarian power.

The game has no release date or window, and the article estimates it may be five to six years away or longer, with substantial updates unlikely soon.

MachineGames co-founder Jerk Gustafsson said in a 2025 documentary that he hoped to complete B.J. Blazkowicz’s story, while the game’s apparent early production stage suggests that work remains ahead.

Amazon MGM Studios is also developing a Wolfenstein series for Prime Video, but no release date or connection between the show’s story and the game has been confirmed.

Separately, id Software has begun work on an unnamed game directed by Hugo Martin, with teams in Texas and Frankfurt; the studio has not said whether it is part of the DOOM series.