Wolfenstein 3 is in production at MachineGames, Xbox said in its Xbox Wire recap of everything announced on 12 November, the day the company marked 25 years of the Xbox brand. The recap credited the announcement to Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and said MachineGames is “hard at work on the next entry in the franchise.”

“This is a franchise with an important place in gaming history, and I’m excited to see the team continue its story,” Sharma said in the Xbox Wire post. In her own post on X, she wrote: “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.”

Bloom and Wilson return as Blazkowicz and Grace Walker

Xbox Wire said actors Brian Bloom and Debra Wilson are reprising their roles as BJ Blazkowicz and Grace Walker. Bloom plays the series protagonist, William Joseph “BJ” Blazkowicz, and Wilson plays Grace Walker.

IGN reported the casting, according to The Verge, which said the two appear to be the featured actors in a photo MachineGames posted from a motion-capture session. MachineGames said in that post that the game is “in production.”

A script page and a motion-capture photo

Little else was shown. Sharma attached a photo of a script page, and GamesRadar+ reported that it appears to show the first page of the game’s dialogue script, with the first chapter seemingly called “Nazitraz” and a scene opening inside an interrogation cell, where Blazkowicz speaks with a German-speaking character named Otto. No details about platforms or release timing were revealed, GamesRadar+ said.

The same day’s announcements also included original Xbox games on PC through backward compatibility, with achievements added to some titles. Make Tech Easier’s earlier anniversary coverage includes the individually numbered Xbox Series X25 Limited Edition consoles.

The first mainline Wolfenstein since 2017

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus launched in 2017 and continued Blazkowicz’s story in an alternate 1960s in which Nazi Germany had won the Second World War, The Verge said. Wolfenstein: Youngblood, a co-op spinoff starring Blazkowicz’s twin daughters, followed in 2019.

GamesRadar+ called Wolfenstein 3 a full mainline entry in the first-person shooter series, the first since Wolfenstein II. MachineGames has been Bethesda’s Wolfenstein developer since 2014, starting with Wolfenstein: The New Order.