Developer MachineGames is currently developing Wolfenstein 3, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced. On a social media post, Sharma described the series, which can be attributed to pioneering the first-person shooter genre as we know today, as “one of gaming’s most important franchises.”
Attached with the social post looks to be a script of the opening of the new game, featuring a German bloke cowering in fear over the apperance of recurring protagonist and prominent Nazi killer, BJ Blazkowicz.
The announcement was done as part of Xbox celebrating its 25th anniversary, a year-long celebration that ended with an Xbox FanFest event at Seattle, Washington, USA.
MachineGames is coming into Wolfenstein 3 hot off the heels of Indiana Jones And The Great Circle. The Swedish developer took steward of the Wolfenstein franchise with Wolfenstein: The New Order in 2014, followed by Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus in 2017.
The most renowned title in the series is Wolfenstein 3D, released in 1992, which featured movement in three dimensions from the first-person perspective. Developed by id Software, this title paved the road to the creation of Doom in 1993, which solidifies the genre, and with Quake in 1996, presented the world with full 3D rendering in real-time.
These days, the Wolfenstein series under MachineGames is known for its politically charged story that shouldn’t be controversial today, as well as its tightly paced campaign as a single-player game.
Alongside this announcement, Sharma also confirmed that id Software is also has started production in their next game.