Following the discharge of 2024’s Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle, Swedish developer MachineGames has reiterated its intention to return to the sci-fi WWII shooter Wolfenstein–though when stays to be confirmed.
In an interview with GI.Biz on February 5, studio director Jerk Gustafsson stated that the crew hasn’t forgotten about William “B.J.” Blazkowicz’s staunch objective of killing Nazis within the alternate-history retelling of World Conflict II.
“Our intention has all the time been to return to Wolfenstein,” Gustafsson stated. “We wished to complete the trilogy. And after we try this, that’s one thing that I do not need to touch upon. It may be now, it may be later, however we’re not performed with it. That is what I can say.”
Gustafsson clarified that he is conscious of the necessity to “justify the enterprise facet” of MachineGames tasks to MIcrosoft’s management. (Microsoft acquired ZeniMax for $7.5 billion in March 2021, placing MachineGames and varied different ZeniMax subsidiaries beneath its umbrella.) He additionally acknowledged that his ageing physique has an affect on the variety of video games he has left in him. Nonetheless, he stated that, with the studio loving to focus on first-person video games, he goals to experiment extra inside that style within the future–as lengthy as time permits him to.
“We have now been doing very, very related video games, and really, very centered on first-person, story-driven titles for a very long time,” he stated. “[We are] trying extra to see what we will do to innovate and broaden inside that style. I usually see us with the ability to do a cell sport. It simply requires a distinct skillset that we do not have at MachineGames. Possibly someday sooner or later, however who is aware of?”
Gustafsson’s feedback echo what the studio has stated about Wolfenstein up to now. Though the final two games–2014’s The New Order and 2017’s The New Colossus–have seen a correct sequel shortly, MachineGames’ inventive director Axel Torvenius stated in September 2025 that the developer has all the time seen the franchise as a trilogy and hopes to return to it quickly. As of January 2026, a number of sources claimed {that a} Wolfenstein 3 is in improvement, alongside a live-action TV collection produced by Fallout’s Prime Video.