Wolfenstein Might Be Coming Back
Wolfenstein has always held a special place in PC gaming. It mixes old school run and gun action with surprisingly deep storytelling, turning what could have been a simple shooter into one of the standout single player FPS series on PC.
After years of silence, it finally looks like Wolfenstein 3 might be in development. Multiple reports and some carefully worded hints from the studio suggest that BJ Blazkowicz and his Nazi smashing adventures could be returning to our PCs.
For anyone who loves story driven shooters, this is big news.
Why Wolfenstein Still Matters On PC
When MachineGames took over the series with Wolfenstein The New Order and The New Colossus, they did more than modernize a classic franchise. They showed how a traditional single player FPS can still feel fresh on modern hardware while taking full advantage of the power of current PCs.
The shooting felt tight and punchy, but what really surprised people was the writing. BJ Blazkowicz started as a generic muscle bound hero in the early days of PC gaming. Under MachineGames, he became a fully realized character. Players got a mix of brutal gunfights, clever level design and emotional story beats you would not expect from a game that is, on the surface, about blowing away hordes of enemies.
Both main entries ran well on PC, looked great and offered plenty of flexibility in how you approached combat. You could go loud with dual wielded weapons or try to sneak through areas more methodically. That blend of old school FPS energy with modern design made them favorites in many PC libraries.
After The New Colossus in 2017, we saw a few spin offs. Youngblood arrived in 2019 with co op action set in a later time period. It was a solid shooter in its own right, but without BJ as the emotional core, it did not land as hard for many fans. There was also Cyberpilot, a VR experiment that pushed the series into virtual reality but did not feel like a mainline entry.
Then Wolfenstein went quiet. For a long time.
The Rumors Around Wolfenstein 3
Now the silence might finally be ending. Windows Central reported that a new Wolfenstein game is in development, timing it alongside a Wolfenstein TV series being produced for Amazon. On its own, that could just be speculation. But then Kotaku independently backed up the same claim with its own sources, saying straight out that a new Wolfenstein is happening.
It is not a huge surprise that a recognizable series like this would come back. The industry loves big brands. What makes this interesting is how long the gap has been between core entries. Most shooter series do not leave players hanging for nearly a decade between mainline games.
Part of the reason is that MachineGames has been busy with other projects. The studio worked on Quake and Doom related content and then released Indiana Jones and the Great Circle in 2024, which turned into a major hit. There was some concern among fans that this success might lock the team into being the Indiana Jones studio and push Wolfenstein aside indefinitely.
Those worries eased a bit when MachineGames leadership openly talked about Wolfenstein as a trilogy back in 2025. Studio head Jerk Gustafsson mentioned that they always saw the series in three parts, strongly hinting that BJ’s story was not actually finished. Later that year, the studio teased a new project that many fans immediately hoped was Wolfenstein 3.
Combine those hints with the newer reports from multiple outlets and it starts to feel like there really is something cooking.
What PC Gamers Can Expect
There are no hard details yet about platforms, specs or release dates, but based on the history of the series and where PC hardware is now, there are some reasonable expectations.
Strong single player focus: Wolfenstein has always been about cinematic single player campaigns, not live service grinds. That is unlikely to change.
Modern PC features: Expect support for high resolutions and frame rates and hopefully the latest upscaling tech. Past entries ran well on a wide range of PCs, and the series has every reason to continue that trend.
Heavy story emphasis: If this really is the third part of a planned trilogy, it will likely try to deliver a big emotional payoff for BJ’s long and brutal war.
Classic gunplay with options: Fans will be looking for the same satisfying mix of loud, chaotic firefights and more tactical approaches that made the previous games so replayable.
The Wolfenstein series also has a history of memorable marketing, leaning hard into its anti Nazi tone with sharp, shareable slogans and imagery. If the new game is real, you can probably expect another bold campaign built to get PC players talking well before launch.
For now, everything is still technically unconfirmed. There has been no official title reveal, trailer or system requirement list. But between the reported leaks, the TV tie in and the studio’s own comments about wanting to complete the trilogy, there is good reason for PC gamers to keep an eye on this one.
After years packed with multiplayer shooters and live service titles, the return of a focused, story heavy single player FPS like Wolfenstein 3 would be a welcome change of pace for a lot of PC players. If MachineGames can match or beat what it did with The New Order and The New Colossus, we could be looking at one of the standout PC shooters of its release year.
Original article and image: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/more-than-8-years-after-the-new-colossus-a-new-wolfenstein-game-is-reportedly-in-the-works-at-machinegames/
