Wolfenstein 3 Will Change Things Up, Says Developer

The Upcoming Sequel Will Differ from the Previous Games in the Series

Correction: This story previously reported that the Wolfenstein game designer gave an interview to Eurogamer. The designer was actually giving a talk at a gaming industry event not an interview.

A game designer for MachineGames, the developer behind the Wolfenstein reboot series, said during recent gaming industry event that the next Wolfenstein game would โ€œplay withโ€ the series format and could possibly be shown at an E3 โ€œtwo years into the future.โ€

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The designer, Andreas ร–jerfors, explained that the Wolfenstein team would like to do โ€œsomething differentโ€ with the next installment in the franchise. โ€œNot because itโ€™s necessary but because we would like to do something different,โ€ ร–jerfors said, according to Eurogamer.

He added that the developer team would โ€œplay with the format a bit, do something that would interest us.โ€

However, donโ€™t expect Wolfenstein 3 to not be a first-person shooter: โ€œWe are a first-person shooter studio, thatโ€™s one of the core values and ambitions of MachineGames. Whatever we do, even if we did Tetris 2, Tetris 2 would be a first-person shooter,โ€ ร–jerfors said to Eurogamer.

The previous game in the series, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, was received well by critics but had underwhelming sales. Some gamers have theorized that the low sales were due to the politicized nature of the gameโ€™s anti-Nazi or anti-White supremacy message in the age of U.S. President Donald Trump.

MachineGames isnโ€™t going to back away from that message for the next game, according to ร–jerfors. โ€œIf we get negative feedback from Nazis and racists, we donโ€™t really care,โ€ ร–jerfors said. โ€œIf itโ€™s a statement today to say Nazis are bad then we are in a lot of trouble as a civilization.โ€

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is out now for the PC, PS4 and Xbox One. The Nintendo Switch version will release on June 29th.

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