Xbox Confirms Wolfenstein 3 and a New id Software Project Despite Layoffs

Xbox chief Asha Sharma has confirmed that Wolfenstein 3 is in development at MachineGames, the Swedish studio that has carried the series since Wolfenstein: The New Order arrived in 2014. The team followed that with Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus and, in 2024, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, which was widely praised as one of the year's best-received single-player releases.

The second part of the update is the one that will draw more attention. Sharma also said id Software, the studio behind Doom, is now working on a new game. id was one of the Microsoft-owned studios hit hardest by the sweeping Xbox job cuts earlier this year, which were reported internally as a "bloodbath." Confirming fresh development at a studio that lost staff in that round is a clear signal that Xbox wants to show its major franchises still have a future, even as the company reshapes its teams.

The announcement does not come with the details most players will want first. Release windows, platforms and the scope of either project were not part of the confirmation covered here, so both titles remain early in their public lives. For fans of the Wolfenstein and Doom series, the news is a reminder that the studios behind them are still building, even if the path to the next release has been bumpy.