Bethesda's Pete Hines Says Not to Worry About the Future of Wolfenstein - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 July 2021 / 2,025 Views
Developer MachineGames released Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus in 2017 with spin-off game, Wolfenstein: Youngblood, coming out in 2019. This lead some to wonder if the studio would announced Wolfenstein III at E3 2021. However, this was not the case.
Bethesda's SVP of global marketing and communications Pete Hines speaking during GameSpot's Play For All 2021 event said Bethesda won't be talking about unannounced games until they are ready enough, however, did mention that fans don't need to worry about the future of Wolfenstein.
"Where we are for Wolfenstein or, quite honestly, any other franchise that we don’t have announced plans on, we’ll have until we get to the point of wanting to talk about it," Hines said. "But you can put me at the head of the list of people who want to see another Wolfenstein game, so no worries there."
MachineGames is in the "very, very, very early" stages of production of an Indiana Jones game and won't be released for many years. It is possible the studio is focused on Wolfenstein III right now as it has been two years since Wolfenstein: Youngblood released.
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I'm more worried about the future of Quake :( Bethesda has an entire convention named after the franchise and it's been just a gutted franchise.
Me too. I LOVE Quake a lot. Quakecon but like, no Quake? Makes no sense.
It's primarily developed by Saber Interactive with id Software keeping a backseat while still technically assisting in development. It uses a hybrid of idTech and Saber's proprietary game engine, so it doesn't get the benefits of DOOM's amazing graphics and optimization because Quake Champions has a TON of game breaking bugs and glitches that still haven't been addressed and at this point, never will. It's been in Early Access for 4 years now I believe. Biggest thing for me was they chased the hero shooter trend, hence the Champions, which just didn't feel right. There is fun to be had with the game as it does pretty decent job in the "arena shooter" mechanics, but as a long time Quake fan, it's hollow and the player count shows it.
With Doom and Wolfenstein reboots, I'm sure a new Quake will be on the horizon.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed! Hoping it's id's next big project after DOOM Eternal finishes up development.
Doom Eternal won't be getting any more content so either they are working on a new Doom game or something else, possibly Quake.
The video games may have heard us! I'm hoping this rumor is true https://gamerant.com/quake-female-protagonist-reboot-rumor/
Thanks for the info! Had no idea, just read about it. I'm excited!!
Oh hell yeah!!!! Thanks!
I hope the next Wolfenstein has more in common with The New Order than Wolfenstein II. Something about Wolfenstein II was off-putting somehow, got disinterested in it very quickly as opposed to TNO which I found very good throughout.
Does Wolfenstein sell as much as doom or dishonored?
Is there a lot of fanbase for this game?
Sorry no one has ever referenced me these games,
I played the new order but it was kind of meh for me lol
I don't know about sales, but Wolfenstein as a franchise has been around since 1981 with entries from various developers and publishers on a multitude of platforms.
Most of my time in quake champions back when it first launched in 2017 was mainly waiting for games maximum time was 40 minutes then i unistalled it
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