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Wolfenstein: The New Order delayed into 2014

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I wasn’t exactly drooling with excitement when a new Wolfenstein game was announced a few months ago, especially after that last revival of the franchise which just didn’t feel Reich. However, after seeing more of what studio Machine Games has in store for that latest reboot at E3, I’m feeling pretty optimistic about it being a pretty decent game. A game that will now only be out in 2014.

Originally scheduled for a Q3 release this year, Wolfenstein: The New Order will now be out sometime in 2014 instead. Speaking to Polygon, Bethesda Softworks VP of PR and Marketing Pete Hines explained that this delay was due to several factors, such as readying the game for current and next-gen platforms. "Working on next-gen and current gen definitely has an impact, you’re developing for two different things," Hines said.

The fact that the next-gen stuff is still moving is also definitely a factor. But the most important thing was definitely just looking where it was at, what they needed to polish. Because it’s just not trying to be a shooter, because it’s trying to be a shooter that also has driving elements, story elements, narrative, stealth sections — each one of those has to be excellent. It’s not just like we’re making a shooter, where if the shooting is good, then all 16 hours of the game will be good because it’s all we’re doing.

We didn’t just want to do a one-note Wolfenstein game. We wanted to make something that brought in all these elements, and as it turns out, the polish time you spend on the shooting stuff has no impact on what it feels like in the stealth part.

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Wolfenstein: The New Order has been bubbling away at Machnine Games for a while now, but Bethesda wants to make certain that the game has all the time that it needs before being released. “Machine Games has been working on this game for a while," Hines said. "You don’t want to waste all that time and effort for the sake of a couple of months, if a couple of months could make all of the difference in the world."

This needs to be the best Wolfenstein game ever made, and you can’t shortcut that. It can’t have the same historical impact of Wolfenstein 3D, but it can be a better game.

I’m Preying that this is indeed the case for the next chapter of Wolfenstein. After all, the last time a really revolutionary game in that series was released, it was 2001 for Return to Castle Wolfenstein. And the 2009 reboot was so bad, that I did Nazi see it coming.

Ha! Thank you, I’ll be here all week!

Last Updated: August 5, 2013

28 Comments

  1. Badum Dschh

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    • Lourens Jordaan

      August 5, 2013 at 15:39

      Don’t you mean Badum Deutch?

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      • That Twit In Black

        August 5, 2013 at 15:41

        Think he was pronouncing it as if he had no front teeth.

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        • Umar Kiiroi Senk?

          August 5, 2013 at 15:46

          I think that would be Badum Dschh Ma se Kind 🙂

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          • That Twit In Black

            August 5, 2013 at 15:47

            Ekse.

          • Umar Kiiroi Senk?

            August 5, 2013 at 15:48

            Awe, hoppa

      • Umar Kiiroi Senk?

        August 5, 2013 at 15:47

        Lol die Korrektur !

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  2. ElimiNathan

    August 5, 2013 at 15:02

    Screenshots look intense

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    • Trevor Davies

      August 5, 2013 at 15:09

      They do indeed – pretty impressive.

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    • That Twit In Black

      August 5, 2013 at 15:15

      Looks very good.

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    • LordCaptainAwesomeness

      August 5, 2013 at 15:22

      I just hope the Game play can match the promises. It would be a sad day indeed if another Great IP has to die a terrible death like Duke, Aliens….

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  3. Zoe

    August 5, 2013 at 15:10

    nazi puns… the best kind!

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    • That Twit In Black

      August 5, 2013 at 15:11

      Hitlarious right?

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  4. Trevor Davies

    August 5, 2013 at 15:10

    Hopefully this game has the Reich stuff.

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    • LordCaptainAwesomeness

      August 5, 2013 at 15:17

      Don’t worry, Bethesda will make sure the game is all Reich..

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  5. LordCaptainAwesomeness

    August 5, 2013 at 15:13

    Hey Guys… All these Nazi Puns are making me Führerious

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    • That Twit In Black

      August 5, 2013 at 15:14

      I see what jew did there.

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      • LordCaptainAwesomeness

        August 5, 2013 at 15:16

        Agg Nein

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    • Sageville

      August 5, 2013 at 15:16

      HEY!

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      • LordCaptainAwesomeness

        August 5, 2013 at 15:19

        Fun for every von

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        • That Twit In Black

          August 5, 2013 at 15:26

          :O

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          • LordCaptainAwesomeness

            August 5, 2013 at 15:27

            Bwaa haa haaa dude… Brilliant

          • LordCaptainAwesomeness

            August 5, 2013 at 15:32

            🙂

          • Lourens Jordaan

            August 5, 2013 at 15:45

            These jokes made me sauerkraut my lederhosen.

        • TiMsTeR1033

          August 5, 2013 at 15:59

          indeed

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      • That Twit In Black

        August 5, 2013 at 15:29

        Take my upvote.

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  6. TiMsTeR1033

    August 5, 2013 at 15:58

    hehe

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  7. OminousRain

    August 6, 2013 at 11:21

    Don’t mind waiting till next year. Have to many games that I need to finish (DAMN YOU STEAM SALE!!!)

    And now I don’t get to those games, cause now I just got a urge to play Dota 2….

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