William Joseph "BJ" Blazkowicz, "Billy" as named by his late Mother Zofia when he was a child, or just "William" by his spouse Anya, also known among the Nazis as "Terror Billy", William Joseph Blazkowicz is the protagonist of MachineGames's reimagining and reboot of the Wolfenstein series, inspired by the original version of William J. Blazkowicz from Wolfenstein 3d (1992)
The MachineGames series continues (partially) after the events in Wolfenstein (2009) , where the Nazis won and dominated the world 14 years after the war. Much of B.J.'s background is also completely reimagined in this series from his original background in the classic series (see William J. Blazkowicz (Classic)). Several details in William's life have been altered, including changing his hair color, giving him a different American accent, and changing his birthplace, as well as giving various changes to his personality.[2] Quake Champions further fills in gaps in his history, in particular, his early life and training to become a soldier
The developers have chosen to largely ignore Wolfenstein (2009), and they do not consider it the main part of their continuity. The Old Blood is a retelling of the events of Return to Castle Wolfenstein, set in this universe. The developers have stated that the original Wolfenstein 3D is considered as a prequel to this series; however, even the events surrounding that game have been reimagined according to Wolfenstein II
Wolf 3D is referenced in The Old Blood, The New Order, and The New Colossus as previous events. In all situations, these references may have had reimagined outcomes (e.g. in The Old Blood, assuming the newspaper isn't pure propaganda (see newspaper transcripts), Hitler survived William's assassination attempt on him. Some elements of those games' lore simply do not exist in The New Order timeline (Allied victory in the war, marriage to Marie Patterson, William is voiced by the well-known voice actor Brian Bloom in "Wolfenstein: The New Order
