Doom: The Dark Ages – Everything we know so far
Jul. 19, 2024Here’s the latest news on the Doom: The Dark Ages release window, trailer, gameplay, and more
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With a brand new setting, new enemies and an array of new weapons, there are tons of details to unpack here. So, to make your crusade against hell a bit easier, we’ve gathered all the intel that you need before the carnage begins. From the Doom: The Dark Ages release date, gameplay, trailer and more - here’s everything you need to know about one of the most anticipatednew gamesheading our way.
Doom: The Dark Ages release window
The good news is that Doom: The Dark Ages will be available to play across several platforms. So it doesn’t matter if you are a PC or console player; you’ll get a chance to murder some Cacodemons regardless. It will even be available on Game Pass.
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Luckily, the game’s team understood our universal love for one of thebest action gamesin history.MicrosoftGaming CEOPhil SpencertoldIGNthat he and id Software Studio Director Marty Stratton wanted to make sure that everyone had a chance to play Doom: The Dark Ages.
“I asked Marty what he wanted to do, and he said he wanted to sell it on all platforms; simple as that," Spencer explained.
The Doom: The Dark Ages trailer above gives us our first look at the Doom Slayer before his appearance in the Doom reboot. In the clip, he shoots his way through burning castles, fights some gnarly-looking enemies, and rips through waves of demons.
Besides showing us an almost fantasy-like setting and the Doom Slayer’s new cape, the teaser also lets fans check out some of the upcoming weapons. Of course, we see a shotgun (the Doom Slayer’s best friend), but we also see a chainsaw shield that looks straight out of a slasher movie, a gun that spits skull fragments at enemies and several other devices for annihilating all those pesky demons.
Both the world and the enemies look massive, like seriously, there are demon dragons in this trailer. Basically, it seems like Doom is coming back and is better than ever. And if the game is half as exciting as this trailer, then Doom: The Dark Ages may just join some of its predecessors on our list of thebest shootersof all time.
That means instead of the high-tech weapons we saw in Doom Eternal, you’ll be wielding a skull gun, a mace, and a saw shield during your medieval stand-off against the forces of hell. While this setting and all theDoom: The Dark Ages weaponsseem like relatively new concepts, Doom: The Dark Ages is actually going to be pretty familiar to long-time Doom players in terms of its core gameplay.
Creative director Hugo Martin told GamesRadar+that Doom: The Dark Ages is going back to the original Doom games when it comes to gameplay. That means every projectile is going to count and strafing is coming back in a big way.
“If you were an F22 fighter jet in Doom Eternal, this time around, we wanted you to feel like an Abrams tank,” Martin explained. This means that you’ll be more grounded as a player.” Players will be weaving between projectiles - just like the original Doom - and all this talk on “strafing-to-aim” indicates we are going back to horizontality instead of the verticality seen in Doom Eternal.
“The combat system for new players – those who only got into Doom with the reboot – I think with The Dark Ages, they are going to feel like this is a reimagined combat system,” Martin said. “But for long-time fans of the series, people who played the original Doom, you’ll see it’s really a return to form.”
Martin has also teased that Doom Eternal will have the “biggest spaces”, the “biggest AI”, and the most powerful feeling weapons that we’ve ever seen in a Doom game. That’s a big statement but an exciting one. So, fingers crossed that Doom: The Dark Ages delivers on its promises.
Currently, you can’t pre-order Doom: The Dark Ages. But we are expecting to hear news on when pre-orders will be open soon.
We will keep you updated as soon as we hear more details. In the meantime, you can check out our list of all theupcoming horror gamescoming out this year to get your demon fix, or if you fancy cracking on with your console, check out all thebest games on Game Passto play right now.
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