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Doom: The Dark Ages

Doom: The Dark Ages

DOOM: The Dark Ages is the prequel to the critically acclaimed DOOM (2016) and DOOM Eternal that tells an epic cinematic story worthy of the DOOM Slayer’s legend. Players will step into the blood-stained boots of the DOOM Slayer, in this never-before-seen dark and sinister medieval war against Hell.

Release date
2025-05-15
Platforms
PlayStation 5 · Xbox Series S/X · PC
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Doom: The Dark Ages Revelations is getting a free Slaughter Mode update next month
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Doom: The Dark Ages Revelations is getting a free Slaughter Mode update next month

id Software announced Slaughter Mode, a free update coming to the Doom: The Dark Ages Revelations DLC next month. The news dropped during a Slayers Club Live livestream featuring game director Hugo Ma...
id Software dev says Microsoft 'burned a lot of bridges' and 'fundamentally doesn't understand games'
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id Software dev says Microsoft 'burned a lot of bridges' and 'fundamentally doesn't understand games'

Chris Hays, lead services programmer at id Software, has gone on record with a damning assessment of Microsoft following the 136 layoffs that hit the studio last month. Speaking to YouTube channel Auf...
Bethesda's 40th anniversary Steam sale cuts Doom: The Dark Ages – Revelations to $10
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Bethesda's 40th anniversary Steam sale cuts Doom: The Dark Ages – Revelations to $10

Bethesda is running a 40th anniversary sale on Steam through August 13, timed to coincide with QuakeCon. The discount covers the studio's full catalogue, including games from id Software and Arkane....
Doom: The Dark Ages expansion Revelations fixes what the base game got wrong
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Doom: The Dark Ages expansion Revelations fixes what the base game got wrong

Doom: The Dark Ages was a good game that probably should have been a great one. Now its expansion, Revelations, makes a strong case that id Software knows exactly what went wrong — and has fixed it....
Doom: The Dark Ages – Revelations DLC review: a flawed but fitting finale
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Doom: The Dark Ages – Revelations DLC review: a flawed but fitting finale

Doom: The Dark Ages' first major expansion, Revelations, is out now — and it lands at a loaded moment. Id Software released it shortly after a wave of layoffs that hit the studio and the broader Xbox...
Deepward blends Doom-style FPS with roguelite permadeath — and it looks like one to watch
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Deepward blends Doom-style FPS with roguelite permadeath — and it looks like one to watch

Deepward is a fast-paced first-person shooter with roguelite mechanics where death is permanent — every wound counts, and a fatal encounter ends your run for good. It's drawing comparisons to Doom, Bi...
Doom: The Dark Ages – Revelations DLC review: the best Doom has ever been
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Doom: The Dark Ages – Revelations DLC review: the best Doom has ever been

Doom: The Dark Ages – Revelations is a DLC that costs $19.99 / £17.99 and runs roughly 10–15 hours — nearly the size of a full game. id Software built it around a single new tool, the Chain Spear, and...
Hackers are already porting Doom to the Neo Geo after being told it was impossible
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Hackers are already porting Doom to the Neo Geo after being told it was impossible

After Modern Vintage Gamer declared Doom functionally impossible to run on the Neo Geo last month, two separate hacking projects have stepped up to prove that claim wrong — or at least seriously compl...
Doom: The Dark Ages launches to franchise-best numbers as Xbox layoffs gut id Software
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Doom: The Dark Ages launches to franchise-best numbers as Xbox layoffs gut id Software

Doom: The Dark Ages launched to the biggest debut in id Software's history, but the celebration is overshadowed by brutal cuts at Microsoft. On Monday, the company kicked off its fiscal year by laying...