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Doom The Dark Ages release date estimate, trailer, and gameplay

All the gory details about the Doom The Dark Ages release date, the debut trailer, and news for this prequel of the classic shooter.

Doom The Dark Ages release date: the Doom Slayer wearing power armor and a fur cape.

When is the Doom The Dark Ages release date? After its bombastic reveal during Summer Games Fest 2024, this prequel to the Doom reboot takes the series to medieval times.

Doom The Dark Ages is the latest in id Software’s iconic FPS game series, featuring an arsenal of bizarre weapons to deal with hellish threats efficiently. The veteran devs know exactly what they need to do to keep things in action game from getting stale, which is why we’re going to fight demons in a fresh location. Here’s everything you need to know about the Doom The Dark Ages release date, including information on the trailer, and the latest on the gameplay.

Doom The Dark Ages release date: a demonic dragon with lightbeam-like wings, roaring.

Doom The Dark Ages release date estimate

We estimate the Doom The Dark Ages release date will be late 2025. It will be available on PC via Steam, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S, and the game launches on Game Pass from day one.

Doom The Dark Ages is also the first full game in the series since Microsoft acquired ZeniMax Media, Bethesda Softworks’ parent company. Though this game could’ve been an Xbox exclusive title, Microsoft has decided to go with a multi-platform launch. This is part of a new multi-platform strategy which began in February 2024, beginning with Grounded, Hi-Fi Rush, Pentiment, and Sea of Thieves.

IGN asked the head of Xbox Phil Spencer about the decision to release Doom The Dark Ages on other platforms. “Doom is definitely one of those franchises that has history of so many platforms,” he explains. “It’s a franchise that I think everyone deserves to play. When I was in a meeting with Marty [Stratton] a couple years ago, I asked Marty what he wanted to do, and he said he wanted to sell it on all platforms. Simple as that.”

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Doom The Dark Ages trailer

The trailer is set in a medieval fantasy castle under siege from various demons. After several seconds of combat, we get our first glimpse at a giant mech that the Doom Slayer can use. We also see a dragon across the castle’s arches, incinerating the insides of a giant horned demon with its fiery breath.

Tonally, Doom The Dark Ages is very similar to previous entries in the series. We have a story about how the Doom Slayer is a weapon of the gods to smite the forces of hell and intense metal music that underscores the gameplay. The soundtrack is not from Mick Gordon is time around, as the composer had a public falling out with Marty Stratton, studio director at id Software.

Doom The Dark Ages release date: a huge blob-like demon is about to be made into mincemeat by the Doom Slayer's skull-grinding gun.

Doom The Dark Ages gameplay

Some of the weapons we’ve seen include the tried-and-tested Super Shotgun, a Gatling gun that grinds skulls into shards before violently propelling them out, and the new chain shield. The shield is used in several brutal ways, such as being flung in a boomerang formation similar to Captain America or slamming it into the ground to create a shockwave. The Doom Slayer is also seen deflecting bullets from a Spider-Demon and parrying an attack from a demonic knight.

That’s our guess for the Doom The Dark Ages release date estimate. If you can’t wait that long, we have a list of the best PC games of this year, as well as some upcoming PC games to look forward to in the following months.