Doom: The Dark Ages gets a new trailer showcasing brutal gameplay and a release date reveal. Doom: The Dark Ages will be available on Xbox Series X|S, PC, and PS5 (PlayStation 5) on May 15, 2025.

Doom: The Dark Ages is not Eternal 2. It’s something braver — a reimagining that honors its roots while forging a new path. It’s bloodier, slower, moodier — and undeniably Doom. The combat is still ...

The id creative team announces the latest, most ambitious iteration of Doom – a prequel to Doom 2016 – with all-new tools (hello, shield saw, 30-story mech, and... dragon) and combat mechanics ...

Doom: The Dark Ages has an exceptional combat loop that is among the best in series history. However, in a desire to expand on a winning formula, id Software has fallen short of the high bar it ...

Whether new means better is a different story entirely. Doom and gloom After its introductory text dump, The Dark Ages reveals its setting with an aerial scroll over tree-lined hills.

Doom: The Dark Ages generally doesn't include friendly fire (a fact I discovered after immediately attempting to mow down the first cowering soldiers I encountered).

During Chapter 6 - The Siege Part 1 of DOOM: The Dark Ages, there are three mysterious wolf statues to track down and destroy. Here’s where you’ll find them.

Leonidas from the “300” enters the design process because he echoes the fighting style they envisioned for “The Dark Ages” Doom Slayer. In the prequel, the hero will relentlessly move forward.

While Doom 2016 and Doom Eternal saw the settings being customized through a bunch of presets, The Dark Ages' introduces detailed tuning to bring the franchise back to the "Stand and Fight" mentality.

But Doom: The Dark Ages feels more like Resident Evil 4, as you study the battlefield with your shield up and feet planted, prioritising which targets to take out first.

The Dark Ages is nuanced and tweaked, but it's classic Doom, from the way that camera slides over the ground, ever onward, to the way that your weapons swap out neatly when you're out of ammo and ...

DOOM: The Dark Ages is nonstop, adrenaline-fuelled thrill ride from start to finish. This blockbuster demands your full attention as the best FPS this year so far.