DOOM is one of the most beloved and acclaimed First Person Shooter (FPS) franchises, both by critics and gamers in general, since from its first known game to its last one, it has known how to keep the attention of gamers. And now this June 9 at the Xbox: Showcase, id Software and Bethesda gave a huge surprise to fans, because as a presentation of the event, the world premiere of what will be the next title in this saga, “DOOM: The Dark Ages” was announced.
DOOM: The Dark Ages will arrive soon and will be multiplatform
Few fans of the saga would have imagined that DOOM, that game of their childhood, would cause such an impact and serve as an introduction to an event of such relevance for Microsoft and Xbox as the Showcase, it was Phill Spencer himself who presented DOOM: The Dark Ages. In just 2 minutes he enchanted the audience by showing us the best that a franchise as emblematic as this one can offer, increasing the hype of the followers, also serving as an entrance for the arrival of the other titles in the same event and ending with the release date: 2025, and arriving “day 1” to Xbox Game Pass.
The trailer for DOOM: The Dark Ages, was full of content: from cinematics, a bit of what will be seen in gameplay, known weapons like the super shotgun and new ones like a shield, demons that the Slayer is familiar with like the Mancubus, Tyrants, Imps and Revenants, among many new ones. In addition to showing us some artifacts that will help as the robot seen in the ship where he undertook his journey in the prequel “DOOM: Eternal” and a new ally, a dragon that will help defeat enemies of great difficulty. Finally, it caught the attention of many how the game seems to be set in the medieval age, but with futuristic aspects.
In addition to the above announcements, there was perhaps the one that most impressed fans of this franchise and PlayStation users, because, as promised by Phill Spencer when he acquired Bethesda and all related IP, including id Software who own the rights to all the games, DOOM: The Dark Ages will not be exclusive to Xbox and will expand to the Sony market and PC, being that Nintendo Switch was not announced temporarily, although many players found happy with this news more than important.
DOOM, is a legendary saga that has its debut in 1993, thanks to the dream of John Romero and John Carmack, who founded one of the first games in 2.5D, later in 1997 would come an installment for Nintendo 64, which would bear the name “DOOM 64” and would be adapted for new consoles. In the future, in 2004, would be released what would be the end of the original plot 10 years after started “DOOM: 3” along with a part called “Resurrection of evil”.
After 12 years without news of one of the most iconic shooters in history, arrives in 2016 what would be the reboot of the saga popularly known as “DOOM: 2016” OR “DOOM“, the game is much more open, the levels longer, more hours of gameplay, the enemies become more difficult to defeat and Slayer’s narrative is more understandable in addition to being multiplatform, the same happens in the 2020 sequel, DOOM: Eternal, which is the best selling game of the entire saga and was nominated for Game Of The Year, being surpassed only by The Last Of Us II exclusive to PlayStation 4.
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