| DOOM: The Dark Ages | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Release Date | Gameplay & Story | Pre-Order & DLC | Review |
| Release Date | |
|---|---|
| May 15, 2025 More Details |
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| Genre | |
| Action, Shooting | |
| Platforms | Price (MSRP) |
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$69.99 |
| Developer | Publisher |
| id Software | Bethesda Softworks |
| Number of Players | Age Rating |
| 1 | Mature 17+ (ESRB) |
| Time to Finish | Cross Platform Play |
| TBD | No |
| Official Website | Official Website for DOOM: The Dark Ages |
DOOM: The Dark Ages Latest News
⚫︎ Doom: The Dark Ages’ Update 2.3 delivers a major rework to its custom arena mode, Ripatorium. The overhaul, dubbed Ripatorium 2.0, shifts the mode from loose wave spawning to a more structured, round-based format.
⚫︎ DOOM: The Dark Ages devs, id Software, released Update 2 for the game. It adds an endless arena mode called the Ripatorium, enhancements for the dragon, atlan, and the slayer, and some balance changes in the campaign.
⚫︎ id Software has released DOOM: The Dark Ages update 1.006. The patch addresses a long-standing issue preventing some players from unlocking the Berserker Trophy.
⚫︎ Amid growing discussion over upcoming changes in Doom: The Dark Ages, game director Hugo Martin has addressed concerns by clarifying the team’s plans for a future update, including tweaks coming during QuakeCon.
⚫︎ Doom: The Dark Ages has received a major visual update today, introducing path tracing support—an advanced lighting technique even more demanding than traditional ray tracing. The update includes path-traced lighting, shadows, and reflections, alongside support for Nvidia’s DLSS Ray Reconstruction to help offset performance costs.
DOOM: The Dark Ages Overview
DOOM: The Dark Ages is an action FPS from id Software and Bethesda released on May 15, 2025. As the eighth mainline entry in the DOOM series and the third installment since the franchise's soft reboot with 2016's DOOM, this title places the iconic Doom Slayer in a medieval setting filled with an array of weapons, demons, and visceral combat.
Building on the high-intensity gameplay of DOOM and DOOM Eternal, DOOM: The Dark Ages retains the series' hallmark fast-paced FPS action, emphasizing relentless battles against the forces of hell, with new emphasis on grittier, boots-on-the-ground gameplay, grander storytelling, and the brand-new Shield Saw.
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DOOM: The Dark Ages Gameplay
Players take control of the Doom Slayer, battling through a medieval hellscape teeming with demons. The arsenal features a mix of series staples and new additions, ensuring a familiar yet fresh combat experience. Classic weapons like the Super Shotgun return, complemented by new tools of destruction, including the shield saw, a demonic flail, a skull grinder, and a stake launcher.
DOOM: The Dark Ages PC Specs
In an official blog post on the game's website, id Software has shared the required PC specs to run DOOM: The Dark Ages on minimum, recommended, and 4K HD Ultra settings, as shown in the table below:
| Specifications | Minimum | Recommended | Ultra 4K |
|---|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 10/11 64-bit | ||
| Processor | AMD Ryzen™ 7 5700X Intel Core i7 10700K |
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X Intel Core i7 12700K |
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X Intel Core i7 12700K |
| Graphics | AMD RX 6600 NVIDIA RTX 2060 SUPER |
AMD RX 6800 NVIDIA RTX 3080 |
AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX NVIDIA RTX 4080 |
| System RAM | 16GB RAM | 32GB RAM | |
| Storage | 512 GB NVME SSD (100GB Available) | ||
DOOM: The Dark Ages Announcement Trailer
DOOM: The Dark Ages | Official Trailer 1 (4K) | Coming 2025
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