Doom: The Dark Ages is a heavy metal album cover come to life — and I can’t wait to play it
Doom: The Dark Ages is one of my most anticipated games of 2025. That’s no surprise given how much I loved Doom 2016 and Doom Eternal — the latter is the game I always play when testing the best gaming laptops and best gaming PCs. But id Software’s upcoming game isn’t just a copy of its predecessors. It’s something more daring… and brutal.
‘Doom: The Dark Ages’ takes inspiration from ‘300,’ Batman and a tank
When game director Hugo Martin discussed “Doom: The Dark Ages,” three images spring up over the discourse. The first is Leonidas in the “300” battling the Persians at the Hot Gates in Thermopylae. The second is another Frank Miller project “The Dark Knight Returns” and the last one is a tank.
Doom: The Dark Ages was first revealed during the Xbox Games Summer Showcase in 2024. It’s a prequel to 2016’s Doom reboot that reimagines the shooter as a medieval fantasy. We haven’t seen much of it ...
Though Nintendo can technically claim it had the first big gaming news event of the year, at least Xbox’s Developer Direct ...
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