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Insider Gaming understands that the next game in the DOOM franchise is set to be revealed during this year’s Xbox Games Showcase on June 9.

The game, which has been under the codename/placeholder title ‘Year Zero’ is understood to have the final name ‘DOOM: The Dark Ages’ and has been in development for at least four years.

Last year, I heard of early details of the next entry into the DOOM franchise, which was described to me as a ‘medieval inspired doom world’. While that doesn’t necessarily give much information to go on, ‘year zero’, ‘the dark ages’, and ‘medieval inspired’ starts to paint a vivid picture of where the series could be going next. Perhaps we’ll be taking more of an early look at the Doomslayer’s life during the medieval times? A prequel of sorts?

Earlier this year, rumors began to swirl again about a new DOOM game, following Bethesda’s newly registered trademark, ‘IDKFA’, a well-known cheat code in the series. Last month, The Verge’s Tom Warren first teased that DOOM would be making its way to the Xbox Games Showcase, a rumor that we can now independently verify.

The DOOM series has been a tremendous success for Xbox and ID Software. In 2020, a LinkedIn description from an ID Software employee claimed that the game made over $450 million in revenue.

was mentioned in this thread, but he confirmed it here.

 

[Panajev2001a]

Mmmh… DOOM meets Quake?

 

[FUBARx89]

Xbox only.........or?

 

[NuclearDiarrhea]

Sounds dope

 

[Tarnpanzer]

Mmmh… DOOM meets Painkiller?

fixed.

 

[Bernardougf]

Somehow this title seems appropriate

 

[BennyBlanco]

Doom meets Army of Darkness.

 

[Kurotri]

Something about DOOM and mixing it with a medieval aesthetic sounds fucking cool. Would be dope if it released this year.

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

Soundtrack should be Trent Reznor on a Lute

 

[midnightAI]

Doom meets Army of Darkness.

 

[feynoob]

Thick Thighs Save Lives
What happened rookie. You are getting slow on your news coverage.

 

[OGM_Madness]

I’m guessing no Mick Gordon?

 

[MDSLKTR]

The BFG better be a AoE2 trebuchet.

 

[Hudo]

If this is a melee-focused Doom, I am actually intrigued. Let's hope they can make the combat at least be as good as Dark Messiah's, then.

If it's just Doom but in a medieval-inspired setting, I'd rather have Quake, tbh.

 

[Punished Miku]

If this is a melee-focused Doom, I am actually intrigued. Let's hope they can make the combat at least be as good as Dark Messiah's, then.

If it's just Doom but in a medieval-inspired setting, I'd rather have Quake, tbh.

Melee and magic bullets Doom?

 

[Furiousrunt]

Day zero

 

[FewRope]

Doom Army of Darkness is literally the dream

 

[shoplifter]

Hexen, you say?

 

[DryvBy]

Xbox only.........or?

They'll want money so no.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Thick Thighs Save Lives
What happened rookie. You are getting slow on your news coverage.

I ain't no rookie, my man. I'm totally cool with other GAFers sharing some news coverage too.

 

[Laptop1991]

2016 style and not Eternal and i'll buy it. waiting to see what's it like now.

 

[splattered]

Ok that sounds fucking awesome

 

[\m/etalStorm]

So they will kinda merge Quake and Doom, that is going to be awesome. I hope they ditch the goddamn jumping puzzles, though.

 

[Balducci30]

fuck yes

 

[MrRibeye]

Oh so that's why Phil was wearing this shirt.

 

[FUBARx89]

They'll want money so no.

It's MS. They're dumb arses.

Despite Phil "used car salesman" Spencer saying long standing IP's won't go exclusive. I can imagine them making it a timed exclusive then wondering why it's sold shit. SE style.

 

[Darsxx82]

Mediaval DOOM sound very good.... The Xbox Showcase is presented as full of interesting things to see and know.

 

[FoxMcChief]

Oh so that's why Phil was wearing this shirt.

 

[Hudo]

Melee and magic bullets Doom?

Yeah. Like Hexen but Doom, so to speak. With some nice melee-combat. It could work. And it would be different enough from Doom 2016 and Doom Eternal.

I am not sure I can get excited for yet another Doom game in the vein of 2016 and Eternal.

 

[Krieger]

I guess this will be the BFG-9?

 

[TintoConCasera]

DOOM, but medieval? Sounds like Heretic or Hexen, which is very cool to me. Or maybe they wanted to do a gothic Quake but MS forced them to go with a DOOM game because of the recent success of those games?

Honestly, whatever they do, I bet it will be awesome.

 

[Hudo]

Oh so that's why Phil was wearing this shirt.

Doom: Beyond Hexen.

Ngl, this would actually be exciting. I wonder if they also keep the class mechanic from Hexen II.

First-person melee as a Paladin, just fucking obliterating hordes of demons in nu-Doom style would be fucking dope.

 

[Krappadizzle]

 

[Dr. Samuel Hayden]

Fuuuuck yes

 

[VolticArchangel]

 

[LordCBH]

Sounds dope as fuck

 

[digital_ghost]

So they will kinda merge Quake and Doom, that is going to be awesome. I hope they ditch the goddamn jumping puzzles, though.

Too many of their fans jumped ship. So they are removing jumping puzzles.

 

[MiguelItUp]

Big DOOM fan, so I'm all about this. Though I admit, I was hoping for a reboot of Quake or something. I just hope the game contains a full package of content like 2016 did. Give me a good/great campaign, multiplayer, and something else. It'd be so amazing. I enjoyed Eternal for what it was, but that multiplayer was so abysmal and hardly populated it might as well not existed.

I’m guessing no Mick Gordon?

I personally don't think Mick is going to go back no matter the case. That whole thing was pretty dirty, and I don't know if it could ever be mended. But who knows?

 

[MrRenegade]

Medieval inspired (hissss), the dark ages (wooooosh). 15 million units already sold. Very original, unique thoughts, unexpectedly new gameplay elements and mechanics. When will preorder start, I wanna be number one.

 

[TintoConCasera]

I’m guessing no Mick Gordon?

I would be happy if Hulhult and Levy came back, loved their work on Eternal's DLCs.

 

[Oppoi]

I am looking forward to another Doom. I am not looking forward to the threads that will be absolutely ruined by all you lemmings suckling for Phil Spencers cock. Hopefully MS won't fuck the actual game up too bad now that it's free to play day one on gamepass.

 

[SALMORE]

i have a feeling that the project started as a Hexen reboot then they changed it to a new Doom entry ... either way my body is ready

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

Yes

 

[Ristifer]

 

[willothedog]

Xbox only.........or?

No, it will be on PC and Switch too

 

[MiguelItUp]

i have a feeling that the project started as a Hexen reboot then they changed it to a new Doom entry ... either way my body is ready

Yeah, Phil wearing a Heretic shirt of all things was a bit on the nose. But I could see them saying that IP isn't as hot or money making as DOOM. Insert standard "AAA" concerns, and here we are.

 

[Bartski]

How many reveals has this cunt already ruined

 

[Bloobs]

Quake getting robbed again

 

[The_Observer]

I was not excited, wanted Quake but this sounds pretty good. In id we trust, anyway.

 

[MiguelItUp]

Quake getting robbed again

I wouldn't be surprised if they looked at Quake Champions and thought, "Welp, Quake isn't doing well, no one cares! Time for more DOOM!" Honestly, I was really excited about the possibility of revisiting Quake. There were rumors going around for a bit about a story in which Ranger never came out of a slipgate, and his daughter eventually going into said slipgate to find him. Didn't know how true it was/is, but it seemed believable with the lore that existed in Quake Champions.