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Doom: The Dark Ages Owes a Lot to Eternal’s Marauder

When director Hugo Martin explained that the mantra for Doom: The Dark Ages was “stand and fight” during Xbox’s Developer Direct earlier this year, I was instantly enticed. It's an idea in direct ...
Yahoo

Doom Eternal's long-awaited follow-up is a medieval prequel called Doom: The Dark Ages

First revealed at today's Xbox Games Showcase, id Software's follow-up to 2020's Doom Eternal will be a medieval flavored prequel called Doom: The Dark Ages. The brief trailer showed off Doom Guy's ...
GamesRadar+

Doom: The Dark Ages' new cutscenes exist because of fans' unlikely obsession with the series' lore: "A Doom game that doesn’t have a story is just an arcade game”

Doom: The Dark Ages will be in our hands in just a matter of months, but I found the game’s last trailer during the Xbox Developer Direct 2025 quite strange due to its heavy focus on the story and ...
TweakTown

DOOM: The Dark Ages is much easier than Eternal, here's why

TL;DR: DOOM: The Dark Ages early access introduces a parry system and shield mechanics, shifting combat from glory kills to fast-paced, strategic engagements with more enemies on-screen. This change ...
IGN

Doom: The Dark Ages Could Be the Series’ Boldest Reinvention Yet

Doom: The Dark Ages promises a bold new take on the long-running shooter’s legacy. Revealed in a short but loud trailer as part of the Xbox Games Showcase, it features dragon riding, mech battles, and ...
vg247

Doom: The Dark Ages takes unexpected influence from Frank Miller’s Batman - and was even dubbed Doom: Year One during development

There’s a very significant through-line between the three newest Doom games (which we collectively sometimes refer to as ‘nu-Doom’). His name is Hugo Martin; a games industry veteran who was also a ...
Polygon

Doom: The Dark Ages ditches Doom Eternal’s acrobatics for raw, heavy power

There’s a lot of Frank Miller in the new Doom from id Software. According to game director Hugo Martin, Doom: The Dark Ages was heavily inspired by three of Miller’s works: seminal Batman comics Year ...