A mace-to-face meeting

April 25, 2025 | 05:36am

Doom: The Dark Ages Trailer Introduces Its Coolest Weapon Yet And Horrific Lovecraftian Realm

A mace-to-face meeting

Fortunately, the new Reaver Chainshot weapon can do some serious damage to these foes. A "brutal ballistic iron mace of death" according to Martin, it can unleash long-range melee strikes by charging up the Chaos Sphere inside of it. Overall, Doom fans can look forward to 22 levels across various realms, and on PS5, Martin said that the all-new idTech 8 engine will be capable of rendering impressive scenes on that platform.

"The innovations in this latest version of idTech allow us to have more content visible on-screen than ever before--bigger spaces with longer views; more enemies to fight; more destruction; better feedback; a better overall gaming experience," Martin said. "We have fully dynamic lighting powered through ray tracing, which has allowed us to iterate faster during development and empowered our team to make better art more efficiently."

Doom: The Dark Ages will also be available for PC and Xbox Series X|S, and ahead of its launch, a new trailer teasing more of the game's story was released earlier this week. Xbox also revealed a selection of limited-edition items that are available to order, including a standard Xbox controller in Doom Slayer colors for $80, a Dark Ages-themed Xbox Elite Series 2 controller for $200, and a Doom-themed Xbox Series X console wrap that'll be out soon.

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