Doom: The Dark Ages: Shooter Series Gets New Part in May 2025 117 Comments
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At developer Direct 2025, ID Software gave a detailed overview of Doom: The Dark Ages. The Dark Ages becomes a Medival-Ego Sci-Fi Fantasy shooter with lots of weapons, hellish adversaries, Heavy Metal soundtrack, boss opponents and even a playable shuffle and flying kite.
Medieval style in the fight against hell
For Doom: The Dark Ages, the developers of ID software have announced new and very proven things. As is common for the Doom series, accompanied by a heavy metal soundtrack of finishing moves, on all sorts of different monsters from all hell pipes. The developers promise “ridiculously strong weapons”, which are presented in the video with many colorful effects and a lot of variety. The Dark Ages is a prequel to 2016’s Destiny. The story involves moving into a medieval-inspired science fiction fantasy world and that this time is only featured in cutscenes. The dry reading notes in the logbooks found could be omitted. So Doom: Dark Ages should be particularly suitable for the new series.
In addition to the large selection of weapons, there is also a shield saw that can be used to block and attack. The Slayer should play like an “iron tank”: strong, tough and yet fast. The game speed can be slowed down or speeded up in the options. In addition to the Shield Saw, the developers have also come up with new combos and upgrades and overhauled their glory kill system, which should now be completely controlled by the player. The player should be able to climb into a gigantic mech in order to fight against the huge monsters. A fire-breathing cybernetic dragon, which is equipped with a gatling gun and flies, can also be controlled.
Three editions of 80 euros
Bethesda publishes Doom: The Dark Ages in three different editions. The game is available right away in the game’s game, but only in the standard edition. Premium and Collector’s Edition buyers can prefer the two-day release. You will also receive campaign DLC, digital delivery art as well as a digital soundtrack and another skin package. Pre-orders can secure the “Void-Thinder Slayer” skin. The collector’s package includes a 30cm PVC Doom Slayer statue and a key card, but this edition costs over 200 euros.
DOOM: The Dark Ages-Game Editions Editions Standard Premium Collector Package Basic Game Yes in Game Pass Yes No Pre-order Bonus Skin “empty Thom Slayer” Early Access-2 days early DLCS-1X Campaignes DLC Digital Artbook-Yes Digital Soundtrack – yes Skin Packages – “Divine Model Figure-30 cm Statue of Slayer Doom (from PVC) Other metal Replica of the Red Key Card Steelbook Cover-Price 79.99 Euros 209.99 Euros
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Paradise System Requirements
The system requirements for Doom: Dark Ages are less hellish and more fearsome. But a graphics card is explicitly disputed that supports Raytracing, but one after the other. The game needs 100 gigabytes of free space on an SSD. In full HD and low details, 60 frames per second should already be possible with a GeForce RTX 2060 Super or Radeon RX 6600. The CPU should then be a Ryzen 7 3700X or Core i7-10700K and at least 16 GB of RAM should be in the main board. A GeForce RTX 3080 or Radeon RX 6800 are recommended as the graphics card for high details at 1440p. A Ryzen 7 5700X or an Intel Core i7-12700K are registered in the processors. The RAM should be 32 GB. For Ultra HD at 60 fps with ultra settings, the requirements for RAM and CPU remain the same. With the graphics card, however, it should be either a GeForce RTX 4080 or Radeon RX 7900 XT.
System requirements for Doom: The Dark Ages Recommended Ultra 4K Resolution 1080p at 60 fps
Low settings 1440p at 60 fps
4k at high setting at 60fps
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X ultra-set CPU
Intel Core i7-10700K AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
Intel Core i7-12700K RAM 16 GB RAM 32 GB RAM GeForce RTX 2060 Super graphics card
Radeon RX 6600
AB 8 GB VRAM GEFORCE RTX 3080
Radeon RX 6800
AB 10 GB VRAM GEFORCE RTX 4080
Radeon Rx 7900xt
From 16GB 100GB VRAM storage on Windows 10/11 64-bit SSD OS
Doom: The Dark Ages will be released on May 13, 2025 or for buyers of the standard edition on May 15, 2025 and is available from 80 euros. The game can already be pre-ordered for PC in the Steam store or via Microsoft Store for PC and Xbox Series S | X and PlayStation 5.
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