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The future of id Software — alumni from the legendary DOOM studio speaks on its future with Xbox. The good, and the bad.

Recently, we spoke to id Software alumni on the studio's present and future, as Xbox layoffs upend the legendary studio known for popularizing an entire genre.

Windows Central · Aug 19

You can theoretically beat Doom: The Dark Ages without using a gun, but 'You'd have a hard time, that's for sure,' says the game's director

Ultra Nightmare melee and shield-only any%.

PC Gamer · Mar 9, 2025

Doom: The Dark Ages won't end with the Slayer in a coffin waiting for the start of Doom 2016: 'That would mean that we couldn't tell any more medieval stories'

It sounds like this prequel isn't a total bummer.

PC Gamer · Mar 9, 2025

Doom: The Dark Ages devs looked to everything from Star Wars to Batman Year One to shape the iconic shooter's next game

"You follow the IP development rulebook that was created by a lot of great people"

GamesRadar · Feb 20, 2025

Doom: The Dark Ages is id Software's "biggest" game world ever: "It's a dramatic expansion for our world."

"The world that you're exploring is like nothing we've done before."

GamesRadar · Jan 25, 2025

Doom: The Dark Ages has no multiplayer: 'Our campaigns are, to a great extent, what people come to the modern Doom games to play'

Doom brought deathmatch to the masses, but the world has moved on, and so have the games.

PC Gamer · Jan 23, 2025

After Doom Eternal's intense acrobatics, Doom: The Dark Ages will focus on simplified, ergonomic controls: 'You shouldn't be fighting the controls, you should be fighting the bad guys'

The vibes are as Doom as ever, but the core combat loop will centre around three buttons.

PC Gamer · Jan 23, 2025

Doom: The Dark Ages is id Software’s biggest ever Doom game, and includes ‘the largest AI we’ve ever created’ on the studio’s ‘most powerful engine yet’

Everything in Doom: The Dark Ages is plus-sized, and it’s id Software’s biggest ever Doom game.

TechRadar · Jan 23, 2025

DOOM: The Dark Ages is set to unleash brutal medieval action, and I'm here for it

id Software showed off DOOM: The Dark Ages at the Xbox Developer_Direct, granting a deep dive in a medieval hellscape of fun.

Windows Central · Jan 23, 2025

32 Years Later, One Of The Best Action-Packed Video Games Is Back And Better Than Ever

'Doom: The Dark Ages' is evolving the frantic combat and over-the-top violence the series is known for by introducing more intuitive controls and accessibility options.

Inverse · Jan 23, 2025