Bethesda’s next Doom game will take you to the Dark Ages

Doom The Dark Ages will release in 2025

The first-person action shooter franchise Doom has been around for around three decades, starting with 1993’s Doom video game, developed and published by id Software for DOS. In 2016, id Software and Bethesda Softworks rebooted the Doom franchise with a title they simply named ‘Doom’. The next game in the Doom franchise is going to be Doom The Dark Ages which serves as a prequel to 2016’s Doom and 2020's Doom Eternal and will take you back to the Middle Ages (the Dark Ages or the medieval times). It was unveiled during 2024’s Xbox Games Showcase.

‘Doom: The Dark Ages’ is a single-player first-person action shooter currently under development by id Software. It will be published by Bethesda Softworks.

1. Doom The Dark Ages: The historical setting As we mentioned, ‘Doom: The Dark Ages’ is a prequel to Doom (2016) and Doom Eternal in the franchise and takes the action to medieval times where forces from Hell are let loose upon a kingdom.

The Doom Slayer in Doom: The Dark Ages

3. Doom The Dark Ages: Story themes
In Doom The Dark Ages, players will “witness the origin of the Slayer’s rage and his rise from a kingdom’s last hope to Hell’s greatest fear”.

4. Doom The Dark Ages: Weapons and rides
As the Doom Slayer, you’ll get to wield classic weapons like the Super Shotgun as well as weapons of The Dark Age like the Shield Saw and Flail.

To take on gigantic enemies, you could suit up inside your Atlan, a mech the size of a skyscraper with the power to knock out humongous enemies with its metal fists or hop on the fire-spewing Mecha Dragon armed with jet engines.

5. Doom The Dark Ages: Platforms and release date
Doom The Dark Ages is scheduled for a 2025 release on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Steam). It will also come to Xbox Game Pass on day one. Developer id Software and publisher Bethesda Softworks are yet to provide us with a confirmed release date.