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Doom: The Dark Ages hands-on tech preview - idTech 8 impresses hugely on PC

Apr 1, 2025

Doom: The Dark Ages is set to release this May, but last week I had a chance to sit down for several hours to play the game on a high-end PC. What I can say and show is limited, but the latest modern Doom and its idTech 8 underpinnings already look hugely impr

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Hands-on with Doom: The Dark Ages reveals another reinvention, but one that feels less cleanly defined

Mar 31, 2025

Doom: The Dark Ages is a bigger change for the series than I realised. This isn't just a 'Doom in the olden days' reskin - Doom with a shield and a flail and a furry black Jon Snow cape - but a proper revision of how the series works. Ironically, given the set