Doom: The Darkish Ages seems to be steel as hell and launches in Could

After revealing its subsequent Doom recreation final summer season, id Software program is sort of able to launch it: the studio introduced that Doom: The Darkish Ages is launching on Could fifteenth.

The information got here as a part of Xbox’s most up-to-date Developer Direct livestream, which supplied the very best look but on the prequel. Because the title implies, The Darkish Ages is ready in a medieval fantasy realm and takes place lengthy earlier than the occasions of Doom Everlasting and the franchise’s 2016 reboot. The builders say that the brand new recreation contains a a lot greater world with a bigger emphasis on story — together with loads of cutscenes — however an important modifications look like with how The Darkish Ages will play.

A giant focus this time round is on melee fight. Since it is a Doom set in medieval instances, meaning gamers will get entry to brutal new melee weapons like a spiked mace and iron flail. The size of battles additionally appears to have ramped up. We already knew that gamers would get a mount within the type of a cybernetic dragon, however immediately’s reveal additionally confirmed off a skyscraper-sized mech go well with in order that the Doomslayer can battle enemies the dimensions of kaiju.

One other large change is a larger emphasis on accessibility by way of a collection of gameplay sliders. These allow you to alter issues like the sport velocity or parry timing, both ramping them up or down. Basically, these choices ought to give gamers the power to actually customise the expertise, both making it extra approachable or a complete lot tougher. There are normal issue choices as effectively.

Doom: The Darkish Ages is coming to the PS5, Xbox, and PC when it launches in Could.