Doom
Doom is a sci-fi first-person shooter game developed by id Software and Nerve Software and published by Bethesda Softworks. It is an updated version of the original 1993 Doom that uses the Unity engine as a…
Doom is a shooter developed by id Software, released 26 July 2019 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Android.
What Doom is
Doom is a shooter game developed by id Software and released in 2019. It was published by Bethesda Softworks. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Doom is a sci-fi first-person shooter game developed by id Software and Nerve Software and published by Bethesda Softworks. It is an updated version of the original 1993 Doom that uses the Unity engine as a shell for the id Tech 1 engine. This game, as well as Doom II Classic, was initially released in a suite of classic Doom ports for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android, however, the ports were initially heavily criticized due to its poor quality and inaccuracies compared to the previous console generation ports while implementing an always-online DRM that required the player to sign into a Bethesda.net account (meant to unlock Slayers Club rewards) to play the game…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, horror and science fiction. It supports multiplayer and includes co-op. Local play supports 4 players.
Where it sits in the Doom series
Doom is the 44th of 73 entries we hold in the Doom series. The next entry was Doom 3 in 2019.
What it launched against
Doom launched on 26 July 2019, within three weeks of Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Wolfenstein: Youngblood, A Short Hike and Dicey Dungeons. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Wolfenstein: Youngblood, A Short Hike, Dicey Dungeons.
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