If you were ever worried that the competitive multiplayer offering in the new Doom wouldn’t stay true to the frantic, fast-paced what-the-hell-is-going-on multiplayer insanity that turned the mid 90s into one long all-nighter, than don’t. Because id Software has updated the classic arena-style combat for a new generation of gamers who are about to learn that you only stop moving if you’re looking to get your balls blown clear off.
And into the open mouth of a player-controlled demon, because Doom wants to remind us of Evolve so we can forget about it, again, when this game arrives on May 13 for PC, PS4 and Xbox One.
For those of you who still have your copy of Wolfenstein: The New Order, the Doom beta access that came with it is about to be relevant. It’ll run from March 31 to April 3.
And finally, congrats to the 42,000-ish people who voted for the retro-inspired reverse sleeve, as that will be the one I’ll be using, even though I’ll probably just keep my copy in a drawer somewhere. This game looks far too badass to have such painfully uninspired cover art.
