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[Updated] The First Three ‘DOOM’ Games Will be Available on The Switch!
Update: It appears now that not only is the original trilogy on the Switch, but the PlayStation 4, as well! You can grab DOOM, DOOM II and DOOM 3 on the PlayStation Store today! Not only that, DOOM and DOOM II are also available on Android and iOS devices!
In another out of left field moment today, someone over at Nintendo’s UK site appears to have jumped the gun and revealed prematurely that the original 1993 DOOM, DOOM II and DOOM 3 are out now on the Nintendo Switch!
I say ‘prematurely’ because no sooner had they appeared on the Nintendo eShop, they’ve disappeared. Given that id and Bethesda are in the midst of celebrating the “Year of DOOM“, and the upcoming DOOM Eternal is taking over this year’s QuakeCon, was this meant for a QuakeCon reveal?
Regardless, they’re back now, and it’s another win for Switch users, who will soon have access to the entire DOOM franchise, complete with all of the expansions and multiplayer goodness.
DOOM Eternal is due out this year for the Nintendo Switch, PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4.
Remedy recently dropped a new developer diary entry for Control Resonant, taking viewers on a deep dive into the world and characters of the upcoming action-adventure RPG, and how the devteam built on the foundations that the original Control set for players.
In the video, the team discusses using new protagonist Dylan Faden to expand the Control universe, rather than simply repeating original Control protagonist Jesse Faden’s story. “When we were concepting Control for the first time, one of the key statements that we had, together with [Remedy Creative Director Sam Lake], was that it is a game that is not about the single protagonist,” explains Control Resonant Creative Director Mikael Kasurinen. “It is about the world.”
“As you step into this world, we’re witnessing it through a lens of a protagonist. The protagonist can change in every game, basically.”
In Control Resonant, players take on the role of Dylan Faden (voiced by Sean Durrie), who will explore multiple areas of Manhattan in an expansive, unfamiliar world as an invading cosmic force reshapes the environment, defiles natural law and distorts gravity, reordering reality into a geophysical nightmare. Players will traverse perception-bending locations and journey beyond the material world into a mysterious metaphysical space reflecting Faden’s troubled psyche.
You must tap into power that Dylan must learn to master and make choices to shape abilities that manifest and grow while exploring a deep progression system. Face ever-changing threats head-on, utilizing the environment, unleashing elemental abilities and wielding the raw force Dylan’s shapeshifting melee weapon, the Aberrant.
Control Resonant launches September 24 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PC via Steam and Epic Games Store.