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As gorily great as the Doom reboot was, did you ever feel like there was a missing link?

Game design leans more towards classicDoom, while retaining the technological benefits of the modern games.

Big in 2025 montage image showing the Doom Slayer from Doom: The Dark Ages as well as combat against various demons and a cyber dragon

It means you’re more powerful and grounded.

[…] We’re making strafing-to-aim a thing again.

It almost creates this three-dimensional ‘shoot ‘em up’ puzzle that you’re weaving your way through."

A giant mech suit in Doom: The Dark Ages

The puny mortals are losing the fight against the denizens of Hell.Badly.

They’ve had to fall back on the ultimate weapon, their last, best hope; you.

Id Software is doing everything it can to ensure that youfeellike that ultimate weapon.

The Doom Slayer shooting the Skull Crusher at a demon during the Doom: The Dark Ages trailer.

“The Shield Saw will be a more integral, more adaptable tool than the chainsaw was.”

There are plenty of new additions to look forward to, though.

Remember the final boss of Doom Eternal?

Big in 2025

If only you had a towering mech that allowed you to punch something that big in the face.

The next Doom is promising a lot, and we can’t wait to see how it delivers.

Big in 2025is the annual new year preview from GamesRadar+.

The Doom Slayer standing in front of fire in the FPS game, Doom: The Dark Ages.

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A Doom: The Dark Ages Big Preview frame shows key art of the Doom Slayer tearing a horde of demons apart using the shield saw, super shotgun in his off-hand

A barrage of enemy bullets flies towards the Doom Slayer in Doom: The Dark Ages, mostly consisting of red orbs except for one column of green which indicates it can be parried with the shield saw - with a frame for the GamesRadar+ Big Preview

The Doom Slayer aims a super shotgun at a demonic enemy with an inverted cross helmet in Doom: The Dark Ages, in a Big Preview frame

An enemy approaches the Doom Slayer in Doom: The Dark Ages as their gun is raised, while in the background a gigantic titan demon fights a mech

The Doom Slayer riding a demon dragon during the Doom: The Dark Ages trailer.

Call of Duty High Art event

A screenshot shows the Siren Vex standing in Borderlands 4

One of the new Vault Hunters in Borderlands 4

A tattooed man in the sci-fi setting of La Quimera

a gun that fires a metal ball attached to a chain for recall

Oblivion Remastered at night

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Indiana Jones and the Great Circle screenshot of Indiana dressed as priest, looking over a book

Days Gone Remastered protagonist Deacon running from hundreds of zombies in the rain

PS5 Pro reveal from trailer

The cast of Thunderbolts standing in an elevator during the trailer for the upcoming Marvel Phase 5 movie.

Articulate box, cards, board, and tokens on a wooden table

Logan Kim as Hershel and Lauren Cohan as Maggie in The Walking Dead: Dead City season 2