Everything We Learned About Doom: The Dark Ages

Plus, introducing a new review aggregation platform.

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Robert Scarpinito
January 24, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 10 minutes

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Our writer Austin Suther got the inside scoop on Doom: The Dark Ages before the big reveal yesterday. He got to ask Executive Producer Marty Stratton and Game Director Hugo Martin about the upcoming shooter, which is coming out sooner than I would have guessed. I can’t wait to rip and tear my way through more demons again, though I might need a new graphics card to do that.

As a disclaimer, quite a few of our editorial team are part of CriticDB, including myself. But, if you’re looking for an alternative to Metacritic and OpenCritic that go even further to connect people to video games, you can learn more about it here.

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