{"id":1799276,"date":"2026-02-28T17:12:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T14:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1799276"},"modified":"2026-02-28T17:12:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T14:12:02","slug":"doom-the-dark-ages-dlc-is-so-big-its-basically-like-a-sequel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1799276","title":{"rendered":"Doom: The Dark Ages&#8217; DLC is so big, it&#8217;s &#8220;basically like a sequel&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Doom: The Dark Ages&#8217; DLC is so big, it&#8217;s &#8220;basically like a sequel&#8221;<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Doomscrolling.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/DOOM-SITE_5fKgryC-(1).jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"doom slayer stands with a shield in a drawn style in front of a flying demon\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"DOOM-SITE_5fKgryC-(1).jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>id Software<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Vikki Blake avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1533038852.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Vikki Blake avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1533038852.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/vikki-blake\">Vikki Blake<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-02-28T17:12:02+00:00\">Feb. 28, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/doom-the-dark-ages\">Doom: The Dark Ages<\/a>&#8216; DLC is so big, it&#8217;s &#8220;basically like a sequel&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Talking on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IVTWtmGH-Fc\">Slayers Club livestream<\/a>, game director Hugo Martin said that while he understands that &#8220;it&#8217;s been a while since we shipped the main game&#8221;, players will be rewarded for their patience with &#8220;a ton of new stuff&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"DOOM: The Dark Ages | Official Launch Trailer (4K) | Available May 15, 2025\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S7IEg0_qNXs?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/S7IEg0_qNXs\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">DOOM: The Dark Ages | Official Launch Trailer (4K) | Available May 15, 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>DOOM: The Dark Ages | Official Launch Trailer (4K) | Available May 15, 2025.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=S7IEg0_qNXs\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s massive. It&#8217;s so big,&#8221; he said (thanks,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/games\/fps\/doom-the-dark-ages-dlc-is-freaking-huge-says-director-its-basically-like-a-sequel\/\"> GR+<\/a>). &#8220;I know it&#8217;s been a while since we&#8217;ve shipped the main game and you&#8217;re waiting for the DLC, but just know that it&#8217;s freaking huge. It&#8217;s basically a sequel. That&#8217;s what it feels like. It&#8217;s just ginormous. I love that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As for what&#8217;s coming in that update? Well, Martin was a little more coy about that, but we did learn that the DLC is &#8220;nothing like&#8221; the main game, and could boast a spear-like weapon.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The DLC is nothing like this,&#8221; Martin said as he played the main game on the stream. &#8220;I can&#8217;t say too much, I&#8217;m just going to say that what I&#8217;ve been playing\u2026 I haven&#8217;t been playing like this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/doom-the-dark-ages-biggest-launch-in-id-software-history\">Doom: The Dark Ages was the &#8220;biggest launch&#8221; in id Software&#8217;s history<\/a>, with three million players making their way into the fiery pits of hell since the game&#8217;s release. To put that into more context, Bethesda says Doom: The Dark Ages reached this number seven times faster than Doom Eternal.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a parent, the game I&#8217;m most concerned about these days is probably something like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/roblox\">Roblox<\/a>. By contrast, Doom feels like an entirely known and understood entity. Let&#8217;s savour it,&#8221; we wrote in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/doom-the-dark-ages-review\">Eurogamer&#8217;s Doom: The Dark Ages review<\/a>. &#8220;Here&#8217;s a slice of pure gaming charisma that has come to us, unfrazzled, from a more innocent time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/doom-the-dark-ages\">Doom: The Dark Ages<\/a>&#8216; DLC is so big, it&#8217;s &#8220;basically like a sequel&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Talking on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IVTWtmGH-Fc\">Slayers Club livestream<\/a>, game director Hugo Martin said that while he understands that &#8220;it&#8217;s been a while since we shipped the main game&#8221;, players will be rewarded for their patience with &#8220;a ton of new stuff&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"DOOM: The Dark Ages | Official Launch Trailer (4K) | Available May 15, 2025\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S7IEg0_qNXs?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/S7IEg0_qNXs\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">DOOM: The Dark Ages | Official Launch Trailer (4K) | Available May 15, 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>DOOM: The Dark Ages | Official Launch Trailer (4K) | Available May 15, 2025.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=S7IEg0_qNXs\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s massive. It&#8217;s so big,&#8221; he said (thanks,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/games\/fps\/doom-the-dark-ages-dlc-is-freaking-huge-says-director-its-basically-like-a-sequel\/\"> GR+<\/a>). &#8220;I know it&#8217;s been a while since we&#8217;ve shipped the main game and you&#8217;re waiting for the DLC, but just know that it&#8217;s freaking huge. It&#8217;s basically a sequel. That&#8217;s what it feels like. It&#8217;s just ginormous. I love that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As for what&#8217;s coming in that update? Well, Martin was a little more coy about that, but we did learn that the DLC is &#8220;nothing like&#8221; the main game, and could boast a spear-like weapon.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The DLC is nothing like this,&#8221; Martin said as he played the main game on the stream. &#8220;I can&#8217;t say too much, I&#8217;m just going to say that what I&#8217;ve been playing\u2026 I haven&#8217;t been playing like this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/doom-the-dark-ages-biggest-launch-in-id-software-history\">Doom: The Dark Ages was the &#8220;biggest launch&#8221; in id Software&#8217;s history<\/a>, with three million players making their way into the fiery pits of hell since the game&#8217;s release. 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