Doom and Doom II get a ‘definitive’ re-release that’s filled with upgrades

Should you haven’t performed Doom or Doom II for some time — or ever — a brand new re-release that Bethesda surprise-dropped (sorta) on Thursday could be the right excuse to leap in to the traditional video games. The re-release, which mixes each video games into one bundle referred to as Doom + Doom II and is a free replace for anybody who already owns Doom (1993) or Doom II, provides a protracted listing of nice new options — together with a model new single-player episode and on-line, cross-platform deathmatch multiplayer.

With Doom + Doom II, you’ll have entry to each of these two video games in addition to further single-player content material like John Romero’s Sigil episode launched in 2019 and Legacy of Rust, which is a brand new Doom episode created by “people from id Software program, Nightdive Studios and MachineGames,” in line with Bethesda. You’ll additionally have the ability to obtain single-player mods by means of a brand new in-game mod browser.

On the multiplayer entrance, Bethesda has added 25 new maps for deathmatch, that means you’ll have as much as 43 to select from. The cross-platform deathmatch and co-op additionally help as much as 16 gamers.

The mixed bundle will help as much as 4K decision and 120fps in the event you’re taking part in on PC, PlayStation, or Xbox Collection X / S. There’s additionally up to date music for the video games by Andrew Hulshult (who labored on the music for Doom Everlasting: The Historical Gods DLC), and you’ll swap backwards and forwards between the newer tracks and older tracks everytime you like.

There’s much more I didn’t contact on, and in the event you’re in any respect on this bundle, I like to recommend scrolling by means of the intensive patch notes. The sport is obtainable on PC (through Steam, the Home windows Retailer, the Epic Video games Retailer, and GOG), Xbox One, Xbox Collection X / S, PS4, PS5, and Nintendo Swap.

There was one different cool piece of retro Doom information introduced at this time, too: Restricted Run Video games is engaged on a re-release of Doom on the SNES. The sport is about to launch in 2025 — and, naturally, there’ll solely be 666 copies made.