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Xbox head Phil Spencer stopped by IGN Live for a chat following right this moment’s Xbox Showcase, speaking about a few of the largest reveals and bulletins. A kind of was not solely the reveal of Doom: The Dark Ages, however the announcement that it will be coming to PlayStation 5 as effectively.
Requested about the determination by IGN’s Ryan McCaffrey, Spencer attributed the determination, a minimum of partially, to id Software program Studio Director Marty Stratton.
“Doom is certainly a kind of franchises that has a historical past of so many platforms,” Spencer defined. “It’s a franchise that I believe everybody deserves to play. Once I was in a gathering with Marty a pair years in the past, I requested Marty what he needed to do, and he mentioned he needed to promote it on all platforms. Easy as that.”
After rampant rumors and anticipation, Doom: The Dark Ages was formally unveiled at right this moment’s Xbox Showcase, and it was additionally confirmed that it will be headed to PlayStation 5 in addition to Xbox Sequence X/S and PC. It marked affirmation of a latest Notepad report that the subsequent Doom installment could be a part of the so-known as “Venture Latitude,” which is reportedly the inner identify for Xbox’s persevering with push to carry its first-get together titles to rival consoles.
That multi-platform push formally began again in February when Xbox introduced that 4 exclusives that will be headed to rival consoles: Grounded, Pentiment, Hello-Fi Rush, and Sea of Thieves. At the time, Xbox defined the transfer by saying in an Xbox Wire put up that, “to guarantee lengthy-time period success for each Xbox and the trade as an entire, we should proceed to evolve.”
As for what else we find out about Doom: The Dark Ages, it is a prequel that features darkish fantasy with a medieval-impressed theme. Xbox mentioned right this moment following the showcase that it “places gamers behind the visor of the mighty Slayer as they battle demonic hordes in grounded, onerous-hitting fight inside an epic, cinematic story of gods, kings and monsters.”
Doom: The Dark Ages is ready to launch someday in 2025. For extra, try every little thing that was introduced at right this moment’s Xbox Showcase, and keep tuned for extra from our unique chat with Phil Spencer.
Alex Stedman is a Senior Information Editor with IGN, overseeing leisure reporting. When she’s not writing or modifying, you will discover her studying fantasy novels or taking part in Dungeons & Dragons.