Doom: The Dark Ages has swiftly reached three million players, becoming the biggest game launch ever by id Software. As the latest entry in a seminal FPS series, Doom: The Dark Ages rolled out to a strong reception across PC and consoles on May 15, 2025.
When the news of Xbox acquiring ZeniMax Media—id Software's parent company—surfaced, Doom emerged as one of the biggest franchises to be part of the takeover. After the sweeping success of Doom Eternal in 2020, the series unveiled its first game under its new owner in June 2024, stealing the spotlight during the Xbox Games Showcase event. In the days leading up to its release, Doom: The Dark Ages partnered with a variety of brands for promotional reasons, which resulted in a collaboration with Harley-Davidson for a Doom-themed motorcycle, a team-up with Nvidia for limited-time GPU bundles, and more. It now seems like the multi-faceted effort surrounding the launch of the game produced the desired result, with the developer confirming its record-breaking performance.
Doom: The Dark Ages brings a long list of changes to the series, leaving the next game with the difficult task of going even bigger.
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