Doom Eternal only launched back in March, but it’s already getting its first campaign expansion, with the possibility of more on the way.
Bethesda and id Software plan to unveil the campaign expansion, dubbed Doom Eternal — The Ancient Gods, Part One, at the Gamescom Opening Night Live event on August 27, they said in a tweet on Friday. They didn’t promise much for the show but did say they’ll stream the expansion’s first official trailer at 11 a.m. PT that day.
The Doom tweet accompanied a teaser video that points to a threat to heaven and the Doom Slayer needing to eliminate demons from hell to ensure its preservation.
To provide a bit more detail on what players can expect, Doom Eternal executive producer Marty Stratton and game director Hugo Martin discussed The Ancient Gods at QuakeCon 2020 on Friday.
“Hell was ripped, heaven was torn, and the Slayer’s legend grew,” Martin said during the QuakeCon livestream. “Your rampage of destruction saved humanity from extinction, but it came at a cost. Now there’s an imbalance of power in the heavens, and the true ruler of the Doom universe must rise to set things right.”
Martin called the new DLC “very cool” and said it will feel like a “comic book.”
And since the expansion is “part one,” it would suggest that at least one more continuation to the story presented in The Ancient Gods could be available in the future.
Doom Eternal launched in March to consoles, the PC, and Google Stadia. The game is the direct sequel to Doom and tells the story of hell’s demons invading Earth to kill humans. The Ancient Gods will pick up after the main storyline’s completion.
After its launch, Doom Eternal earned rave reviews from players and critics alike. Digital Trends reviewer Gabe Gurwin awarded the game 4.5 stars out of five for its impressive first-person combat and “varied” environments.
“Playing Doom Eternal is like skating on the world’s most violent ice rink, zipping from enemy to enemy and eviscerating them with the grace of a gold medalist, all while chunky guitars roar in the background,” Gurwin said in his review.
The Call of Duty franchise has held a special place in my heart ever since I played my first Black Ops game back in 2010. That game's campaign was something else, with twists and turns that culminated in a mind-blowing finale. We can all admit that compared to those older campaigns, the recent CODs have been lackluster at best, and a complete and utter disappointment at worst. The reboot of Modern Warfare did give me some hope, as the first two installments were actually quite good, but the third game left such a bad taste in my mouth that I wasn’t exactly expecting much from Modern Warfare 4.
After recently finishing the campaign, I can say that this installment is nothing like the recent releases and instead feels closer to the franchise’s roots. For the first time in a long while, the campaign comes across as well-crafted rather than rushed to hit a release date. It arrives three years after MW3, and you can see exactly where all that time went. It seems the studio finally made listening to player feedback a priority.
Epic Games has just announced the 2026 Epic AI MegaJam, which is looking to see how much game development can be squeezed into a very short window. This is running from November 12 through November 15.
Participants can work alone or in teams of up to five people, build in Unreal Engine or Unreal Editor for Fortnite, and bring along “as many AI agents as you want.” Epic explicitly encourages coding agents, AI-generated assets, audio tools, writing tools, and other AI systems. The official event page literally says "Vibe your way to $50k.”
It’s turning into a pretty good time to be a Monster Hunter fan who plays on a phone. Capcom has confirmed that Monster Hunter Outlanders will launch on Android and iOS on October 29, giving the series a new mobile-first game just as Monster Hunter Rise is also preparing to make the jump to smartphones through Netflix.
Outlanders is being developed by Tencent subsidiary TiMi Studio Group under license and supervision from Capcom. Unlike Rise, which appears to be the full console and PC game adapted for mobile, Outlanders is a free-to-play survival hunting game made specifically for phones.