The first entry in the DOOM series launched on this very day 25 years ago on 10th December 1993, and Bethesda is celebrating the anniversary in style with a new video and a year's worth of exclusive goodies for fans, all wrapped up inside a new Slayers Club program.
The video (which you can watch above) takes us on a journey of DOOM's juicy demon-destroying goodness from that original game right up to the present day. Bethesda has called the next twelve months the "Year of DOOM" which, aside from sounding suitably sinister, also suggests that fans of the series will have lots to look forward to. DOOM Eternal release, anyone?
If you're interested, you can sign up to this new Slayers Club right here. Those who do will receive an exclusive Zombie DOOM Slayer skin for DOOM Eternal when it launches, and the site promises further "exclusive content, rewards, events, contests, and much more". Joining up is free (you just use your Bethesda.net account to login) and you can see the Zombie Slayer skin in the flesh below.
As an interesting final note, Bethesda says that the Zombie skin will be available to use "in the Campaign, Invasion and the unannounced multiplayer" modes when DOOM Eternal arrives. Tasty.
Are you a DOOM fan? Will you be signing up? Let us know in the comments below.
[source bethesda.net]
Comments 36
Woo. A digital skin...
And a celebration from me: grab this bad boy for free until tomorrow.
I know what I will be playing tonight...
(...Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, of course.)
My Nintendo should take notes from this. Then the rewards could be actually meaningful.
First game I ever played on PC. Still makes me motion sick 🤢
*Fans sign up for Doom Anniversary Content
*Bethesda accidentally releases information of fans who sign up
Does that skin come in canvas or nylon?
I had never played a DOOM game before the 2016 reboot, but that game in particular is one of my favorites ever! I’m really excited for DOOM Eternal, and here’s hoping they take the opportunity to release the original, 2, 3, and 64 on Switch!
Sounds nice for fans of the series
Best shooter. Period.
Heres hoping they bring DOOM 3 BFG Edition to have the entire series together on Switch!!!!
@Shiryu Thank you for a better giveaway than the actual Bethesda one! Listening to it now and it is pretty sweet.
I can't decide which platform I want to buy this for. I don't know if I want to sacrifice performance for portability. However, I do like how quickly the switch boots up, and the portability is a nice plus.
I'm wondering how the multiplayer is unannounced if they just mentioned it...
@JasmineDragon It was a fun project to do, back in 2014, when the franchise hit its 20th anniversary. Where does time go...
@Shiryu cheers!!!!!
@Shiryu time depletes like everything else in the universe. time does not exist outside of this universe though, and that is where..............brb
I’ll just stick with the core game thanks; this fluff seems unnecessary.
Just give us Doom 3 BFG edition with all three dooms in tact, and multiplayer as something to tide us over until doom eternal
Rip and Tear! Doom my favorite fps of all time. I would love to have Doom3 BFG edition on the switch. Looking forward to Doom Eternal!!!
I haven't finished Doom on Switch yet, but it is pretty fun. I am definitely getting Eternal.
I was never Into Doom originally but the 2016 reboot was not only my game of the year but also one of my favourite shooters ever. Pumped for Doom Eternal on switch!
Why don't we celebrate by porting Ultimate Doom and Doom II to the Switch, on a physical bundle, hm?
I still remember all these years ago, people in college linking the computers in the classroom to play the original DOOM. After that I lost contact with the games until last year with the Switch’s port. I haven’t finished it yet (the first big bad demon you find when going to Hell for the second time slaughters me every time), but the game is lots of fun.
Signed up just for the skin flick....
@AstralOrange64 let's hope they don't advertise it as real zombie. Can't imagine how they would dig their self out of that one after the fake advertisement comes to light 😂
@InklingLegend I've never played a Doom game, either, but from what I've heard, it's kinda like Legend of Zelda. Doom Guy is the protagonist who's reborn every time evil demons begin to rear their ugly heads. I don't subscribe to this theory, but this video does point out a lot of commonalities:
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DOOMSLAYER for Smash Ultimate confirmed.
Ultimate Doom or Doom II for Switch?
@NintenDan_
Same here.
I always preferred Wolfenstein 3D, since that was the first 3D game I played. Some of those chip sounds are still as creepy as they were back in the day through my crappy PC speaker (no soundblaster yet, got a SB128 5 years later).
@Shiryu nice! Listenin' to some of your Castlevania chiptunes while browsing NL
@NybroCymerej you sound salty if you dont like it then dont comment.
@NybroCymerej Could you please stop with the sexual references? Some people find it disgusting, to say the least.
@NinjaWaddleDee Plus the new game will be built from the ground up with id tech 7 supporting switch. We should see a big jump in performance from the last doom (Btw they just released a patch to improve performance)
Might finally come back to Doom after a huge break of about 20 years, remember playing it on my old PC. But got distracted by Halflife for my favourite FPS, but as there hasn't been one for ages Doom may creep back up if Eternal runs well. All depends really
@Megal0maniac Glad you enjoyed. Can't believe this 'hobby' of mine is turning 20 years in 2019...
@Shiryu Cool! Will explore more soon
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