Free Slaughter Mode launches for DOOM: The Dark Ages on November 16, bringing endless single-player demon battles across multiple arenas. XBOX CEO Asha Sharma officially announced the news on social media.
DOOM: The Dark Ages Slaughter Mode: What to Expect
In October, it was announced that the free game mode would be added to the latest Doom title. Slaughter Mode has been described as an endless single-player mode where players fight through waves of demons across multiple arenas, earning cosmetics and other perks as they progress. This sounds like a roguelite element being added to the latest Doom, adding more single-player longevity.
DOOM: The Dark Ages received the Revelations DLC in July. That expansion added new puzzles, weapons, and up to 12 hours of new content. In the same month, id Software lost about 50% of its team to layoffs. Those affected described the layoffs as a bloodbath, with one noting the timing and saying the team was completely burned out from finishing the DLC before being blindsided by the news.
“It’s been really nerve-wracking, and I am completely burned out because we were just finishing the DLC. We thought we might get impacted, but not to this scale,” they said at the time.
id Software is continuing to move forward and also recently confirmed that their next title is currently in development. Learn more about that at this link.
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