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The full reveal for part one ofDoom Eternal’sThe Ancient GodsDLC made its debut during Gamescom Opening Night Live 2020 , and it depicts the Doom Slayer ascending into the heavens to take on new threats from the Maykr airstream . Doom Eternalserves as a follow - up to thewildly successful enfranchisement rebootby Bethesda that launched in 2016 . The plot delves into the early account of the Doom Slayer , as well as pitting the famed blank marines against angelic entity for the first time . Doom Eternalintroduced more effort mechanics to the mix , include a welcome grappling crotchet increase to the Super Shotgun and some controversial wall - grabbing and platforming elements .
Since launching , expansions for the game have been focused on multiplayer , giving those who are concerned in the game ’s singular Battlemode asynchronous deathmatch more cosmetics and a more balanced roll of demons . So far , theAncient GodsDLC has only been teasedthrough screenshots and a brief fleck of story expose at this class ’s QuakeCon . Now , the full largeness of this news report expanding upon is on display .
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The Ancient Godswill follow up on the end ofDoom Eternal ’s campaign , which see a demonic invasion force once again eliminate . The novel story has the Doom Slayer take the fight to the invader , with gameplay showing off new enemies and new surroundings . Those new location include expanded options from the Makyr homeworld take in at the end ofDoom Eternalas well as a new underwater locale . In one of the best dead reckoning from the new drone released byBethesda , the Doom Marine grips onto a submergible and dives late into the deep ocean waters . Later on , he ’s channelise by a gigantic demon , suggesting that there may be some sort of " the enemy is my enemy " post between the minion of Hell and their destined Slayer .
As far as new enemies go , the trailer put the showcase on three armed combat scenarios not seen in the base biz . There is a red demon wield a staff that shoots out grouchy - similar Department of Energy missile . Their size think they may be a miniboss , similar to the Marauder , which had the last shot of the trailer thanks to the Doom Slayer die up against two of the annoyingDoom Eternalfoes . lastly , there ’s some variety of blue spirit that seems to power up lesser enemies , kind of like a less annoying version of the Archvile enemy that have shown up throughout the serial publication .
One hopes that theDoom EternalDLC features a sizable new clod of account . WhileDoom Eternalleft things on a good bill , it seemed like there was definitely more to the tale of the Makyrs , enough to plunk for an exclusively new game if iD were so inclined . WhetherThe Ancient Godsends up as connective textile to the next sequel or a rad epilogue , the gameplay on show at Opening Night Live seems like more of the same rapid gameplay that madeDoom Eternalso much fun . Players wo n’t have to wait long , because the DLC plunge on all platforms on October 20th of this year .
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Doom Eternal : The Ancient Godswill be useable on October 20th , 2020 , on PlayStation 4 , Xbox One , Nintendo Switch , Google Stadia , and microcomputer .
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