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Alright, so get this—Doom: The Dark Ages just hit three million players. Wild, right? It’s apparently the biggest game launch in the history of id Software. I know, I know, numbers can be boring, but these ones are kinda cool. The game’s like the hot new kid on the block, dropped on May 15, 2025, and everyone’s talking about it.
Now, when Xbox bought out ZeniMax Media (that’s id Software’s parent company or something), Doom kinda stood in the spotlight. It’s like they were saying, “Yeah, we’re a big deal now.” Remember Doom Eternal from 2020? Okay, scratch that, we’ve got this shiny new Doom now under new management. It was like, “Hey, look over here” during the Xbox Games Showcase in June 2024.
Oh! And there were all these funky collabs. Doom with Harley-Davidson? Yes, please. And some fancy GPU bundles with Nvidia. Clever marketing, right? It looks like all these moves paid off big time, smashing some records along the way.
Bethesda—the people publishing this thing—apparently said that Doom: The Dark Ages had three million players in a week. Kinda impressive if you ask me. And get this, it grew way faster than Doom Eternal, like seven times quicker. Some guy named Christopher Dring, who knows about all this stuff, said over two million of those players were on Xbox. He seemed a bit surprised, expected even more, but hey, that’s a solid figure I guess.
But wait, people were talking about some drama because the Steam player numbers weren’t as high as before. The numbers were lower than Doom 2016 and Doom Eternal and folks thought there was trouble. But no, turns out it’s just ’cause of something called Game Pass. The game’s doin’ just fine, thank you very much.
With time being on its side, Doom: The Dark Ages might pull even more players in. So if you’re Xbox, you’re probably smiling, especially after other hits like Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. Anyway, that’s the scoop. Doom is kind of a big deal right now.
