Plans for a Doom reveal at the event were seemingly heavily implied in a recent report published by The Verge’s Tom Warren.
Discussing the upcoming showcase, he wrote: “Microsoft will be banking on some new game announcements lifting the Doom around Xbox.”
Eurogamer subsequently reported that it’s heard Microsoft has a Doom announcement lined up for the event.
These reports coincide with the emergence of a recently filed trademark which may be linked to a new Doom game.
Filed in January by Bethesda parent ZeniMax Media, the trademark is titled ‘IDKFA’ – a cheat code in Id Software‘s classic Doom.
Last summer, a leaked court document revealed a roadmap of planned Bethesda games from 2020, including numerous titles that have yet to be confirmed.
The list, which was published as part of an internal Microsoft document summing up its proposal to acquire ZeniMax Media, included a title called Doom Year Zero, with plans to include DLC in the year of its release and more the following year.
The last mainline series entry was Id Software’s Doom Eternal, which was released in 2020.
In February, Microsoft delivered an Xbox business update which confirmed plans to bring more first-party games to rival platforms, initially in the form of Pentiment, Hi-Fi Rush, Sea of Thieves and Grounded.
It was later claimed that Xbox has weighed up the idea of releasing the next Doom game for rival consoles.
“Microsoft will be banking on some new game announcements lifting the DOOM around Xbox.” https://t.co/064MLz8aWq
— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) May 12, 2024
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Source: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/a-new-doom-game-could-be-revealed-at-the-xbox-showcase-in-june/
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