There’s never been a better time to go to Hell.
Another game another free trial, this time from Bethesda's and Id's ultra violent DOOM series. Starting today for XBox One and PC users (PS4 Next week) last years hit FPS, with an award winning single player campaign, DOOM will be free to play until the late hours of Sunday night, or early hours of Monday morning depending on your platform. This free weekend comes riding along with ominously named "Update 6.66" that brings with it not just a free trial but even more goodies, Doom's multiplayer DLC is now free for all players new and existing.
| It’s been just over a year since we released DOOM and it’s thrilling to see not only many of our earliest players still enjoying the game, but also new Slayers joining the fight every day. Whether you’ve been playing for a year, a week or even if you still haven’t Glory Killed your first demon, we’ve got some exciting news for you. This week we’re rolling out the “ultimate” DOOM experience and offering it to new players at a hellishly low price |
During the free trial, players can delve into DOOM’s award winning campaign with the first two levels coming free as part of the trial. Not only that, but players can also sample Doom's multiplayer complete with all the DLC. Any progress made during this weekend’s trial will transfer over to the full game, if you so choose to purchase it, and why wouldn’t you? As the generosity doesn’t stop there as DOOM will also be on sale for a very reasonable £11.99/~€13-15
Another big change coming to the game's multiplayer is the introduction of Runes replacing the phased out Hack Modules; similar to the ones from the campaign they will be equitable items that will be “a consistent and predictable component of your loadout and play style”. Enhanced kill notifications are also part of a revamp to the multiplayer UI as well as revised post-match summaries.
Lots of fans are hopeful that the combination of the free weekend, the sale, and the host of changes will bring some much needed bodies to the multiplayer, as it was one of the major criticisms of the game. I’m sure there will be a few unhappy campers who have already bought all the DLC or the “season pass” who might be a wee bit sour to see the content they paid for go for free. Those who have less interest in multiplayer may be disappointed in the lack of a single player expansion but in an interview with Polygon, the game’s director indicated the team had “a lot of stuff on the table” with regards to campaign DLC.
Typically with any patch the update brings with it some Fixes and other improvements across multiplayer and SnapMap. Check out the full patch notes at the bottom of the page.
Update 6.66:
- Fixes and other improvements across multiplayer and SnapMap.
- Multiplayer DLC is now bundled into the core DOOM game. All DLC Maps. All DLC Weapons. All DLC Armor sets. All DLC Demons. Free.
- Revised progression system
- New rune system, Replacing the Hack Modules
- Enhanced kill notifications
- Resets all players’ multiplayer level back to 0.
Free Trial:
- Xbox One, Starting 17:00, Thursday, July 20.
- PC, Starting 18:00, Thursday, July 20.
- PlayStation 4, Starting 17:00, Thursday, July 27.
- First two levels of DOOM’s critically acclaimed campaign.
- Arcade Mode, with high scores.
- Unlimited access to DOOM’s multiplayer and SnapMap modes.
- All of your progress in campaign and multiplayer is saved, if you purchase during the free weekend.
An Ultimate Price:
- That’s the award-winning campaign, arcade mode, all of the DLC, countless hours of SnapMap and the right to say you are a badass, rip-and-tear DOOM Slayer – all for just $14.99 (US) / £11.99 (UK).
| Lastly, we don’t want anything standing in your way of joining the millions of people that have experienced the rush and pure fun of DOOM |
Multiplayer:
- Fixed an issue where textures appeared to glow on the player’s character.
- Fixed an issue in Multiplayer where players would respawn frozen at the beginning of a Freeze Tag round.
- Fixed an issue in Multiplayer where parts of the player model appeared transparent in some circumstances.
- Fixed an issue where players would disconnect from a match under certain conditions.
- Fixed an issue in Infernal Run where picking up the ball when out of ammo would cause problems with passing or receiving the ball.
- Fixed an issue with the Multiplayer Challenge “Aimbot Hax” where Reaper Longshots would not count towards challenge completion.
- Fixed an issue in Multiplayer with inconsistent power item spawns on Outbreak.
SnapMap:
- Added rotate on XYZ axis to the Grab Object manipulate controls
- Added setting to remove network limitation on single player only maps.
- Resolved various freeze and crash bugs.
- Fixed various matchmaking and lobby issues.
- Fixed visual bugs that result from combining specific HUD elements
- Fixed various freezes and crashes with using Campaign Model.
- Fixed coop crash with Bob and Rotate settings.
- Fixed bug that caused AI to run into blocking volumes set to Block Demons and AI Sight.
- Improved collision issues causing AI to partially fall into blocking volumes set to Block Demons.