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DOOM Revelations Garners Top Reviews as id Software Shrinks After Layoffs

Critical praise for the paid Revelations expansion has prompted Game of the Year discussion.

Overview

  • The paid DLC Revelations launched last week and has been widely praised for faster, more mobile combat that reintroduces dash and adds the Chain Spear and Ripatorium 3.0 challenge content.
  • Review aggregators and outlets place the expansion among 2026’s best, with OpenCritic around 90, IGN at 9/10, and strong player sentiment on Steam above roughly 86% positive.
  • Revelations is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC but requires ownership of the base game DOOM: The Dark Ages to play.
  • On release players reported a Chain Spear control-binding bug that developers acknowledged and said they would fix in a hotfix, with community workarounds circulating in the meantime.
  • Microsoft’s recent Xbox Game Studios cuts substantially reduced id Software’s staff, raising concrete concerns about the studio’s ability to deliver future patches and long-term projects despite unconfirmed reports that a new DOOM is in early production.