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Bethesda's Doom 1 & 2 console ports adding Final Doom, Sigil for free

This year's Doom 1 & 2 console ports might have had a few teething problems, but Bethesda has continued to improve them…

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This year's Doom 1 & 2 console ports might have had a few teething problems, but Bethesda has continued to improve them since launch. And now, as part of Doom's 26th anniversary celebrations, the publisher has revealed that both games will be getting free curated WAD add-ons soon, including John Romero's recent unofficial fifth Doom episode Sigil.

The news comes via Bethesda's Doom anniversary livestream (skip to the 47-minute mark below), which began the Doom port info blow-out with word that an upcoming patch will introduce a locked 60fps and aspect ratio options. The really exciting stuff, though, comes in the form of free community created WADS, which will appear in a curated Add-ons menu soon.



One of those free add-ons will be Sigil - which launched in May, and consists of nine new single-player stages and nine new deathmatch levels - but Bethesda has a few more notable offerings lined up too. Fans will also be able to download TnT: Evilution and The Plutonia Experiment, both of which formed the 32-level commercial release Final Doom back in 1996.

All three add-ons will be free to download and will be available for both Doom and Doom 2 on consoles. Additionally, Bethesda has confirmed that the well-regarded No Rest for the Living expansion will be making its way to Doom 2.

There's no release date for any of this yet, but the update is scheduled to come to Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Switch "soon".

Great news. Bethesda has improved these ports over the last few months so this is a nice little apology for their screw-up! 60fps bump-up and aspect ratio settings is great news as well!

 

[Cattlyst]

Great stuff. Imagine if they chuck in online deathmatches too...

 

[Consumer]

good, now introduce online co-op so my friends and i don't need to use shareplay to get those co-op trophies

 

[DoctorEkkoUK]

I still have the xbox 360 arcade version that was removed from stores installed and it works on xbox one.

 

[jufonuk]

Bethesda's Doom 1 & 2 console ports adding Final Doom, Sigil for free

This year's Doom 1 & 2 console ports might have had a few teething problems, but Bethesda has continued to improve them…

www.eurogamer.net

Great news. Bethesda has improved these ports over the last few months so this is a nice little apology for their screw-up! 60fps bump-up and aspect ratio settings is great news as well!

Free ?!? Excellent can’t wait

 

[a multicultural team of v]

This is actually kind of awesome. Glad they turned these ports around.

 

[GermanZepp]

 

[eot]

Kinda cool that they added sigil, but why not allow for custom wads in general?

 

[alabtrosMyster]

I'm not getting any of this because the disc is useless if for any reason you can't get the initial patch.

 

[Fake]

Is still 35 fps?

 

[The Shepard]

Is still 35 fps?

Upping it to 60fps it looks like

 

[Fake]

Upping it to 60fps it looks like

Gonna tag D dark10x .

 

[Kev Kev]

wait so they are re-releasing 1 and 2?

is there anything different about it?

 

[Ulysses 31]

wait so they are re-releasing 1 and 2?

is there anything different about it?

No, they already re-released 1&2, they're just patching it up.

 

[Kev Kev]

No, they already re-released 1&2, they're just patching it up.

thanks, sorry im super busy atm and dont have time to read up on it. what are they patching? ive been playing the xbox arcade vrsions for years and they run fine?

 

[VGEsoterica]

Finally Bethesda did something right lol

 

[Northeastmonk]

I paid for my copy of Sigil or at least donated some money for it. I’m glad they’re not ignoring Romero’s existence with the franchise. Bethesda completely ignored John Carmack’s iOS app of DOOM, but I think that was because it was 32-bit.

 

[buizel]

This has online co op and deathmatch like previous console releases ?

 

[SnapShot]

so SIGIL is now considered an official release, interesting. I know it's made by John Romero but I wasn't expecting it to be re-released as part of an official release.

 

[The Pleasure]

They need to patch the master levels so i don't have to pistol start every level on ultra violence

 

[Spukc]

is it out yet?

 

[Animagic]

When should we be expecting this?

 

[Spukc]

When should we be expecting this?

 

[Juke Joint Jezebel]

thanks, sorry im super busy atm and dont have time to read up on it. what are they patching? ive been playing the xbox arcade vrsions for years and they run fine?

- 60FPS Performance Boost (Previously 35FPS)
- Aspect Ratio Options

They previously patched the game to fix audio issues were the music would play at a slower speed and removed a mandatory Bethesda.net account requirement to play it. Which Doom fans rightly took the piss out of Bethesda for implementing in the first place.

This has online co op and deathmatch like previous console releases ?

Local multiplayer and co-op. No online though sadly.

 

[Knightime_X]

Really REALLY wish we can fully customize the controller.

 

[Animagic]

Really REALLY wish we can fully customize the controller.

I would like NextGen systems to allow this at a system level in the console settings.

 

[HerpDerpstreit]

- 60FPS Performance Boost (Previously 35FPS)
- Aspect Ratio Options

They previously patched the game to fix audio issues were the music would play at a slower speed and removed a mandatory Bethesda.net account requirement to play it. Which Doom fans rightly took the piss out of Bethesda for implementing in the first place.

Local multiplayer and co-op. No online though sadly.

Do we know if this will be a requirement to download the add-ons or not? I expect the performance stuff to be a patch but the add-ons, I could see Bethesda being bitches and requiring registration for those.

 

[Knightime_X]

I would like NextGen systems to allow this at a system level in the console settings.

PS4 can do this but then you have to keep switching back and forth over and over.
But that doesn't matter when you want a game to use both analog sticks like an fps and system settings can't help you.

 

[Animagic]

PS4 can do this but then you have to keep switching back and forth over and over.
But that doesn't matter when you want a game to use both analog sticks like an fps and system settings can't help you.

In 2020 we should be able to set control profiles on a per game basis

 

[Juke Joint Jezebel]

Do we know if this will be a requirement to download the add-ons or not? I expect the performance stuff to be a patch but the add-ons, I could see Bethesda being bitches and requiring registration for those.

No word on that yet, but if Bethesda wants to keep it's reputation intact, they probably won't pull that crap again.

 

[HerpDerpstreit]

No word on that yet, but if Bethesda wants to keep it's reputation intact, they probably won't pull that crap again.

Finger's will be crossed. Neither outcome would surprise me though.

 

[Ulysses 31]

Doom 1&2 updating! Let's hope for that 60 fps option.

Game seems to run at 60 fps now, no option to change it. SIGIL's in there too in add-ons.

 

[Animagic]

Looking forward to playing Sigil tonight! I’ve been holding out for a way to play them not on my pc...

 

[HerpDerpstreit]

Do we know if this will be a requirement to download the add-ons or not? I expect the performance stuff to be a patch but the add-ons, I could see Bethesda being bitches and requiring registration for those.

No word on that yet, but if Bethesda wants to keep it's reputation intact, they probably won't pull that crap again.

Finger's will be crossed. Neither outcome would surprise me though.

Called it!
From the patch notes:
"First thing is log into Bethesda.net. Once you've done that, go to Add-ons. Browse through what's available and hit the "Download" option. Then press the "Toggle Activation" button to enable it. When you go back to the main menu, you'll notice things have changed and you're playing the new Add-on."

 

[DonF]

Called it!
From the patch notes:
"First thing is log into Bethesda.net. Once you've done that, go to Add-ons. Browse through what's available and hit the "Download" option. Then press the "Toggle Activation" button to enable it. When you go back to the main menu, you'll notice things have changed and you're playing the new Add-on."

insider status confirmed!

 

[IbizaPocholo]

 

[Rex_DX]

Necro?

Necro.

 

[Dr. Kitty Muffins]

They should shoot for 120fps on next-generation consoles.

 

[Cravis]

They should shoot for 120fps on next-generation consoles.

 

[Nikana]

I finished Doom Zero past week. Pretty good WAD.

 

[Mistershine.]

Necro?

Necro.

It's IbizaPocholo so obviously. Dude should be an archaeologist, the amount of old buried stuff he manages to dig up. While most users would create a new thread, it's nice to see the updates to older ones and have context.

 

[Rex_DX]

Is it sacrilegious to play SI6IL with Brutal Doom installed?

 

[amigastar]

Is it sacrilegious to play SI6IL with Brutal Doom installed?

No, not at all.

 

[Rex_DX]

No, not at all.

... for the first time

 

[Kacho]

Is it sacrilegious to play SI6IL with Brutal Doom installed?

Kinda. I played through the levels before firing them up in Brutal Doom.

It’s hard as fucking balls in Brutal Doom btw so be prepared for that.

 

[Rex_DX]

Kinda. I played through the levels before firing them up in Brutal Doom.

It’s hard as fucking balls in Brutal Doom btw so be prepared for that.

Awesome. Yeah I think I'll play it vanilla to start. Not even going to use GZDoom. I'd feel bad and the John's of iD would probably haunt me.

 

[Decontamination Silo]

I thought Sigil was pretty bad.

 

[Sub_Level]

I thought Sigil was pretty bad.

Dunno about flat out bad, but there's so many doom wads by now that have vastly outclassed it.

 

[Spukc]

yeah sigil was pretty crap

 

[amigastar]

yeah sigil was pretty crap

Really? That sucks, missed oportunity for Romero i guess.