Even though we still don’t know when it’ll be released, we got our first taste of Doom Eternal with a gameplay demonstration during QuakeCon 2018 yesterday, and it was glorious. Promising to be bigger and bloodier than its predecessor, I am extremely excited where id Software is taking the franchise next.
But according to Game Director Marty Stratton, the developer has already started planning for life after the game’s launch. Speaking to Polygon, Stratton revealed that id Software is already planning a single-player expansion for Doom Eternal:
“Honestly, if there’s one thing thing that I would like to go back and do different is to give people more of the [Doom] campaign post-launch,” Stratton said. “You know, more follow-up DLC from a campaign perspective. So we’re already planning that and I’m looking forward to it. We’ll talk about our whole plan.”
Stratton followed that up by saying any Doom Eternal expansion would likely tie with the new Invasion Mode:
“It’s fun, too, because when we when we look at doing campaign DLC, and then we [can] have something like Invasion play a part in it, you know, it just, it kind of makes it even more valuable to have that,” he said. “We really love the replayability of the game — we love playing the game over and over and over. We love that people are still playing the game, and on their 20th time through the campaign or doing a speedrun or, you know, maxing out all of their guns or whatever. And [we want to give] people more reasons to come back, whether it’s Invasion, or DLC, it’s really important to us.”
It’s likely much too early to worry about Doom Eternal’s single-player expansion, but we do know the game is currently in development for the PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. Hopefully, a release date will be announced soon.
