Xbox head Phil Spencer stopped by IGN Live for a chat following today's Xbox Showcase, talking about some of the biggest reveals and announcements. One of those was not only the reveal of Doom: The Dark Ages, but the announcement that it would be coming to PlayStation 5 as well. Asked about the decision by IGN's Ryan McCaffrey, Spencer attributed the decision, at least partially, to id Software Studio Director Marty Stratton.
"Doom is definitely one of those franchises that has a history of so many platforms," Spencer explained. "It’s a franchise that I think everyone deserves to play. When I was in a meeting with Marty a couple years ago, I asked Marty what he wanted to do, and he said he wanted to sell it on all platforms.
Simple as that." "It's a franchise that I think everyone deserves to play. After rampant rumors and anticipation , Doom: The Dark Ages was officially unveiled at today's Xbox Showcase , and it was also confirmed that it would be headed to PlayStation 5 as well as Xbox Series X/S and PC.
It marked confirmation of a recent Notepad report that the next Doom installment would be part of the so-called "Project Latitude," which is reportedly the internal name for Xbox's continuing push to bring its first-party titles to rival consoles. That multi-platform push formally started back in February when Xbox announced that four exclusives that would be headed to rival consoles : Grounded, Pentiment, Hi-Fi Rush, and Sea of Thieves. At the time, Xbox explained the m.
