In Britain, May has so far been a month of innocent delights and sacred rites, with at least two public holidays. On May Day – a holiday of old origin that shares a date with International Labor Day – the village’s youth dress up in daisies, erect huge candy-striped maypoles and dance around them, trying to tangle and possibly end up kissing. NO MORE. May is now DOOM month. It marks the arrival of a recent Dark Age.
That means that’s when we’ll be playing id Software’s cacodemon-filled first-person shooter Doom: The Dark Ages, with the release date leaked ahead of tomorrow’s Xbox Developer Direct.
According to a recent article published by the French website Gamekult and reported by Eurogamer. Of course, I can’t confirm this, but cutting the month exactly in two is classic Doom behavior. Let’s hope that tomorrow we will have the last word. The Dark Ages is one of four games scheduled for public release. The others are Clair Obscura: Expedition 33, South Of Midnight and a mystery surprise guest. It could be this hypothetical Oblivion remaster, although Windows Central is spreads a rumor that it is the return of some kind of old Japanese brand.
As for what you will do in the recent Doom – there will be no maypoles and no kissing. There will only be clubs on a chain, powdered skulls and medieval moss. Better hope there are no maypoles or kissing. I’m sure Doomguy could find many uses for the maypole and none of them would be innocent or delightful.