On June 15th, 1995, the domain was registered, which currently displays the teaser trailer for Doom 4. On March 20th, 2020, the game was released for Windows, PlayStation 4, Stadia and Xbox One. Within two months, the reveal trailer received more than 12.6 million views and 11,800 comments on YouTube (shown below, left). On June 10th, 2018, the video game developer company id Software announced Doom Eternal, the fifth main installment in the series, at Electronic Entertainment Expo 2018.

After years of a long build-up in anticipation, Doom was released for PC on Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on May 13th, 2016. On March 31st, 2016, the first closed beta of the game was released for a three-day period, followed by an open beta which took place between April 15th and April 17th, 2016. On December 3rd, 2015, Bethesda opened up a limited, multiplayer-only alpha version of Doom for select participants, which ran for three days and ended on December 6th. On June 14th, the first trailer featuring actual gameplay footage of the game was shown at E3 2015, which was met by generally positive reception (shown below, right). On May 18th, 2015, another teaser trailer was unveiled on YouTube, which garnered more than 1.4 million views and 1,600 comments within the first month (shown below, left). On June 10th, 2014, an extended teaser trailer of Doom was simultaneously unveiled at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) 2014 and on the newly launched official website for the title. On February 19th, 2014, after several rounds of sweeping changes in the development team and the concept for the game, Bethesda Softworks announced its plans to release a multiplayer-only limited alpha of the game for select participants under the revised title Doom.

Since the initial announcement, the production of the game has reportedly faced numerous setbacks, with Bethesda Softworks stepping in as the new publisher of the game in 2011. In May 2008, the fourth main installment of Doom was officially announced as being in production by id Software, though without any detailed information on the scheduled release date of the title. On October 12th, 2012, a remake of Doom 3 titled Doom 3: BFG Edition was released. On October 20th, 2005, the motion picture Doom was released. On August 3rd, 2004, Doom 3 was released, which takes place in a separate story arc from the previous titles. On September 30th, 1994, a second installment, Doom II: Hell on Earth, was released. The first title in the Doom series, Doom, was released on December 10, 1993.

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