DOOM: The Dark Ages gets its first expansion, Revelations, on July 7

The Slayer is not done tearing through hell just yet. DOOM: The Dark Ages gets its first major expansion, Revelations, on July 7, and it throws you into a twisted purgatory that looks every bit as nasty as it sounds.

This is not a couple of bonus levels bolted onto the side. id Software is billing Revelations as a brand-new campaign, one where the Slayer punches his way through a warped afterlife stuffed with powerful new enemies and, apparently, a fair few environmental puzzles to slow your rampage down. It keeps the grim, medieval-flavored spin that made The Dark Ages stand out from the 2016 and Eternal era of DOOM.

What Revelations actually brings

The headline is the new campaign, but the interesting bit is the mix. The Dark Ages leaned harder into grounded, shield-and-melee combat than the flippy air-dashing of Eternal, and a fresh set of enemies plus puzzle-flavored levels is a good excuse to relearn those systems. If you finished the base game and have been itching for a reason to reload, this is it.

It is also just a smart time to grab the base game if you skipped it. Big expansions usually mean a bump in players and renewed attention, and The Dark Ages is exactly the kind of game that is more fun when everyone is talking about it again. Ripping and tearing is better with company, even if that company is just the comment section.

Diving back into the Dark Ages for Revelations, or waiting for a review or two first? Let us know in the comments.