In anticipation of Doom: The Darkish Ages imminent arrival, Microsoft has unveiled a choice of restricted version Xbox equipment, together with a wi-fi controller sporting the modern, blood-spattered hues of the Doom Slayer.
Beginning with the controller, its physique, buttons, and directional pad are all chest plate inexperienced, whereas its proper thumbstick has been colored crimson to match the Doom Slayer’s augmented nipple – or “chest port” as Microsoft insists on calling it. That is alongside “silver-plated sheathing” for the grippy bits, and “3D silver helmet spikes” surrounding the Xbox information button.
It is a fairly nifty trying factor, and prices £74.99/$79.99 USD – which incorporates the Doom Slayer Executioner Pores and skin DLC for Doom: The Darkish Ages. It is out there to buy solely from the Microsoft Retailer till 18th April, after which it will be making its option to different retailers.
Followers of the Xbox Elite Sequence 2 have their very own possibility, with Microsoft additionally asserting a Doom: The Darkish Ages variant of its premium controller. This one’s somewhat extra subdued, that includes a black physique, maroon buttons and sticks, plus a ultimate nosebleed flourish. Positive the large crimson Mark of the Slayer within the center seems to be a bit naff, however you may’t have all the pieces. This one prices £179.99/$199.99 and is offered from twenty fifth April – though you may pre-order it now.
And at last, the Mark of the Slayer returns for a restricted version Xbox Sequence X wrap designed to resemble a kind of crumbling, blood-spattered stone obelisk. It additionally contains some eye-catching innards, scrawled with “unspeakable inscriptions and symbols from the deepest ranges of Hell”. It is compatibile with disc and all-digital Sequence X consoles and prices £49.99/54.99 USD. Each the Doom: The Darkish Ages wrap and Elite Sequence 2 controller are unique to the Microsoft Retailer. And if any of those takes your fancy, you may discover extra particulars right here.
As for Doom: The Darkish Ages itself, it launches for PlayStation 5, Xbox Sequence X/S, and PC on fifteenth Could. It is trying promising too, with Eurogamer’s Robert Buy calling it a “daring reimagining [and] a courageous departure” earlier this yr.
