What is Doom (2016 video game)?
{{no sources|date=August 2022}} {{italictitle}} {{Infobox video game | title = Doom | image = | developer = [[id Software]]{{efn|[[Certain Affinity]] developed the game's multiplayer,<ref name=expectations/> while post-launch updates were handled by both id Software and [[BattleCry Studios]].<ref name=certainaffinity/><ref name=battlecry/> [[Escalation Studios]] worked on the game's SnapMap feature.<ref name=gi-snapmap/> Additional work by [[Zenimax Online Studios]].}} | publisher = [[Bethesda Softworks]] | director = {{Unbulleted list|Marty Stratton|Hugo Martin}} | writer = Adam Gascoine | composer = [[Mick Gordon (composer)|Mick Gordon]] | series = ''[[Doom (franchise)|Doom]]'' | engine = [[id Tech 6]] | platforms = {{Unbulleted list|[[PlayStation 4]]|[[Windows]]|[[Xbox One]]|[[Nintendo Switch]]|[[Google Stadia|Stadia]]}} | released = {{Unbulleted list|'''PS4''', '''Windows''', '''Xbox One'''|May 13, 2016|'''Nintendo Switch'''|November 10, 2017|'''Stadia'''|August 19, 2020}} | genre = [[First-person shooter]] | modes = [[Single-player]], [[multiplayer]] }} '''''Doom''''', known during development as '''''Doom 4''''', is a [[first-person shooter]] game in the [[Doom series (video game series)|''Doom'' series]] from 2016. The game is the second [[Reboot (fiction)|reboot]] of the [[Doom (franchise)|''Doom'']] series and features gameplay similar to the [[Doom|original Doom]] from 1993. The way ''Doom'' (2016) was designed was very different from ''[[Doom 3]]'', which was more [[Survival horror|survival-horror]]-based and slower paced rather than the usual action-based, faster pace games of ''Doom'' (1993) and ''[[Doom 2|Doom II]]''. It was released on May 13, 2016. The game can be played on the [[Personal computer|PC]], [[PlayStation 4]], [[Xbox One]], and [[Nintendo Switch]]. <ref>{{Cite web|title=The Alien Among Us: Why DOOM is the Best First-Person Shooter for Beginners|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/games/alien/the-alien-among-us-why-doom-is-the-best-first-pers|access-date=2024-07-14|website=Paste Magazine|