A trademark for what looks to be a new Doom game has resurfaced after originally being filed by Bethesda back in January, as the suggestion of a reveal in a few weeks’ time now swirls.
The pending trademark, filed in the US, is titled “IDKFA” – a well-known cheat code used in the Doom series.
This isn’t the first we’ve heard of a new Doom game being in development. A project referred to as “Doom: Year Zero” was named in a release schedule accidentally shared by Microsoft last year, in documents pertaining to its Activision Blizzard FTC court case. (That document also mentioned Ghostwire: Tokyo and Dishonored sequels, which sadly seem likely to no longer be happening.)
Last week, The Verge’s chatty Tom Warren repeatedly implied that Microsoft had a Doom announcement ready to go as part of next month’s June showcase event – to help in “lifting the DOOM around Xbox”. Eurogamer has heard similar.
Who could be making the game? Well, the obvious answer is of course Doom creator id Software, which last launched an entry in the series in the shape of 2020’s Doom Eternal. The studio has only released one project since – the free-to-play PC shooter Quake Champions.