--- description: Doom, id Software's rethink of its classic shooter franchise for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, arrives Friday. title: Why Our 'Doom' Review Isn't Live Yet image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1207362b36ac7598/6988547c8e060148f8460f64/doom-4.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Why Our 'Doom' Review Isn't Live Yet by [Matt Peckham](/author/matt-peckham/) ## Matt Peckham Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 13, 2016 12:00 PM CUT  Bethesda by [Matt Peckham](/author/matt-peckham/) ## Matt Peckham Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 13, 2016 12:00 PM CUT _Doom_, id Software’s rethink of its classic shooter franchise for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, arrives Friday in a flurry of hellfire, gibbets and other eviscerated miscellany. I can’t say much more than that about the game, or frankly anything else you and a gazillion other beta players don’t already know. That’s because _Doom_ press copies were withheld by Bethesda until launch, with the following explainer: --- > “” --- It’s true, a game like _Doom_ has such a noteworthy multiplayer component that, barring special press multiplayer sessions (which is how most companies do business these days), all anyone would’ve been able to scribble about beforehand is the solo experience. Granted, id Software has talked up the single-player element as the centerpiece here–not multiplayer. But fair enough. Nothing legal or ethically axiomatic mandates that companies hand over creative work before launch. There’s also no dystopian mind-beam tech compelling you or me or anyone else to march out and buy something on its day of release, sight unseen. It’s your hand on your wallet, after all. Stand by, and we’ll have impressions and a review up soon. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4325126/doom-review-pc-playstation-4-xbox-one/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4325126/doom-review-pc-playstation-4-xbox-one/"},"headline":"Why Our 'Doom' Review Isn't Live Yet","datePublished":"2016-05-13T12:00:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:49:58.515Z","description":"We haven't played the game yet","url":"https://time.com/4325126/doom-review-pc-playstation-4-xbox-one/","keywords":["Tech","Video Games","Bethesda","xbox","Playstation","PC"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1207362b36ac7598/6988547c8e060148f8460f64/doom-4.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Matt Peckham","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/matt-peckham/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1207362b36ac7598/6988547c8e060148f8460f64/doom-4.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"doom-4","caption":"","creditText":"Bethesda","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4325126/doom-review-pc-playstation-4-xbox-one/","name":"Why Our 'Doom' Review Isn't Live Yet"}}]}] ```