It was announced today as part of Xbox and Bethesda's E3 2021 Showcase that DOOM Eternal will be getting its long-awaited Xbox Series X|S upgrade as soon as this month, set to arrive on June 29, 2021.
The upgrade will offer improved visuals, increased performance and support for ray-tracing, or 4K resolution at 60 frames per second, or an optional 120 FPS mode. Here's the spec breakdown:
Xbox Series X
- Performance Mode: 1800p – 120 FPS
- Balanced Mode: 2160p – 60 FPS
- Ray Tracing Mode: 1800p – 60 FPS
Xbox Series S
- Performance Mode: 1080p – 120 FPS
- Balanced Mode: 1440p – 60 FPS
- Ray Tracing Mode: Not Available
Of course, you'll be able to take advantage of this free upgrade if you're a subscriber to Xbox Game Pass, as DOOM Eternal is part of the Game Pass library. And if you play on PC, that version is also getting a visual boost!
Will you be diving into DOOM Eternal's free next-gen upgrade on Xbox later this month? Tell us below.
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Is PS5 still getting its upgrade because I believe they promised it for both consoles
@TheFrenchiestFry It is indeed!
I prefer that they lower the resolution to add ray tracing than to set the frame rate to 30fps like some games so great choices on Series X.
I guess I'll rip and tear again but in 120fps this time!
@uptownsoul I'm so glad both PS5 and the Xbox consoles are prioritizing giving players options in terms of performance or fidelity preferences. It's great
RT Mode - I can sacrifice a bit of Resolution down to 1800p for RT - at least as long as the frame rate is consistent...
How be RT for me, first time jumping in on this title
@TheFrenchiestFry Yes. Strangely enough PushSquare has not reported the next-gen upgrade, only PureXbox.
@uptownsoul I can't comment specifically on that since I don't own a Series X|S but I do know pretty much every first party PS5 game from PlayStation Studios either got that feature in a post-launch update or launched with it except I think Demon's Souls, which just has the individual fidelity and performance toggles
Maybe it's a thing on Xbox as well and I'm not fully aware of it because I just play my Xbox stuff on PC and don't know how it looks or plays on Series X|S but if they don't have it now, it's probably going to be fully embraced soon
@TheFrenchiestFry “Microsoft delivers on promises to upgrade Doom for PS5” does not get them as many clicks or comment traffic as “You Won't Be Playing The Outer Worlds 2 on PS5, PS4.”
@Tharsman Oh yeah PushSquare's editors have been in full meltdown mode over both Starfield and Outer Worlds all day
That's not to say NintendoLife and PureXbox haven't produced similar bait before but like it's been several months already. I wasn't expecting a Microsoft-owned or operated studio that purchased Zenimax for more money than Disney purchased for Lucasfilm or Marvel Entertainment to not go all in on making those games exclusive
@TheFrenchiestFry and over “we have to pay for games.”
@Tharsman I never got this mindset that Game Pass meant not paying for games
Like yeah it's a cool alternative to straight up buying the games but it's still a freaking subscription service and if you want to own the game after sampling it it's probably going to be priced the same as a PS5 game if it's next gen. We're already seeing that with Battlefield and that's probably going to be the case with the XGS games exclusive to Series X and S
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