Flip Through - The Art of DOOM: The Dark Ages

The Artbook Collector
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December 8th 2025

Another week with two video previews for The Artbook Collector YouTube channel following the heavy month of releases for December! This time is a look at the art from the team at id Software for their most recent DOOM game, The Dark Ages!

Made in partnership again with Dark Horse Books, The Art of DOOM: The Dark Ages is a 216-page hardcover that was released on December 2nd 2025 in a matching format to the previous two games for DOOM. It gives player a look at the art and designs that helped create this new chapter in the life of the Doom Slayer, perfect for those not done with demons and hellscapes after finishing the game.

As seen in the preview above, inside are early sketches, full colour concept pieces, and 3D models for the characters, demons, locations, and weapons of the game. It's light on text, only giving in-game descriptions, but that gives it a heavy art focus which is complimented by the page design and high print quality. Fans of creature design will appreciate the demon art, which is always incredible from the team, showing alternative and unused designs, as well as a page of demons that were cut entirely.

In my review of the book I highlighted that the quality of the book is great as always from the publisher and that the design and use of credits is fantastic. The art focus works well and fans will find a lot to enjoy throughout. Artist insights over in-game details would have been preferred though. You can read more details on this and more here - Book Review - The Art of DOOM: The Dark Ages.

DOOM: The Dark Ages was released in 2025 and acts as a prequel to DOOM 2016, showing the story of the Slayer earlier on in a medieval-inspired setting. It changes the gameplay too, focusing on parrying and brute force over the speed and manoeuvrability of the previous two games. It also introduced open area exploration, a deeper narrative, and set pieces, in which you ride a flying demon and control a giant mech. The dark fantasy twist on the series resonated with fans and the game was also received well by critics, showing that even after 30 years, the DOOM series is stronger than ever.

If you want to grab a copy of The Art of DOOM: The Dark Ages to your own collection, you can order the book here;