Doom: The Dark Ages Off-Screen Path Tracing Trailer Leaked

It appears that the Path Tracing trailer that NVIDIA showcased behind closed doors at CES 2025 has been leaked online. This is an off-screen video, meaning that you won’t be able to tell much from it. Still, this is new in-engine footage from one of the most anticipated games of 2025. So I guess some of you will find interesting, no?

Doom: The Dark Ages will be powered by the latest version of the iD Tech. And, as with the latest Indiana Jones game, it will have support for Full Ray Tracing/Path Tracing.

To be honest, I’m shocked that a fast-paced game like Doom will support Path Tracing. Still, I’m really excited about it. I’m also curious to see whether there will be any major visual differences between the path-traced and the non path-traced versions. So, expect comparisons once we get our hands on it.

Since there will be support for Path Tracing, we can also expect Doom: The Dark Ages to support DLSS 4. So, this is another thing that I’m curious about. How will the game run with DLSS 4 X4? And what about its latency? Will it be playable at 4K with DLSS 4? Ah, so many questions.

Bethesda is planning to release Doom: The Dark Ages in 2025. There’s also a rumor suggesting that the game might come out on May 15th. My guess is that Microsoft will announce the official release date tomorrow.

Enjoy and stay tuned for more!

John Papadopoulos

John is the founder and Editor in Chief at DSOGaming. He is a PC gaming fan and highly supports the modding and indie communities. Before creating DSOGaming, John worked on numerous gaming websites. While he is a die-hard PC gamer, his gaming roots can be found on consoles. John loved – and still does – the 16-bit consoles, and considers SNES to be one of the best consoles. Still, the PC platform won him over consoles. That was mainly due to 3DFX and its iconic dedicated 3D accelerator graphics card, Voodoo 2. John has also written a higher degree thesis on the “The Evolution of PC graphics cards.”
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