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Doom Returns To Xbox Live Arcade

Impulse

by Jim Reilly on January 18, 2012 at 11:51 AM

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After a three month hiatus, Bethesda today said the classic first-person shooter Doom is now available for download again on Xbox Live Arcade.

In October 2011, Doom was pulled from the Marketplace store and no explanation was ever given. One theory is that Doom on Xbox Live was originally published by Activision prior to Bethesda Softworks' parent company Zenimax Media acquiring id Software and was causing a legal issue that has since been resolved.

Regardless, the game is back on sale for 400 Microsoft Points.

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by File2ish Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 11:59 AM

Okay, Doom is back on XBL. Can we get Phantasy Star Portable 2 back on PSN? Please Sony and/or Sega?
by Gray_Matter Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 12:06 PM

What the ***! Why the hell is the PS3 left out?
by Zero Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 12:06 PM

Yeah once you said BETHESDA did it I figured it was pulled because of the acquirement.

Good though, one game back on the market...
by ThisBlueSquid Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 12:18 PM

5 bucks? Sold.
by Wes Carroll Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 12:43 PM

I never knew it left. o_O
by dagnastyep Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 01:03 PM

Beating Doom from start to finish with no cheat codes is one of my life accomplishments.
by SlvrNight Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 01:04 PM

Now I can finally get it. Seriously, $5 for Doomm is awesome. Although...I still do have my old SNES cartridge of it...
by virgietales Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 01:45 PM

Hey I've played this game before!!!
by outlaw4728 Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 02:00 PM

Very nice. Weird that they just pulled it and didn't give an explanation.
by rbarclay77 Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 02:12 PM

PSN?? ... oh well. I have the original for PC. That's the only way to play it really. Love this game!
by Michael The Creator Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 02:32 PM

Doom can run on your browser for free. As well as Hexen and the other one I always forget about.
by Jellosnake Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 02:35 PM

Good freaking game.
by Arkhamfan Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 02:49 PM

Crap, I want this sooooooo bad. Bethesda is a horrible game company. I can figure out how to MAKE a ps3 faster than they can make a running game on one.
by Michael Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 04:09 PM

Just in time... for me to not even notice.
by MeanMustacheMan Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 04:48 PM

I was wondering where it went... I guess I'll download it. Still, I consider Marathon to be better than Doom in every way.
by ConsiderableControversy Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 05:07 PM

Sweet, I had seen this game and wanted to get it, but then it just dissappered.
by Interrotta Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 06:15 PM

Maybe one day they'll release it on PSN...
by Meta77 Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 06:25 PM

I remember how the cover used to make parents flip
by AsyluMadness Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 10:57 PM

What? I thought it was gone much longer than that!?
by Max Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 01:16 AM

nope