The Dark Ages Off-Screen Path Tracing Trailer Leaked

It seems that the Path Tracing trailer that NVIDIA showed behind closed doors at CES 2025 has been leaked online. This is an off-screen video, which means 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 it interesting, right?

Doom: The Dark Ages will be powered by the latest version of 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 game like Doom would support Path Tracing. Still, I’m really excited about it. I’m also curious to see if there will be any major visual differences between the trailed and non-trailed 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 that’s another thing that I’m curious about. How will the game run with DLSS 4 X4? And what about its latency? Can it be played in 4K with DLSS 4? Oh, so many questions.

Bethesda plans to release Doom: The Dark Ages in 2025. There is also a rumor suggesting that the game may be released on May 15th. My guess is that Microsoft will announce the official release date tomorrow.

Enjoy and stay tuned for more!

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