Speaking with Doom

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The new Ultra-Nightmare setting is Doom’s punishing Nightmare mode with a permadeath twist. Screw up once, and you’re dead and back at the beginning of the game, leaving only your helmet as a marker of your progress.Stratton and Martin told IGN that the mode has sparked something of a competition in the development offices, where coworkers compete to progress further than their friends. To date, however, no one has come close to beating the game at the highest difficulty.Since Nightmare and Ultra Nightmare are alike in all aspects except permadeath, players can use standard Nightmare games to practice and gain mastery of the most difficult areas before making Ultra-Nightmare runs.Doom debuts May 13 on PC, Xbox One, and PS4.

Jared Petty is a Senior Editor at IGN. E1M3 forever.