Slipgates to other Doom Eternal players' worlds have closed

Title Slipgates to other Doom Eternal players' worlds have closed
Author Nick Diamon
Posted in News
When July 2, 2021

Bethesda and id Software have abandoned their plans to allow Dark Souls-style player invasions in Doom Eternal. The now-dead feature would've had players taking control of monsters in other players' campaign games and doing their best to mess each other up..

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Oh they never implemented that? Huh.

That actually sounds sorta awesome at least in a fps, sad it didn’t happen.

I found the multiplayer mode a really refreshing addition to the game. It’s pretty brutal because of the asymmetric play, and hugely dependent on the individual skill of the Doom Slayer and both monsters, but I can definitely imagine the monsters working well in an invasion feature.