DOOM: The Dark Ages

Reduced damage for Agaddon Hunter, Cosmic Baron, Hell Knight, and Komodo to prevent one-hit shield breaks on Nightmare difficulty.

Fixed a rare crash when using shield throw on Plasma Shield Soldiers with the Power Surge upgrade.

Prevented various enemies (Mancubus, Hell Knights, Arachnotrons) from respawning during specific boss fights across multiple levels.

The game is now officially Steam Deck Verified.

Introduced handheld setting autodetection on first launch and per-device setting storage.

General performance improvements, advanced optimization settings, and optimized SFX/VFX for handheld devices.

Added QoL input improvements for docked handhelds and better external controller detection.

Players are now restored to a minimum of 75 health upon checkpoint reload (excluding Pandemonium and Ultra Nightmare).

Reverted health and armor buffs from Update 2.

Reverted damage increases to the flamethrower.

Reverted changes to fireball speed and size.

Reverted the health buff applied in Update 2, making them easier to kill again.

Fixed crashes during combat with high enemy counts and long sessions (8h+) on consoles.

Fixed an issue where the base Vagary would not die when executed while dazed.

Fixed an issue where Vagary did not falter from Dreadmace damage after certain upgrades.

Equipped guns, upgrades, melee weapons, and shield runes now persist across checkpoints and mission transitions.

Shield Charge AOE now causes health to drop from killed enemies, improving sustain during aggressive play.

Added 'Energy Shield' popup to the Pause Menu tutorial list.

Players can now interrupt the reload animation to perform a melee attack or block/parry.

Added ammo and health pickups to Ripatorium arenas to improve survivability.

Fixed a 1-frame jitter issue caused by resolution scaling, improving visual stability.

Fixed an issue where Variable Rate Shading (VRS) settings would not update when applying default options.

Updated the launcher's required driver messaging to align with the latest recommended drivers from Nvidia and AMD.

Resolved an issue where certain video settings caused degraded visuals, specifically increased graininess and blurriness.