[STEAM] DOOM Eternal Finally Adds Official Mod Support on Steam, With Microsoft Store Support Coming 'Soon'

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***** Eternal is finally getting official mod support some four years after its initial release, id Software announced during today's QuakeCon 2024 livestream.

According to a

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, ***** Eternal Update 6.66 Rev 3 adds the ability to opt into mod support via Steam's beta branch. Support for the

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Store version will be added "soon," with no mention of a console version.

Those who opt into the beta branch will be able to create and publish original mods via the idStudio Beta program, which you can see above. You can

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as well as an installation guide right here.

The addition of mods should add some more life to ***** Eternal, which continues to enjoy a robust post-launch community. First released in 2020, ***** Eternal received praise for its extensive single-player campaign and customarily amazing ********* action.

We wrote in

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at the time, "Eternal tips its cap to ***** 2 specifically while also building off of what made the modernized reboot a breath of fresh air for the genre. Whether you’ve been playing ***** for a few years or a few decades, ***** Eternal demands your attention.

Fans have been expecting official mod support for ***** Eternal ever since

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, eagerly anticipating the ability to add new maps, levels, and weapons.

"This is the first time idtech has been officially moddable in how many years now? Holy *****. They talked about it years ago but I thought I'd never see it happen. Eternal's engine has so much potential and now the modding community can fully tap into it instead of being restricted," one enthusiastic fan wrote in response to the announcement. "We saw hints of this coming in SteamDB, but I didn't expect them to give us tools as well. It's like a feverdream."

Mod support wasn't the only news to come out of QuakeCon. Bethesda also announced

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with expanded multiplayer support, new content, and much more. For more, check out all of the

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Kat Bailey is IGN's News Director as well as co-host of Nintendo Voice Chat. Have a tip? Send her a DM at @the_katbot.

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