Doom, one of the progenitors of the first-person shooter genre, has returned to the Xbox Live Marketplace after a mysterious three-month hiatus. The classic PC title is available for 400 Microsoft Points ($5).
The game was removed in October with no explanation from Bethesda Softworks, the current rights-holder to the game (as the parent compabny of id Software, Doom‘s maker.) Licensing and publication rights seeped into the intrigue behind the game’s three-month absence. Whatever the case, it’s back again.
Doom [Xbox Live Arcade]
Tristan Damen
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 2:41 PMOne of the best games on XBLA. Glad to see that it’s back.
McGarnical
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 5:22 PMI think it’s a great version of Doom, plays really well. Never got multiplayer to work properly though. Too much lag.
Vapor
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 2:41 PMIt appears to be counted as a seperate title from the original, in that I brought it the first time it was on XBLA but deleted it to save some space on my old console. I’ve upgraded to a slim since then, and I tried to download the new version so I could play DOOM again, but it’s asking me to pay for it.
Tristan Damen
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 2:44 PMYou should still be able to access the game via your download history in the account section.
Vapor
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 2:50 PMTrust me, I already tried that. My download history has DOOM right there, all the way near the bottom, but downloading it from there only gives me the trial for this re-release.
Mammoo
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 11:52 PMYou will have to transfer the dlc licenses for all dlc content you bought on your former xbox over to your new xbox slim. As it stands M$ will not recognise you as the owner of the dlc until you do. http://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-live/marketplace-and-purchasing/download-content
Oh, if you have already done this, just disregard my waffling on. lolz.
Cheers.
maban
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 5:05 PMI would contact Ms if I was you. They might be able to do something for you.