New Doom game to be set in Leeds rather than Hell

A new game in the rebooted Doom series is to relocate from Hell to the Yorkshire city of Leeds.

The original Doom was released in 1993 and, with its brooding atmosphere of menace and evil, many people originally assumed the setting was actually Leeds.

“It’s nice to make that full circle,” said producer Tim Bell.

“I was aware that many people in Britain had mistaken the bowels of Hell depicted in the original game for Leeds, but as I’d never been to either, I didn’t really see the connection.”

However, Mr Bell’s recent visit to the UK changed everything.

“I was on a business trip to London and, after losing a bet, I agreed to visit Leeds.

“Now, having seen it for myself, I can really see how people used to make the mistake, and I am convinced that it would be a perfect setting for the new Doom game.

The previous game’s final moments saw the player, after closing [nefarious big business] UAC’s portal to hell on Mars, being teleported to a mystery location to prevent him from interfering in UAC’s future plans.

The new game will reveal that location to be Leeds, specifically Beeston.

The player will then have to battle his way out of the town, negotiate that ring road, and then head back to the comparatively pleasant bowels of Hell for a final showdown with UAC.

It is understood that originally Portsmouth was considered for the setting of Doom 2, but that was considered too relentlessly grim for a game about battling demons in Hell.