Are those two video game gearing up for the same release date? Uh oh, That’s Doom Eternal, and its facing off against Animal Crossing: New Horizons! This one’s bound to be a slobber-knocker. Wait, are they… hugging?!?
Overlapping launch dates is usually a sign of hot competition, and you’ll typically find the respective communities share little love, desperately trying to justify their purchase over the other. Once in a blue moon though, something beautiful happens. One is a game about blasting and tearing demons into bloody chunks, the other a peaceful escape to a holiday island with all your animal pals. They’ve chosen to live very different lives, but that doesn’t mean they have to be enemies.
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Rather than spit venom and dismiss the other, the communities behind Doom Eternal and Animal Crossing: New Horizons have chosen to celebrate one another and enjoy their joint release date of March 20 through artwork and cheerful memes. Both the Doom subreddit and Animal: New Horizons subreddit have been inundated with adorable artwork of Doomguy and Animal Crossing's eternally popular secretary Isabelle. Unexpected though it may be, the two appear to be good pals.
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That said, we’re not sure we want to see Isabelle in action in Doom Eternal; she’s terrifying enough in Smash Ultimate, you don’t need to give her glory kills as well! Oh no, look what you're done now.
— Ültra (@Ultrashroomz) February 16, 2020
Even the official Doom account got in on the love, responding to new of today’s Animal Crossing: New Horizons Direct by asking if their favorite pupper Isabelle would be making an appearance.
will Isabelle be there
— DOOM (@DOOM) February 18, 2020
We’re absolutely here for a bit of wholesome positivity in gaming, especially when both releases are shaping up very well indeed. Whether you’re keen to start your own in camp in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, or you can’t wait to dive straight back into hell with Doom Eternal, all we know is that March 20 is going to be a great day for gaming. Which game will you be picking up? Share the love in the comments below.
