Doom's Revelations DLC Shipped With No Keybind

Zero. As in, the number of buttons bound to the Chain Spear, the flagship new weapon in Doom: The Dark Ages' Revelations DLC, when console players boot up the expansion for the first time. Instead of a keybind, players are greeted with a "??" prompt during the weapon's tutorial mission, with no way to throw the spear and no way to progress.

The DLC launched today on Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and PC at £17.99, with Premium Edition and Collector's Bundle owners getting it at no extra cost. According to reports from VGC and MP1st, the bug affects PS5 and Xbox players alike, specifically those who played through the base campaign before the DLC dropped. New saves apparently don't trigger the issue, which points to something going wrong with how existing control profiles interact with the new weapon binding.

A paid expansion's headline feature arriving literally unplayable is a rough look for id Software, especially on the same day the studio lost 95 employees in layoffs. I covered those cuts earlier today, and the timing makes this sting in a different way. This isn't some obscure edge case buried in endgame content. It's the tutorial. The very first time the game asks you to use its brand-new weapon, it shows you a pair of question marks and shrugs.

The Workaround

The fix, at least, is simple enough. Players need to pause the game, go to Settings, then Inputs, and toggle the Slayer Controller Presets from Default to Southpaw and back again. This resets the bindings and restores the Chain Spear to its intended button. It works, but you shouldn't need a guide to play a tutorial.

PS5 players are dealing with a separate issue on top of this. According to MP1st, pressing "OK" on the DLC's splash screen just kicks you back to the main menu. You have to purchase Revelations through the PlayStation add-on tab on the home screen instead. There are also reports of stuttering affecting players running the new content.

The DLC itself adds a new campaign set in a purgatory environment, new enemies, deeper puzzles, and the Chain Spear as a mobility-focused combat tool. A free Ripatorium 3.0 update launched alongside it for all players, adding expanded customisation and preset saving. Premium Edition owners who complete the Revelations campaign also unlock three additional Ripatorium maps and fully upgraded weapons. The base game remains available through Game Pass.

Id Software hasn't publicly acknowledged the keybind bug yet, though a hotfix seems inevitable given how early in the DLC it blocks progress. For a studio that just shipped one of 2026's best shooters, releasing a DLC where the new weapon doesn't have a button is the kind of oversight that should have been caught in any QA pass.