Doom Anthology includes miniature BFG, but seemingly no disc

There’s some pretty awesome news coming out of Quakecon this year, especially if you’re a fan of Doom. If you are a fan of Doom, you probably already own every game in the series six times over and don’t need something like the Doom Anthology. That is unless you want to own a 5” replica BFG.

Let’s be clear here: this is the Doom (2016) BFG9000 that carried over into Doom Eternal. I would be very interested to get my hands on a replica of the original Doom (1993) BFG9000. The game depicts that particular weapon from the top and from the side and I still have no idea what it’s supposed to look like. It looks like you’re holding a spaceship, and I would like an explanation.

At 5”, the replica is unfortunately not the actual size of a BFG, so it is for display purposes only. You’re going to have to hit the crafting bench and build your own life-sized model if you want one to complete your Doomguy cosplay. However, this tiny terror does have an LED and a stand to make it look a bit more imposing.

I’m sure most older fans of the series have a lot of affection for the BFG9000. It was the game’s ultimate and most ridiculous weapon. ‘90s FPS were all about outlandish weaponry, and the BFG9000 was an early one. Adding to its mystique is the fact that it was only found in the Inferno chapter of the game, meaning it wasn’t accessible in the shareware version that a lot of people played at the time.

My home had the SNES version of Doom back in the day, so it was a long time before I was ever able to get my hands on the weapon.

The Doom Anthology itself is a physical compilation of all the major Doom releases. It comes with.

• Doom
• Doom II (I assume this is the new Doom + Doom II compilation by Nightdive, which includes all the original engine releases like Final Doom)
• Doom 64 (It’s nice to see this get the recognition it deserves)
• Doom 3
• Doom (2016)
• Doom Eternal

What’s really screwed up about this release is that, despite the fact that this is a physical release with a Steelbook case, it doesn’t seem to have any actual media in it. It says:

“DOWNLOAD NEEDED. BOX CONTAINS KEYCODE TO UNLOCK GAME COLLECTION [DOOM, DOOM II, DOOM 64, DOOM 3, DOOM (2016), DOOM ETERNAL]. LINKED BETHESDA.NET ACCOUNT NEEDED.”

Why would you want an empty Steelbook with a minimalistic logo design? Since this information is based on an early listing on both Amazon and Bethesda’s own storefront, I’m hoping that the PC version’s text got applied everywhere else and that the console releases have discs or cartridges inside, but empty cases are still pretty messed up. While Doom (2016) and Doom Eternal are still relatively recent games, the lack of media just makes this feel like all the value is in the 5” BFG.

Doom Anthology will be available on Switch, PC, PS4/PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S.