MF DOOM continues to score the trailer for a new Marvel-themed game mode in Fortress Heroes.
The Limited Time Mode (LTM) known as “Day of Doom” allows players to compete in two 16-player teams as Dr. Doom’s followers and the Avengers.
Playing as a follower is tasked with collecting six arcane artifacts, while the Avengers are tasked with stopping them. If the followers successfully complete their mission, they must eliminate the remaining heroes to win the game.
“Fight for the Avengers and defeat Doom’s army with items like the new Iron Man battle kit and the Stark Industries energy rifle,” reads the press release for Fortress Heroes.
“Or, as one of Doom’s followers, race to collect the fragments of Pandora’s Box scattered across the island, and harness the power of Victor von Doom himself as the Doomsday Chosen!”
With the game mode incorporating Doctor Doom, the masked Marvel supervillain who inspired MF DOOM’s post-KMD look, Fortnite is using the late rapper’s “Trap Door” collaboration with Jake One ” (from the producer’s 2008 album White Van Music) is a perfect fit to promote their latest update.
Day of Doom launches on Tuesday (September 17) and will be playable until October 4.
Watch the trailer below.
In other news, MF DOOM’s new biography The DOOM Chronicles received an official release date and cover in March.
The news was announced by Astra House Books, who shared the details via Instagram.
The post reads: “Astra House is proud to unveil the cover of MF DOOM’s definitive biography, The Chronicles of DOOM: Unraveling Rap’s Masked Iconoclast by SH Fernando, to commemorate the release of Madvillain’s Madvillainy 20th anniversary.
The book is expected to arrive on October 29th.
The news was first revealed in 2022, when the New York-based publisher announced that they had acquired global rights to the book.
Chronicles of Doom: Uncovering Rap’s Masked Iconoclast is described as “a comprehensive and authoritative biography” that “tells the story of[s] The rise, fall, redemption and untimely death of one of hip-hop’s most enigmatic and influential figures.
Fernando Jr.’s other works include the 2021 Wu-Tang Clan biography “From the Streets of Shaolin: Legends of the Wu-Tang” and 1994’s “New Beats: Exploring Hip-Hop Music, Culture, and Attitudes.”
Also in March, DOOM and Madlib’s cult classic album Madvillany was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), almost exactly two decades after it was first released on March 22, 2004.
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The RIAA certification means the album has sold at least 500,000 copies in the United States.
Stones Throw Records founder Peanut Butter Wolf previously shared some interesting facts about the making of the album in celebration of Madvillainy’s 20th anniversary.
“For this album, Madlib chose to record the beats in my basement, which we call a bomb shelter (actually a concrete bomb shelter),” he wrote on Instagram. “DOOM was recorded with his vocals in my bedroom and we had @ecoleye take a photo that became the album cover.”
He added: “The LA release party was held at The Fonda (a mid-sized venue) and we paid for it with me, J Rocc, Madlib, Dilla and Common, and DOOM because we were worried it wouldn’t” sell over. We did a few more shows that month with the same lineup in a few major markets to small but exciting audiences.
“Here’s the promotion side of things, besides making 3 low-budget music videos (2 on the same day), which I convinced DOOM to reluctantly do. This is the first release on my 28-year-old label ( The only album to win a gold medal.
