Summary
A new game coming to the Xbox platform next year,Commandos: Origins,is going to be a day one Xbox Game Pass game when it releases in March 2025. A real-time strategy warfare simulator,Commandos: Originswas originally slated for a 2024 release but was pushed to next year.
Real-time strategy games are a classic staple of the gaming industry, spawningiconic franchises likeCommand & Conquer, taking the genre in a multitude of directions. TheCommandoseries is no different, debuting in 1998 and pitting players against Axis forces in real-time World War 2 scenarios across multiple fronts of the global conflict.
Now, the classic series is set to make a major return with the upcomingCommandos: Originshitting consoles and PC next year and debuting on day one on Xbox’s Game Pass subscription service. The game will join a slew of other titles on the service, ranging fromhigh-profile AAAs like the latestCall of Dutyto a wide array of indie games and classics from past generations.
Classic WW2 Real-Time Strategy Returns With Commandos: Origins
Set on multiple fronts of World War 2,Commandos: Originsserves as a prelude to the franchise’s ongoing storyline and will seemingly show fans how the elite squad of commandos they control initially came to be. The game features gameplay similar toother WW2 RTS games likeCompany of Heroes, tasking players with commanding units across a battlefield to engage in tactical maneuvers, eliminate enemies, and complete objectives from an overhead point of view.
Players can engage in various tactics, ranging from head-on assaults against swaths of enemies to a more covert, stealthy approach depending on the circumstances, all of which take place across multiple WW2-era settings. Controllable units take on several roles for the player to utilize as they see fit with the Green Beret, Sapper, Sniper, Marine, Driver, and Spy making up the titular commandos.
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