Key Takeaways
- Commandos: Origins joins Xbox Game Pass in March 2025, offering subscribers a new WW2 RTS experience.
- The game features tactical gameplay with controllable units like the Green Beret and Sniper in various settings.
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: Origins was originally slated for a 2024 release but was pushed to next year.
Real-time strategy games are a classic staple of the gaming industry, spawning iconic franchises like Command & Conquer, taking the genre in a multitude of directions. The Commando series 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.
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Now, the classic series is set to make a major return with the upcoming Commandos: Origins hitting 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 from high-profile AAAs like the latest Call of Duty to 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: Origins serves 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 to other WW2 RTS games like Company 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.
Commandos: Origins is not set to hit Game Pass until March 2025, but there is no shortage of games for subscribers to enjoy in the meantime. Fans of strategy games looking for a new experience have plenty of options on the service already, such as the 2023 title Aliens: Dark Descent, which adapted the iconic film franchise into a tactical squad-based video game.
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