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Dec 03, 2024

Commandos: Origins will now deploy March 2025 for PC and consoles to improve various areas based on demo feedback

From Press Release:

Seattle, Wash – December 3, 2024 – Kalypso Media and Claymore Game Studios have announced the release of Commandos: Origins is now scheduled for March 2025. This extension will allow the team to refine the game and deliver the most immersive and polished tactical experience possible. This will also give Claymore Game Studios the opportunity to address player feedback from the recent Closed Beta and public demo – where most Steam players gave positive reviews.

“The Commandos franchise has always been rooted in tactical precision; offering different approaches to solve versatile missions. The teams at Claymore Game Studios and Kalypso Media are fully committed to honoring this legacy. With the valuable feedback we have collected from our devoted community, we’re now making the final adjustments needed to deliver the best possible tactical experience for our players” said Jürgen Reusswig, Studio Director at Claymore Game Studios, thanking the community for their insights.

The additional development time will focus on several core areas. Performance optimizations will address frame rate concerns for a smoother game experience. Enhanced AI will improve NPC responsiveness, while updated control schemes will make gameplay more intuitive, complementing the customizable key-bindings on Windows PC introduced in the Closed Beta and the demo. Additional updates to UI/UX will further enrich the player experience.

Furthermore, the provisional voice-overs used in the demo and Closed Beta will also be replaced with professionally recorded lines in English, German, French, Spanish, and Chinese, adding greater authenticity to the WWII setting.

For a closer look at these updates, Claymore Game Studios has published a development diary detailing the design decisions and adjustments. Among others, the developers confirm that non-lethal combat is part of Commandos: Origins and explain the modernized loot system in the new instalment.

Commandos: Origins is gearing up for release in March 2025 and will be available on day one with Xbox Game Pass for console and PC and on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows PC, and PlayStation®4|5.

Commandos: Origins Features:

• Challenging Real Time Tactical Stealth Gameplay: Make the best use of your Commandos’ unique abilities, infiltrate enemy facilities, and hit them where it hurts most before disappearing into the shadows.
• An extraordinary team: Featuring 6 infamous characters, each with their own storied history, banding together to form an extraordinary fighting force – the Commandos: Take control over Jack O’Hara “the Green Beret”, Thomas “the Sapper” Hancock, Francis T. “the Sniper” Woolridge, Samuel “the Driver” Brooklyn, James “the Marine” Blackwood, and Rene “the Spy” Duchamp and lead them to success.
• Many paths to victory: The detailed, varied, and interactive environments offer multiple approaches to reach your goal. Sneak, climb, drive in various vehicles, or hide and creep your way to mission success!
• On your mark: A modern user experience with precise and intuitive controls enables you to control the commandos with expert precision. Coordinate complex actions simultaneously to overcome heavily fortified targets.
• Fight on all fronts: Play through more than 10 missions in historically authentic WWII environments, spanning from the barren Arctic to the African desert, with a range of core and voluntary objectives that will require your full tactical expertise.
• There is no I in team: Take on missions with a friend in the 2-player cooperative multiplayer mode, either online or via local split-screen.

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