Commandos: Origins will be released on March 4, 2025 for PC, Xbox Series

Commandos: Origins will mark the return (the first truly new game) of the real-time tactical strategy video game saga of the same name. In case someone gets lost along the way, the original Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines it becomes that “best spanish game ever”. Developed by Spanish company Pyro Studios and published by Eidos Interactive in the summer of 1998, it marked an era and created its own style for its infiltration tactics, its missions, visuals and World War II setting.

The franchise’s first title, Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines It became the best-selling Spanish game in history and received several international recognitions. It is still listed the ten best strategy games in history (considering the quality of this genre, almost nothing) and there were more attempts to revive it. The last ones were in 2023 and before that in 2018. Now it seems that this time it will hit the market and beyond the remasters it will be the first completely new title from the original franchise.

Commandos: Origins, the Spanish bestseller returns

In addition to thanking players for their feedback during testing and demos, distributor Kalypso Media, responsible for the game, has released an analysis of exactly what it does to get the game ready for launch and ready. nine selected areas which received more comments and how the developer improves them.

And that:

• Performance optimization.
• Improved AI behavior.
• Updated comments.
• Adjusted controls and new customization options.
• A modernized loot system to replace the inventory system.
• Non-lethal combat options that add strategic depth to the game
• Music restored from the original soundtrack.
• Extensive map design.
• Improved user interface (UI) and user experience (UX).

Of course, Commandos: Origins will bring back the original team where each character was unique and had personal abilities and those missions that were linear but were fantastic and presented a new way to mix and play tactics and strategy. Less has been said about previously announced news, such as a two-player co-op mode that would be available in both online and local split-screen modes.

If there are no further delays, the launch will take place in March 2025 for PC and PS and Xbox consoles.