During gamescom’s Opening Night Live, Saber Interactive and Focus Entertainment offered a first look at “John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando,” a game where players team up with friends to battle hordes of creepy things before they infect the entire world.
Set in the near future, an experimental attempt to harness the power of the Earth’s core ends in a terrifying disaster, turning soil to scum and the living to undead monsters. However, the genius behind the experiment has a plan to make things right: a team of highly trained mercenaries to get the job done. Unfortunately, they were all too expensive. That’s why he hired The Toxic Commando.
Play in squads of up to four players — with full crossplay support across PC and consoles — and face off against massive enemy hordes and daunting bosses, all powered by Saber’s Swarm Engine, the technology behind “World War Z: Aftermath” and “Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.”
The game features buddy-movie vibes and over-the-top humor, action, and horror inspired by classic ’80s cinema and filmmaker John Carpenter. Players will experience an explosive cocktail of visceral FPS action and off-road driving on slime-corrupted terrain across massive post-apocalyptic environments when the game is released in early 2026.
“John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando” is available to Wishlist now on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via the Epic Games Store and Steam.
