Toxic Commando: Fusing blood, mud, and John Carpenter

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It started with a spark of an idea: What if you mashed up an off-road trucking simulator with the dread of a lurking evil?

Then came the prototyping and mud.

Finally, John Carpenter signed on, bringing with him his horror film pedigree, storytelling prowess, synth music compositions, love of video games, and—of course—his name.

John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando is a four-player co-op first-person shooter, swarming with the infected and created as a new IP that echoes Carpenter’s broad portfolio. It lands March 12 on console and computer.

Getting to this point, though, was a fascinating journey from a player’s offhand remark, through seemingly endless prototyping and play sessions, to the final delivery of a game that has you winching a stuck vehicle out of the mud as your teammates gun down hordes of infected.

To continue reading this story, head over to Epic Games Store News, where this ran on Jan. 19, 2025.