"Has he then finally decided to make one? Well, yes and no. Toxic Commando may bear his name in the title, but the real credit goes to developer and publisher Saber Interactive. Still, after playing this apocalyptic co-op first-person shooter for the first time at Gamescom 2025, I see how it bears his influence. This isn't just a cynical marketing stunt to put his name on the box."
""We wanted to kind of tap into those '80s horror and over-the-top action films like Big Trouble in Little China, so we reached out to Carpenter, who was like, 'Yeah, this is great,'" said Saber's chief creative officer, Tim Willits. "He's played the game with us, he's helped with some concepts, he's been good about saying, 'Focus on these types of things when you tell this type of story,'""
"While not directly referencing Carpenter's back catalog, the story of Toxic Commando, about a corporation seeking a new limitless power source that unwittingly awakens an evil entity, is totally the kind of idea I can imagine he might have conceived of in the peak of his filmmaking career--this evil is even named the Sludge God, which is as unapologetically B-movie as it gets."
Toxic Commando is an apocalyptic four-player cooperative first-person shooter developed and published by Saber Interactive that channels '80s horror and over-the-top action movie aesthetics. John Carpenter serves as a consultant, contributed music, played the game with developers, and advised on storytelling elements. The plot centers on a corporation seeking a limitless power source that awakens an entity called the Sludge God. Dark Horse Comics produced prequel comics to convey backstory. Gameplay demos prioritize cooperative shooting action and mechanics over narrative exposition, emphasizing a B-movie-inflected tone and over-the-top horror-action set pieces.
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