I like strategy games. I meanreallylike them. There’s just something about building structures and sending tiny units to their deaths that can keep me captivated for hours on end. Maybe that just means I have all the makings of a power-mad infrastructurally-concerned dictator; the kind of power-mad infrastructurally-concerned dictator that’s really helpful to have on your side in 2v2 matches. I also like shooting stuff, but hey, what power-mad infrastructurally-concerned dictator in training doesn’t?
It is for these two reasons that SouthPeak Games has caught my attention with the announcement of their new game,Raven Squad: Operation Hidden Dagger, which promises to blend together both genres: very much like a tasty, virtual, peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
Raven Squadwill be putting you in command of eight mercenaries that end up in the Amazon behind enemy lines. Each of these soldiers will have their own unique weapons and abilities which will need to be properly utilized in order to escape the malaria-imbued rainforest. This is done by switching between them, and a strategic interface, at will.
Kind of sounds a bit like 2003’sSavage: except that there aren’t any other players on your team, and you can switch places, and you can’t build stuff, and you aren’t fighting sentient animals … Okay, maybe it really isn’t likeSavageafterall.
Raven Squad: Operation Hidden Daggerwill allow players to get their RTFPSS (Real Time First Person Strategic Shooter, I just made that up) on when it releases for the PC and Xbox 360 sometime this fall.
MIDLOTHIAN, VA – Jul 16, 2025 – SouthPeak Games today announced that itwill distributeRaven Squad: Operation Hidden Daggerfor the Xbox 360(r)video game and entertainment system from Microsoft(r) and Windows PCthis fall. Published by Evolved Games,Raven Squadis set in the nearfuture. The game is a unique blending of real-time strategy andfirst-person shooter genres.
Developed by Atomic Motion,Raven Squadputs players in control of twogroups of mercenary squads who crash land behind enemy lines in theAmazonian jungles. It will require tactical planning and a liberalamount of brute force to escape to safety. Each of the eight squadmembers possesses distinctive skills and weaponry that the player willhave to use wisely to progress through the game’s story drivenobjectives.Raven Squadsets itself apart by allowing players to switchfreely between real-time strategy and first-person shooter gameplay.Only by mastering both of these modes of play, and becoming adept atswitching between the two, will players make it out of the jungle alive.
“Raven Squadcombines two extremely popular genres into a single robustexperience where either gameplay mode could stand on its own merits,”said Melanie Mroz, CEO of SouthPeak Games. “Atomic Motion is creatingsomething that’s visually compelling and building new boundaries in whata military title can accomplish. Fans of both RTS and FPS games aregoing to love it, as will anyone who enjoys intense, action titles.”
