Starship Troopers: Terran Command News

Starship Troopers RTS delayed ten days from launch

Starship Troopers: Terran Command has been delayed to June. It was previously scheduled to launch in just ten days, on March 31. The developers at the Aristocrats say that the delay is to provide additional polish and bug fixes, as all content for the RTS game has already been completed.

Terran Command will now launch on June 16, 2022. "We intend to deliver a finished and polished game," the developers say in a press release, "and it is very important for us that you are able to fully enjoy the game from day 1, without any issue spoiling your fun or without having to wait for future patches or hotfixes. The game is now content complete and all remaining development time will be entirely focused on refining what already exists. We can't wait to reveal more, and we plan to show you a lot in the months leading up to the launch in June."

Originally announced in 2019 for launch in 2020, Terran Command puts you in control of the Mobile Infantry of the film universe, out to make war against the Arachnids. A Steam Next Fest demo offered an early taste last year. Joe, our strategy connoisseur, had a decent but unremarkable time with it: "Based on the demo, this is easily the best Starship Troopers game ever, but that bar is pretty low, and this still may not tick all of the boxes."

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Important - Starship Troopers - Terran Command will be released on June 16

Today we are making an important announcement related to the release date: Starship Troopers - Terran Command won't be releasing on March 31st as previously announced.

The new and definitive launch date will be June 16 2022.

We know many will find this announcement disappointing and we apologize. We truly feel that a few extra months of further polish and bug fixing will make a significant difference.

We intend to deliver a finished and polished game, and it is very important for us that you are able to fully enjoy the game from day 1, without any issue spoiling your fun or without having to wait for future patches or hotfixes.

The game is now content complete and all remaining development time will be entirely focused on refining what already exists. We can't wait to reveal more, and we plan to show you a lot in the months leading up to the launch in June.

Starship Troopers - Terran Command || Live Presentation on December 14th

Tune in on the Slitherine Twitch channel at www.twitch.tv/slitherinetv on December 14th at 2 pm GMT for live news on Starship Troopers - Terran Command.

Starship Troopers - Terran Command will be featured at 2.20 pm on that day. We'll have David Sharrock (Game Producer), Kejero (Music Composer) and Lucas Nijsten (Lead Game Designer) talking about the upcoming Starship Troopers real-time strategy game and showing exclusive unreleased footage.

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Bug-splatting in the Starship Troopers RTS demo is harder than you'd think

People get well into Starship Troopers, don't they? Back in the before times when I was a teen, a friend of mine went to uni and formed a terrible metal band, and one of their songs was about Starship Troopers (I believe it included shouting "Roughnecks! Ho!" a lot). And don't get me wrong: the 90s action-schlock film adaptation is very good. Replaceable cannon-fodder marines pumping bullets into giant skittering aliens, bombastic Join The Army And Die!! propaganda - It's good stuff. And perfect grist for the RTS game mill! Hence you can play the demo for Starship Troopers - Terran Command right now, in the Steam Next Fest.

Steam's latest Next Fest has begun, and we're jumping in head first like we did last time by trying out a few demos to see what the future of strategy games has for us. Last time we brought you some early thoughts on Wartales, and now we're kicking things off with a brief look at Starship Troopers: Terran Command.

I'm a massive fan of the original '90s film (although the book was a bit highbrow for my sci-fi sensibilities), but even I recognise that its under-utilisation as an IP is mainly down to how unique that same film was. The bombastic score, the over-the-top characters and action, the fact that it didn't take itself too seriously... It's no wonder that subsequent attempts to bottle that magic have kind of fallen flat.

Enter Terran Command. It's the first Starship Troopers videogame since the 2012 mobile spin-off Starship Troopers: Invasion - Mobile Infantry, and before that there was the 2005 game simply called Starship Troopers. It's published by Slitherine and created by the same studio that brought you hardcore WWII war game Order of Battle. Let's set expectations early: based on the demo, this is easily the best Starship Troopers game ever, but that bar is pretty low, and this still may not tick all of the boxes.