Starship Troopers: Extermination News

Casper Van Dien is loving the Starship Troopers renaissance but finds it mind-boggling some still take it at face value: 'My grandfather fought against the Nazis, and it's not a pro-war film—Everybody f***ing dies!'

Starship Troopers: Extermination has been in early access since last year and, buoyed by the success of Sony's similarly themed Helldivers 2, is coming in hot for a full October launch that among other things boasts the return of Casper Van Dien as Johnny Rico. Rico is the beating heart of the original movie's ensemble cast, has many of the finest lines, and is kind of the audience's anchor as director Paul Verhoeven blasts off on an excoriating drive-by about social control, war from the space grunt perspective, and man's inhumanity to… well, everything...
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Casper Van Dien says Helldivers 2 may be 'a good tribute' but now he's Johnny Rico again, and Starship Troopers fans better 'come in here and help us kill some damn bugs—Yeah!'

Helldivers 2 has been one of 2024's big hits, and found a huge audience ready to spread managed democracy across the galaxy. The game's setting has one inspiration above all others: Paul Verhoeven's film Starship Troopers, loosely based on the Robert Heinlein novel. The game is packed with references and tributes, and sparked some renewed interest in the movie, with even Casper Van Dien (main character Johnny Rico in Starship Troopers) calling it "really quite wonderful."..
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The official Starship Troopers co-op shooter has a full release date, Casper Van Dien, and a miraculous-sounding corpse pile-up system: 'No other game has been able to achieve persistent death at the scale we're doing'

In a flurry punch of announcements, rather good co-op bug-blaster Starship Troopers: Extermination has revealed that it's leaving behind early access and hitting its full 1.0 release on October 11, gaining a new singleplayer campaign mode in the transition, and that it's recruited Casper Van Dien—Mr "I'm from Buenos Aires and I say kill 'em all" from the original movie—to feature in it. Oh, and that you'll soon be able to kill enough bugs to literally change the terrain of the game's maps...
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Starship Trooper: Extermination Announces Casper Van Dien, Console and More!

Listen up, Troopers message incoming from the United Citizens Federation!

Offworld is excited to announce that during IGN Live we will be bringing Starship Troopers: Extermination to consoles on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X | S, set to launch on October 11th, 2024. This is an exciting entry into the console space for ST:E and our studio and will also mark us leaving Early Access and entering Full Release!

If you want to watch the IGN Live trailer you can catch it here!

That is not all that was announced during IGN Live! We’re proud to let the community know that Casper Van Dien, star of the original 1997 Starship Troopers film and the actor behind the iconic character Johnny Rico, will be making a grand return in Starship Troopers: Extermination.

Johnny Rico will be commanding the single-player game mode to be included in our 1.0 launch, alongside new enemies, locations and more. As for what players can expect from this experience, you’ll be tapped for an elite spec ops group within the Mobile Infantry. Players will find themselves following the orders of living legend General John “Johnny” Rico, testing their mettle against hordes of enemy Arachnids with the aid of three original NPC allies to prove themselves worthy of selection.

This new game mode is focused on providing a unique single-player experience. It offers 25 distinct missions and a variety of unique PvE combat scenarios across various environments, and we’re looking to follow up with a second chapter after the 1.0 launch. Additionally, in the coming weeks, We will share more information regarding Starship Troopers: Extermination—including details about the latest update.

At Offworld, we’re ecstatic and grateful to bring our work to the console community and to have the opportunity to work alongside such a titular character in the Starship Troopers universe. We hope you all can look forward to what Casper Van Dien will bring to Starship Troopers: Extermination as we continue our Early Access development journey.

Did you miss out and want to catch the full announcement? You can catch the entire IGN Livestream here!

If you haven’t yet, the Early Access edition of Starship Troopers: Extermination, as of Update 0.7.0, is currently available for $29.99 USD—a lower price point than it will be when it launches into 1.0. So gather some friends, enlist, and work together in the name of the Federation! The battle will be intense but as hardened warriors standing for all of humanity and the United Citizen Federation’s Mobile Infantry, leave no inch of ground safe for the Arachnids!

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Need help finding like-minded troopers on our quest against the Bug Menace? Or maybe you’d like to follow our development of ST:E? Well, we welcome all to join our ST:E Community Discord!

That’s all we have to share in this transmission. We hope you’re just as excited as we are about the news. But until then, troopers, remember:

[h2]THE ONLY GOOD BUG IS A DEAD BUG![/h2]

Helldivers 2 rival sets Steam 1.0 launch with new single-player mode

There aren't many games that scratch the Helldivers 2 itch right now, apart from that selfsame co-op shooter of course. The chaotic, gruesome, and fascist parody aspects of Arrowhead's smash hit didn't just come out of nowhere though. The Robert A. Heinlein novel, and later 1997 film, are a clear inspiration for the galactic war against bugs - and now the PvE shooter that preceded Helldivers 2, Starship Troopers Extermination, is finally coming to Steam 1.0.

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