Initiated by Paul Verhoeven and since declined in works of very uneven quality, the Starship Troopers franchise will return next year in video games, in a cooperative FPS where you will have to clean up the ranks of the arachnids.
After Paul Verhoeven’s brilliant coup, unfortunately very misunderstood when it was released but has since become widely cult, Starship Troopers has continued to be wrung out over the years with a series of films, including in animated form. And even a brief series, also animated, between 1999 and 2000. Alas, none of these works came close to the enjoyable game of massacre orchestrated by the violent Dutchman.
Never mind, the license will soon be back in video games, with Starship Troopers: Extermination. Developed by the Offworld Industries studio and expected for next year, it is a cooperative FPS playable up to 12. The goal being, as you will have understood, to clean up the ranks of creatures franchise arachnids.
Evolving in squads, players will have to choose from three classes: assault, defense and support. It will be necessary to collect resources in order to build and fortify the bases of operations from which the assaults will be launched… Or receive them, in strong Alamo mode. And hold until the extraction. Suffice to say that if these assaults are carried out by enemy waves as gigantic as in the first film, the title promises some sweats.
Considering the Pedigree of the license, it seems to sound pretty good on paper. To see controller (or keyboard) in hand.
Here is the Teaser accompanying the announcement…