Starship Troopers enlist date

By Corey Brotherson Published 11 August, 2005

Demo fired up too.

A release date has been shot out for Empire Interactive and Strangelite's first-person shooter, Starship Troopers, with news of a playable demo on its way too.

The PC game, based on the 1997 movie (which itself is based, albeit tenuously, on the 1959 sci-fi novel) will get a full launch for retail inspection in the UK on October 26th, with a playable demo lined-up in a few short weeks - September 1st being mooted.

Empire currently says the demo will be single-player, although will confirm this and more details soon, so you can continue your daydream of stepping into Johnny Rico's bug-splattered shoes just that little bit longer. We'd do 'im.

Comments (14) Latest comment 7 years ago

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  • prettyboytim #1 7 years ago

    If you want some bug-splatting action before then, have a go at the 'Antlion Troopers Deuce' mod for Half-Life 2...

    Requires a pretty shit-hot machine, though.

    BUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGS!

  • The-Bodybuilder #2 7 years ago

    Halo?

  • Teeth #3 7 years ago

    "Halo?"

    Halo, nice to meet you.

  • deaner #4 7 years ago

    The original Starship Troopers licence PC strategy title (2001?) was surprisingly good.

    Would you like to know more?

  • statix101 #5 7 years ago

    This will be awful, British dev's and FPS dont really mix....and yes i include those POS Timesplitter 1,2.

  • Chtulie #6 7 years ago

    Don't forget the 3'd in that series, and there's Perfect Dark and Goldeneye for FPS by british dev's, sureply proof that they don't mix, right.

  • Lothar Hex #7 7 years ago

    I heard this was also coming to Xbox? Is that true?

  • Genji #8 7 years ago

    HL2 totally ripped off the antlion swarming thing from Troopers. I hope this can do better - I loved the movie. Hopefully they'll keep the Nazi subtexts in there.

  • deaner #9 7 years ago

    Everything is a rip-off of everything.

  • Lost_in_Darkness #10 7 years ago

    check out some of the gameplay vids over at Gamespot.
    bare in mind some are over a year old, but overall looks very impressive. can't wait to give this baby a turn. always loved the idea of starship troopers.

  • Xerx3s #11 7 years ago

    "Don't forget the 3'd in that series, and there's Perfect Dark and Goldeneye for FPS by british dev's, sureply proof that they don't mix, right." - Yer joking right? GE & PD are some of the best console shooters ever.

  • Genji #12 7 years ago

    "Everything is a rip-off of everything."

    Granted, but this seemed pretty blatant to me. Even the design of the antlions was frighteningly similar to the Bugs.

    Of course, I might be biased because that was my least favourite level in HL2. I don't mind that it's derivative so much, as long as it isn't long and boring. Stupid... platform... jumping.

  • kangarootoo #13 7 years ago

    There was a PC game out some years back (like nearly 10 years I think). I was thinking it was called Hardwar, but that was some Elite type thing. Similar title.

    Anyway, it was a 3rd person bttle game. Huge planetscape areas, loads of troops on both sides, alien bug like enemy. I remember thinking at the time that has a good ST feel to it. Lots of legging about, gunfire whizzing past you as other skirmishes take place around you.

    Anyone who can remind me of the title can have a free day off work (just tell your boss I said it was OK).

  • Taximan #14 7 years ago

    That'd be Outwars, wouldn't it?