There hasn’t been a first-person shooter set in the Starship Troopers universe since the 2005 PC game, but Offworld Industries is addressing that with its newest title, Starship Troopers: Extermination. Extermination supports 12-player co-op and is slated to come to PC in early access sometime in 2023. No console versions were announced.
While the teaser trailer only implies what the game’s tone will be and doesn’t have any gameplay, its Steam page goes into more detail. Offworld explained that the shooter will be in early access for about a year and launch with one large map — Valaka — and a roadmap.
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Player feedback will shape some of what Offworld plans for the game, but the team said it will add in new weapons, enemy types, bosses, class upgrades, progression achievements, vehicles, community events, encounter types, and customization options over the year. New planets were also implied, but not directly stated. The goal is to “begin ongoing planetary battles where the player can explore new items and enemies introduced in previous updates as an epic war breaks out” during development. Offworld said it also wants to increase the “complexity and ferocity” of its development cycle when it comes out early access.
The game itself will have up to 12 players working together to gather resources and complete missions in order to build and defend a base before extracting. There will be three playable classes — Assault, Support, and Defense —and each will have new weapons, equipment, and perks. Players can also build different facilities like walls, towers, and ammo stations and use the in-game ping system to communicate.
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It’ll launch with five enemy types and players can lower or heighten the difficulty to get a more fitting challenge. Offworld also noted that battles will be large and full of hundreds of aliens in order to “[deliver] the sense of an overwhelming planetary war.”