The war begins as Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War! arrives

The battle against the bugs has never looked more 90s. Dotemu and Auroch Digital’s Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War! is here.

Starship Troopers launches into action

We haven’t played it yet, but we’re digging the look of Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War! big time. Is it the Starship Troopers game that fans might’ve wanted back in the 90s? Could be, as when the original film debuted back in 1997 the pickings were slim.

Even though that era was arguably the most popular time for the property, publishers just didn’t pick up on it. We can’t remember any games honestly, but a quick Google search shows that some did make it to out. There was a pinball title in the arcades, plus a strategy game for the PC, and an AOL online game. And uh, that’s… well, that’s kind of it.

Here in the modern era though, there’s more to choose from with multiple titles taking advantage of the Starship Troopers name. That said though, there’s one among those games that actually revels in the 90s decades of that film. As you can see from the headline, that would be the aforementioned Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War!. As retro first-person shooters go to, this one’s got a heck of a pedigree.

From Dotemu and Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun developer Auroch Digital, this new game looks to be a retro feast. Set on a series of battlefields, the game features a brand new heroine, plus “open-ended battlezones”. It’s on those that players will wage war against multiple types of vile bugs, and rescue fellow troops from a grizzly end.

And again, all of that is done in a retro style that looks pretty darn slick.

The United Citizen Federation calls on you and Earth’s most valiant heroes to take up arms in the retro-inspired FPS Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War! today, to protect humanity’s continued dominance throughout the galaxy. Published by Dotemu (MARVEL Cosmic Invasion) and developed by Auroch Digital (Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun), Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War!’s exhilarating action boasts all-out battles against ruthless alien insects threatening peace and prosperity across the stars. Enlist for the frontlines and purchase Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War! before March 24 to earn a 20% discount from the $24.99 price on PC, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.

Dotemu press release