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Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War! intro’s heroine Major Dietz

A throwback FPS from Dotemu and developer Auroch Digital, Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War! features a brand new soldier.

Are you doing your part for the Bug War?

Johnny Rico is back, but this time he’s leading the fight as a General. So if that’s the case, then who’s the star of Dotemu and Auroch Digital’s upcoming retro first-person shooter, Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War!? Well, as it happens, that’d be an all-new character called Major Samantha “Sammy” Dietz.

Dietz is no new coming to the fight against the menacing bugs. Though it should also be added that this new title will be her first appearance in Starship Troopers lore. Players will don her boots in a series of large-scale, “open area battlefields”, as she rips into the invading insects.

Not that that’s all she’ll be doing. Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War! seems like it’s set to offer multiple objectives, along with an arsenal to get the job done with. And yes, that’ll include Mecha’s, a staple from the books that we didn’t see in the famous original film.

Check out the new trailer below, to catch a glimpse of some of the action, as well as see actress  Charlotta Mohlin bringing Major Dietz to life.

Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War!’s open area battlefields empower you to choose your path through warfare. Explore large-scale environments to discover opportunities to defend zones from onslaughts, dynamite towering bugs and rescue fellow soldiers from an untimely end to their service. With secrets lurking in every stage as well as unlockable firepower and pilotable on-field mecha, you’ll have the Federation’s full support as you clash with a horrifying array of close-range, flying and tanklike warriors ready to tear you from limb to limb.

Relive Dietz’s storied career as you annihilate the Arachnids on their familiar home world of Klendathu, journeying to all new worlds like Planet P and beyond in Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War!’s streamlined single player campaign. Wield a devastating arsenal of 14 weapons (including the iconic Morita rifle), 11 Tactical Supports and a Mech vehicle in a gloriously gory 3D pixelated combat simulation as you spread liberation across the galaxy.

Dotemu press release

Ready to take on the bugs? Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War! is set to arrive for the PC, Nintendo Switch 2, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S some time soon. There’s no official release date just yet, but Dotemu says to expect it early this year.

About Jason Micciche

Jason's been knee deep in videogames since he was but a lad. Cutting his teeth on the pixely glory that was the Atari 2600, he's been hack'n'slashing and shoot'em'uping ever since. Mainly an FPS and action guy, Jason enjoys the occasional well crafted title from every genre.

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