- We’re now Steam Deck Verified alongside our bug-blasting patch - 4 May 2026
For those on their path to citizenship, the Federation salutes you! Our latest patch brings various bug fixes, optimizations and tweaks, alongside changes that mean Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War! is now officially Steam Deck verified!We’ve seen all of you fighting back against the Arachnids, and our FedDev-approved team has been working alongside, to make sure our patch helps to improve battlefield performance!Whether you’re taking to the fight on the big screen or putting the mobile in Mobile Infantry, the Federation thanks each and every one of you for your service! In today’s deployment you can find:AdditionAdded a new secret for speed-running TroopersFixesImprovements to NPC AI to avoid them becoming stuck inside or under walls and floors (predominantly for the Assassin Bug)Violin achievement altered to allow the player to collect without having to lose healthGuided missiles n…
- Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War review - 16 April 2026
There's a vision for combat in Ultimate Bug War that you can make out from a distance, but never comes into focus. Spray and pray weapons with what should be a stiflingly small ammunition capacity are often more than a match for Bug War's generally low enemy density. The iconic warrior bugs don't swarm with anywhere near the intensity seen in the film, and rarely do the other subspecies of arachnid work in tandem to overwhelm the player. There's a perfunctory reload mechanic a la Gears of War that allows one to cut down their reload time by half, but rarely did I find myself in a teeth-gritting, life or death situation... Read more.
- Polish regional pricing adjustment - 27 March 2026
Hey there Troopers! We've taken a look over regional pricing and have adjusted costs for Polish zł! The Federation salutes your hunger for service, and we are doing what we can to make sure all Troopers have the opportunity to earn Citizenship!From our launch pricing, FedDev have reduced the base Polish zł price of Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War! by 20% as standard. Remember - Service GUARANTEES Citizenship.Deploy NOW on SteamAnd don’t forget to follow official platforms, including our Federal developers, Auroch Digital and Dotemu. They’re doing their part. Are you? X (Twitter): Facebook: https://facebook.com/UltimateBugWar Auroch Digital: Dotemu:
- It’s Time to Do Your Part! Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War! Launches NOW! - 16 March 2026
Form up, Troopers. We’re going to WAR! Would you like to know more?Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War! releases today, and the Federation expects YOU to do your part, and sign up now with the mighty Mobile Infantry. The team of developers at Auroch Digital and Dotemu - overseen by FedDev - have been working tirelessly, to ensure all aspiring Citizens have a chance to make a difference.We’re proud of the work we’ve completed with Federal oversight - to deliver the most realistic depiction of war ever made. But of course, we couldn’t have done it without our fine Mobile Infantry Troopers, who have already been doing their part on the front line.We thank you all for your service so far - but it’s not over, Troopers. The fight for humanity’s future is only just beginning. We have the ships. We have the weapons. We need Soldiers. Soldiers like General Johnny Rico. Soldiers like Major Sammy…
- Starship Troopers Ultimate Bug War makes me wish more games had FMV cutscenes - 16 March 2026
Starship Troopers is a film about some 90210-types who slowly get morphed into intergalactic fascists and dead-eyed instruments of war. There are bugs and zero empathy. It is soaked in satire and has the subtlety of a brick through your window, and Starship Troopers Ultimate Bug War manages to turn that dial up a little more. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: New Starship Troopers FPS transforms Helldivers 2 into a '90s boomer shooter, and you can play a demo right now
- Everybody fights, no-one goes AFK in Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War, the new FPS from the makers of Warhammer 40K Boltgun - 16 March 2026
Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War is out today on PC. It's another licensed retro first-person shooter from Auroch Digital, the creators of Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun . It casts you as a Mobile Infantry soldier wrassling with the Arachnids on a bunch of human colonies, including a seaside resort planet that reminds me of Halo: Combat Evolved . In general, the game caters to a slightly more recent era of graphicsability than the Doom-ish Boltgun, with boxy weapons and enemies that have me dreaming of the early polygonal 3D period, a few years before the brownification of action games set in. Think heyday of MDK and Turok. Read more
- Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War! Review - 16 March 2026
Video game history is rife with disappointing movie adaptations. As a general rule, a game that shares a title with a film is almost guaranteed to be a garbage-tier cash grab. So too is anything with the words “ Starship Troopers ” in the title, made after 1997. For a studio to produce an exception, all they need to do is make something adequate. When I previewed Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War last month, I was mildly shocked. It wasn’t just adequate — it was pretty good. I came away expecting a solid, story-light retro shooter that tone-matches Paul Verhoeven’s satirical masterpiece. It had everything a fan could want: hordes of arachnids to explode into glorious pixelated bursts of rainbow-colored ooze; swelling orchestral music to complement the patriotic battle cries and death rattles of my teammates; Casper Van Dien in battle dress uniform. What I appreciated most was that it…
- Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War! Review - 16 March 2026
Video game history is rife with disappointing movie adaptations. As a general rule, a game that shares a title with a film is almost guaranteed to be a garbage-tier cash grab. So too is anything with the words “ Starship Troopers ” in the title, made after 1997. For a studio to produce an exception, all they need to do is make something adequate. When I previewed Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War last month, I was mildly shocked. It wasn’t just adequate — it was pretty good. I came away expecting a solid, story-light retro shooter that tone-matches Paul Verhoeven’s satirical masterpiece. It had everything a fan could want: hordes of arachnids to explode into glorious pixelated bursts of rainbow-colored ooze; swelling orchestral music to complement the patriotic battle cries and death rattles of my teammates; Casper Van Dien in battle dress uniform. What I appreciated most was that it…
- For the First Time EVER, Bug Mode Allows You to Fight as the Arachnid Menace! - 3 March 2026
To fight the Bug, we must understand the Bug - We can ill afford another Klendathu! For the first time in history, Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War! will let you experience the fight as our opponent - the Arachnid menace.Our teams - fully supported by FedDev and Games & Theory - are proud to announce our evolutionary Bug Mode - an advancement which will allow our Troopers to experience the battle from the Arachnid side - and the better we understand the Bug, the better we can kill the Bug.The Federation knows how hard our Troopers are working to deliver a brighter tomorrow. So Bug Mode will be included for ALL Troopers who join the fight in Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War!. We expect the best, and we give the best for our Citizens!Meet the Assassin Bug! - The newly-discovered Assassin Bug provides a formidable new foe on the battlefield. With the ability to change between three d…
- Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War! Zegema Beach Demo Trailer - 23 February 2026
Are you doing your part? We’re calling on all aspiring Citizens to heed General Johnny Rico’s call, and sign up NOW for the epitome of Federal Armed Services training, before Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War! deploys to all release platforms on March 16th. Join the fight now and throughout Steam Next Fest, in the Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War! Demo. But that’s not all we’re asking of you, Troopers! True Citizens don’t just join the battle, they let FedDev know what they think of the experience! Immerse yourself in the Federation’s latest simulation - you’ll swear you’re on Zegema Beach yourself. Sign up with the mighty Mobile Infantry in Operation Razorwire - your very own trial by fire! Enjoy a free trip to paradise, but don’t forget, you’ve still got a job to do, Trooper! Take on the mantle of leadership as you choose when to tackle each objective, and discover an expansive B…
- The Federation is Deploying a Bug-Blasting Patch for Our Demo - 17 February 2026
We’ll keep fighting, and we’ll win! Today FedDev is releasing a patch to cover some of the issues you’ve been facing on the front lines of Zegema Beach. We’re proud to have seen so many of you deploying in our immersive training simulation, with the Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War! Demo available NOW on Steam.But no battle plan survives first contact with the Arachnid enemy! Our teams have been doing their part to make these bugs a thing of the past. We have some fixes deploying to Zegema Beach right now, including:AI Troopers will make more effort to stand behind you, reducing (but not eliminating) the risk of friendly fireAI Troopers will now focus their fire (where possible) on any enemy which you are fighting at or tauntingAI Troopers included in your squad will also follow you more closely (while in follow mode), meaning they are better able to provide supportThe Q key can now…
- Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War gets a satisfying demo and release date - 13 February 2026
The retro single-player FPS Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War! has a demo available on Steam and it's going to release March 16th. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/starship-troopers-ultimate-bug-war-gets-a-satisfying-demo-and-release-date/
- I played the new demo for the upcoming Starship Troopers boomer shooter and accidentally wiped out 6 of my own guys when I bounced a grenade off someone's head - 11 February 2026
I sometimes have trouble keeping track of all the different Starship Troopers games out there, but the upcoming Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War stands out for a couple reasons. One, it's being made by Auroch Digital, developer of the very excellent Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun , and two, there's now a demo on Steam so you can get into the bug hunt action (and take your first step toward citizenship) for free, right now... Read more.
- New Starship Troopers FPS transforms Helldivers 2 into a '90s boomer shooter, and you can play a demo right now - 11 February 2026
Helldivers 2 was a fantastic surprise that elevated the bug-blasting genre to new heights. I loved Arrowhead's top-down original, but its escalation into a full-scale 3D shooter absolutely blew me away, keeping everything that made the first special. With that said, what I've seen of Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War makes a similarly strong first impression. Its more stylized, retro boomer-shooter aesthetics feel like I've been teleported to a world where Helldivers 2 came out in the late '90s, but at a level of scale and spectacle that would have been impossible at the time. Read the rest of the story...
- The Federation Delivers! Find a New Gameplay Trailer, Demo and Release Date! - 11 February 2026
Sign up now, Troopers - the fight for the future of humanity begins with YOU as Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War! prepares to deploy on March 16th 2026! The pristine beaches of Zegema Beach are waiting for aspiring Citizens to join the fight. Even now, our Troopers are striving to save this Federation-sculpted paradise from the Arachnid menace with an immersive demo available NOW! Would you like to know more? For the first time we’re bringing you approved footage live from the Battlefield!The Mobile Infantry is the best place to learn the true difference between a civilian and a Citizen. Now, with our FedDev-approved Demo, you can find out if you have what it takes from the comfort of your own quarters.Drop into the action as Major Samantha “Sammy” Dietz, with Operation Razorwire. Experience the First Bug War as she did, as you liberate the idyllic shores of Zegema Beach, backed by t…
- Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War! Hands-On Preview — A Boot Stomping Return To Form - 11 February 2026
Apparently, the Starship Troopers franchise is complicated. It’s an over-the-top, tongue-in-cheek action series about fascist space marines exploding bugs. One would think creating sequels and spin-offs would be easy wins, and that a game adaptation would be a layup. Instead, the IP’s history is an embarrassing parade of flops that has nearly exhausted its nostalgic goodwill. Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War is here to change that. This week, we were given early access to the demo for Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War , an FPS retro shooter from throwback aficionados Auroch Digital. After spending an hour completing the demo and another hour immediately playing it again, I can say with confidence: I think we’re back. The Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War preview was short, just a single mission, but even this quick glimpse delivered a more authentic hit of Verhoevenian ultra-viol…
- Meet the Federation’s Latest Secret Weapon - 28 January 2026
Strap in Troopers, it’s time to join Federation legend General Johnny Rico and get to know our latest hero, Major Samantha “Sammy” Dietz. Meet the Major for the first time ever and learn more about the battles that await in Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War! In her first ever appearance, Major Sammy Dietz is here to take you behind the scenes of the most realistic depiction of war that’s ever been seen. Follow this exclusive interview, hosted by General Johnny Rico himself, and find out how you can do your part to help the war effort!Step into Major Dietz’s boots as she embarks on her journey to Citizenship! Enlist in the Mobile Infantry and join the fight on the front lines of Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War!Our special thanks to Federation Citizen Charlotta Mohlin for bringing Major Samantha Dietz to the screen.Are you doing your part? Wishlist NOW, and stay tuned for Federal co…
- Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War! Do Your Part - Wishlist Now! - 4 December 2025
\ Are you thinking about starting on the road to Citizenship? Overseen by the United Citizen Federation itself, Auroch Digital and Dotemu are proud to unveil Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War! Deploying early 2026 for Steam, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch 2! What are you waiting for, Troopers? Do you want to live forever?! General Johnny Rico is back, and he’s calling on you to do your part! Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War! Delivers fast-paced first-person, retro warfare. Authentic retro FPS experience - lead your squads through epic battlefields in a solo campaign packed with missions, secrets and (of course) BUGS! Devastating anti-bug arsenal - bringing over 30 iconic weapons and items, from the classic Morita to mechs, nukes and more Sharply loyal story - delivering a unique and original story honoring the Federation commitment to save humanity Video and aud…
