Last week, the developers at Offworld, in collaboration with publisher Knights Peak, announced tons of new bugs (of the exoskeleton-toting variety) and fixed bugs (of a glitchy persuasion) in Starship Troopers: Extermination patch 1.6, which is available now!
This “Critical Strike” patch marks a major step forward in the fight against the Arachnid menace. Starship Troopers: Extermination features a new, reworked Bugs Spawning System, new equipment, new game mode – Critical Strike, and much more!
With update 1.6, Starship Troopers: Extermination introduces a brand new game mode: Critical Strike. This is the first new mode added to the game since its release in October 2024.
Federation scans have picked up large reserves of Archigeon deep underground after meteor strikes have hit remote areas on both Valaka and Agni Prime. Only the best of the best will be tasked with marching headfirst into bug territory to retrieve it. Troopers will fight separated from their other squads and pave a path through these undocumented areas, pushing through swarms of bugs to claim the Archnigeon for the Federation!
Four Squads. Four separate drop zones. One mission: reach the meteorite site, regroup, and rearm. Troopers must stay sharp—this zone is crawling with the biggest bugs the Arachnids have to offer, and they’re attacking in full force.
Key Features of Starship Troopers: Extermination’s Update 1.6 include:
- Brand-New Bug Spawning System: This system completely replaces our previous spawning setup, offering improved scalability, predictability, and creative flexibility moving forward.
- Bug Holes: Volatile hotspots emerging across contested planets in the galaxy. These active nests are a growing threat, and it’ll be up to you and your squad to locate and neutralize them.
- M55 Nuke Power Weapon: Players get a new nuclear-level weapon at their disposal – M-55. It should provide them with proper support in erasing bugs from existence. The enemy is evolving, and so must we.
- Overall Upgrades: Bug fixes and quality of life improvements.
Inspired by the Starship Troopers movie, Starship Troopers: Extermination is an action-packed co-op FPS where players join the Deep Space Vanguard to fight non-stop Arachnid hordes across hostile planets. Developed by Offworld, the game launched in Early Access on May 17, 2023, with its full release on October 11, 2024, for PC via Steam, Epic Games Store, and the Offworld shop, and for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.