Starship Troopers: Continuum brings the hit sci-fi franchise to VR with a co-op shooter, arriving subsequent month on Quest and PSVR 2.
Beforehand teased final week, Starship Troopers: Continuum marks the most recent collaboration between XR Video games and Sony Photos Digital Actuality (SPVR) following Zombieland: Headshot Fever Reloaded. Set 25 years after the Battle of Klendathu within the 1997 movie with Casper Van Dien returning as Johnny Rico, Continuum options three-player on-line co-op with an choice for solo gameplay.
With the battle between the Federation and the Arachnid reaching a impasse, you play as a ‘PsyCommander’ who can make the most of superior psychic powers and progressively unlock extra powers through perks. You’ll be able to management Troopers to rank them up and hold them alive, whereas selling them to citizenship earns bonuses and advances your powers quicker. Boss battles towards Tankers, Plasmas, “and one thing new” are additionally promised.
Continuum is not the primary Starship Troopers sport we have lately seen. Although it is the primary entry to succeed in VR platforms, there’s been a rising push for brand spanking new variations. Final yr noticed the early entry launch of 16-player co-op FPS Starship Troopers: Extermination on flatscreen platforms, whereas Starship Troopers: Terran Command is an RTS sport solely launched on PC.
Starship Troopers: Continuum arrives on October 17 for the Meta Quest platform, adopted by PlayStation VR2 on October 31. XR Video games knowledgeable UploadVR that there aren’t any plans for a Steam launch.