Helldivers 2 director Johan Pilestedt has commented on the “unimaginable” affect the squad-based shooter has seemingly had on the viewership of the 1997 sci-fi motion movie Starship Troopers.
Pilestedt shared a submit on X/Twitter displaying that Starship Troopers rose via the ranks from 109 to 45 because the “hottest film on-line” (ranked by engagement rating) as of February 17. The statistics offered are courtesy of Television Stats, a web site that tracks knowledge and shares efficiency metrics for varied titles.
That is unimaginable! https://t.co/UmreTNdMhj
— Pilestedt (@Pilestedt) February 19, 2024
Helldivers 2 grew to become accessible on PlayStation 5 and PC on February 8 and rapidly surpassed God of Battle to change into Sony’s largest ever recreation launch on Steam. It additionally instantly drew comparisons to Starship Troopers, the 1959 novel of the identical title and 1997 Paul Verhoeven movie adaptation, for its patriotic pageantry and alien bugs.
Because of this, Helldivers 2 and Starship Troopers have been sizzling subjects on social media over the previous week or so, with many discovering Starship Troopers once more (and even for the primary time) and giving credit score to Helldivers 2 for reigniting the discourse across the film, inflicting each titles to characteristic in the trending lists on X/Twitter.
Starship Troopers and Helldivers 2 each trending on the identical time.
😁👌 pic.twitter.com/gbjXYSCUM4— FF ADDICT (@Dasmesee1) February 17, 2024
Watching Starship Troopers tonight in honor of Helldivers 2.
I extremely advocate the 4k UHD, it seems to be nice! pic.twitter.com/aln7UZn0EU
— gameboyTV (@gameboyTTV) February 19, 2024
I’m seeing numerous love for Starship Troopers currently. I like it. Ought to in all probability thank Helldivers 2 for that xD pic.twitter.com/5XBIJGGlhc
— Raion (Low cost Comms open! 1/3 slots!) (@MattWilliamson9) February 19, 2024
This starship troopers discourse is wild and I’ve been having fun with Helldivers (after I can truly get a recreation) so I rebought the movie and watched it this afternoon.
Man it holds up, the units and cgi blows a lot of todays motion pictures out of the water. pic.twitter.com/RLMrpyu1uY
— Marius Gage (@ForMacragge) February 17, 2024
At all times love seeing a STARSHIP TROOPERS ressurgence in my timeline ;p
thanks, Helldivers. I like the artwork model of the sport from what I’ve seen pic.twitter.com/pj9nJR04tT
— Mike 🌴🌊 (@MikearoniGrill) (*2*)
The success of Helldivers 2 may give us a brand new Starship Troopers film! pic.twitter.com/LCrhX3nvOR
— Dennis N (@DennisN) February 15, 2024
I like the truth that Helldivers 2 has lit up my timeline with a bunch of Starship Troopers references 😭🙌 pic.twitter.com/4Nb8gNBk4M
— Brandon 🍜 (@daxbornn) February 17, 2024
Verhoeven’s adaptation of Robert Heinlein’s jingoistic outer house warfare epic confronted important backlash upon its launch in 1997, however the underrated flick gained a cult following in the years that adopted as audiences got here to understand it was rather more than a cool motion film about house marines combating house bugs.
It looks like lots of people are opting to observe Starship Troopers throughout their downtime from Helldivers 2, as gamers are struggling to get on-line to play the sport as a consequence of servers being at capability (and a few gamers refusing to log off). The builders have asserted they’re working across the clock to resolve these issues.
In our Helldivers 2 evaluate, we mentioned its “fight feels implausible, its missions keep recent and attention-grabbing, and its sensible development system does not nickel and dime you.”
Adele Ankers-Vary is a contract leisure author for IGN. You may observe her on X/Twitter @AdeleAnkers.