The tone and storyline of "Helldivers 2" are heavily inspired by the 1997 Paul Verhoeven movie "Starship Troopers". Humanity now lives under a "managed democracy" aka fascism in disguise, and there is a heavy coating of political satire draped over the whole thing.

A Helldivers 2 movie is in development from Sony and PlayStation. This popular game inspired by Starship Troopers will be an interesting film.

After Helldivers 2 went out in February 2024, Sony broke the PC release record set by God Of War in 2018. Sony Studios sold over 12 million copies of the game in three months, making it their most successful release.

The Until Dawn movie will have one character in the game appear in it, but aside from that, will feature a new plot and characters.

The third-person shooter burst onto the scene in February 2024, with screenshots of armor-clad shock troops fighting robots on a tropical-looking world that made many commenters liken the game to a kind of “Space Vietnam.

Helldivers is a prime candidate for adaptation, if you look at it from a business perspective. It was the only one of PlayStation’s recent live-service games to really take off