Tag: Earth Defense Force
News Earth Defense Force 6 Heads West on PS5, PS4 This July
PS Plus members get a 10% discount
D3 has confirmed it'll be bringing Earth Defense Force 6 to Western shores on PS5, PS4 from 24th July 2024, just shy of two years after its original Japanese release. A tongue-in-cheek news bulletin trailer has been posted online to mark the update and pre-orders are live on the PS Store now. The release date means...
News Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2 Brings More Blocky Chaos to PS5, PS4 in September
A new threat looms
Did you play Earth Defense Force: World Brothers? A block-based take on the long-running series, the 2021 release was a blast — especially in co-op with a friend or two. And now, its previously announced sequel — the suitably titled Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2 — has a launch date. It's bringing mission-based chaos...
News Earth Defense Force 6 Delays Its PS5, PS4 Invasion to Summer 2024 in the West
Hold the line
The next instalment in D3 Publisher's insane Earth Defense Force series, Earth Defense Force 6, has been hit with a delay here in the West. Previously, the madcap shooter was locked in for the 14th March, but now it's targeting a somewhat vague summer 2024 launch. A bit of a shame, seeing as the game's been out in Japan since 2022!...
News Earth Defense Force 6 Calls In a March 2024 Western Release on PS5, PS4
EDF! EDF! EDF!
It's almost time once again to protect our planet from those dastardly alien bugs. Earth Defense Force 6 has been out in Japan since August 2022, but its localised Western release was confirmed for 2024. Now, we finally have a firm release date — the game arrives on PS5 and PS4 on 14th March, 2024. This is another co-op shooter in...
News Earth Defense Force 6 Is Finally Coming West in 2024
EDF! EDF! EDF!
The next instalment in D3Publisher's long-running Earth Defense Force series has been available in Japan for well over a year, but Western fans of the bug-blasting shooter can finally look forward to checking it out too. The company has at last revealed when we can expect it to head our way — Earth Defense Force 6 is launching on...
News Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2 Will Be a Bug Squashing Sequel on PS5, PS4
EDF! EDF! EDF!
Earth Defense Force: World Brothers released for PS4 back in 2020, and made its way West in 2021. It was a character-collecting spinoff that provided hours of mission-based entertainment, all wrapped up in eye-catching voxel visuals. It was great fun either alone or in co-op with friends, and now, a sequel has been officially...
News Earth Defense Force 6 Japanese Ad Is Somehow More Absurd Than the Game
Globehead
Ah, Earth Defense Force. What a series. What a concept. It's difficult to grow tired of the property's ridiculousness, and the latest instalment — Earth Defense Force 6 — is just days away from launch on PS5 and PS4 in Japan. EDF 6 has looked like typically dumb fun in its latest gameplay trailers, but who needs those when you've got...
Buggin' out
We've always been big fans of Earth Defense Force here at Push Square (we've lost track of how many times we've used "EDF! EDF! EDF!" as an article tagline). The meme-worthy series has been around for a while at this point, and it's about to reach a whole new level of absurdity with Earth Defense Force: World Brothers, which launches for...
News Earth Defense Force: World Brothers Brings Block-Based Bugs to PS4 in May
EDF! EDF! EDF!
Earth Defense Force will return to the front lines next month. The latest entry in D3Publisher's hysterical series is Earth Defense Force: World Brothers, which boasts a block-based, 'voxel' art style. This is still the EDF that we know and love, but it's set in a much more colourful world. It looks like a ton of fun in the gameplay...
News Earth Defense Force: World Brothers Is a Peculiar Spin-Off Coming to PS4 Next Year
Enemies approaching
We thought that Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain got the classic bug-battling franchise very much back on track, but it looks like D3Publisher now wants to take it down another route. Visually that is at the very least. Earth Defense Force: World Brothers is the latest entry in the series and it's coming to PlayStation 4 next year...
News Earth Defense Force 6 Announced, Brings Bug-Blasting Chaos to Japan in 2021
EDF! EDF! EDF!
Once again, the world finds itself on the brink of destruction. Four years after the events of Earth Defense Force 5, the bugs are back, and that can only mean one thing: it's time for a sequel. Earth Defense Force 6 has just been announced, and it's heading to Japan in 2021. Will it be a PlayStation 5 game? We don't know. No...
News Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain Introduces a Competitive Multiplayer Mode
The bugs ain't enough
Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain will have a competitive multiplayer mode -- a first for the series. It's been said numerous times now that the upcoming title is a lot more "Western focused", so adding such a component is perhaps a further attempt at appealing to players outside of Japan. The multiplayer mode itself is...
News More 'Realistic' Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain Invades the West on PS4 in April
Enough of your ant-ics
Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain is the next chaotic shooter from one of Japan's jankiest properties. With a slightly altered graphical style and a more serious tone (well, not entirely), Iron Rain is a "realistic" take on blowing giant ants to bits with laser beams. The gist of it is that this is still Earth Defense Force as...
News Earth Defense Force 4.1 Shmup Wings It to PS4
But only in North America for now
Spin-off shmup Earth Defense Force 4.1: Wingdiver The Shooter has stealth launched in North America for $19.99. Originally available in Japan, the title flew to Steam in April, but now can be purchased on the PlayStation 4. “Players will step into the shoes of a soldier in Pale Team, an elite branch of the...
News EDF! EDF! EDF! Will Bug the West This Year
Earth Defense Force 5 coming soon
Earth Defense Force 5 will ham up the PlayStation 4 this year. The game – which is already available in Japan – popped up on Sony’s official YouTube channel earlier this week, with a “coming soon” notice. It’s yet to be officially confirmed by D3 Publisher, but pre-orders are live on the North American...
TGS 2017 Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain Is a Different Kind of EDF
Ant beater
Earth Defense Force is best known for its B-movie production values, as the melodramatic Earth Defense Force 5 trailer we posted earlier demonstrates. But another instalment is on the way courtesy of Yuke’s Media Creations: Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain. To us, this looks like a more mature, more pol
TGS 2017 Earth Defense Force 5 Brings Its Special Brand of Jank to PS4 on 7th December
EDF! EDF! EDF
There were two Earth Defense Force games shown during Sony’s TGS 2017 press conference, but lets start with the janky one, shall we? D3 Publisher has announced that Earth Defense Force 5 will plunge framerates with low-quality assets from 7th December in Japan. Again, there’s no word on a Western release date just yet, but we’d...
TGS 2016 Earth Defense Force 5 Looks Suitably Ridiculous on PS4
EDF! EDF! EDF!
The Push Square office erupted into chants of "EDF! EDF! EDF!" earlier today when Earth Defense Force 5's existence was confirmed at Sony's Tokyo Game Show 2016 press conference. The title's first trailer is exactly what you'd expect: stupidly oversized bugs, utter chaos, and more clipping than your eyes can handle. The game launches...
News EDF! EDF! EDF! Save the Day on PS4, Vita Next Month
More monsters, more fun
B-movie bug busters Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair and Earth Defense Force 2: Invaders from Planet Space are looking to be released on 12th February in Europe. Earth Defence Force 2 will be hitting Vita consoles in Europe, which is considered a late release since it was distributed in North America during...
News Earth Defense Force Brings Big Bugs to Europe
PS4 and Vita titles creeping overseas
You can't quite beat the appeal of a plunging framerate as billions of bugs infest your high definition display, so we come bearing good news for our European readers: Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair will crawl into the Old World later this year on the PlayStation 4. The game was already...
News Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair Brings Buggy Slideshows to PS4
EDF! EDF! EDF!
Earth Defense Force's eternal appeal will always be its less-than-stellar presentation. We're not sure whether we find XSEED Games' promise of better performance in the forthcoming PlayStation 4 instalment Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair appealing or not, then – but having read similar pledges for previous...
News Earth Defense Force 4.1 on PS4 Manages to Cram Even More Madness on Your Screen
Utter chaos
Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair, an enhanced re-release of the PlayStation 3's Earth Defense Force 2025, launches in just over a week in its native Japan, but we've got a new nine minute trailer to bolster your hype levels as we wait patiently for a Western release date. As you can imagine, the chaotic shooter looks...
Review Earth Defense Force 2025 (PlayStation 3)
Alien ant harm
The biggest bugs in Earth Defense Force 2025 are not the iconic silver-backed ants that grace its outrageously ostentatious box art. The latest entry in Sandlot’s cult co-operative shooter series is a technical disaster, running a gamut of performance blunders larger than its colossal robotic adversaries. However, franchise fans...
News Earth Defense Force 2025 Deploys Explosive New Screenshots
Pacific grim
We're now in 2025 with Sandlot's follow up to Earth Defense Force 2017 and not only are we being invaded by giant insects, it seems that spiders and dragons have joined in as well. Players will have to defend our big blue marble once again while avoiding webs, aliens, and Jaeger-style robots. The ridiculous Earth Defense Force 2025 is...
