Jun 23
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Alongside the boring, brownish Earth Defense Force 6, D3 Publisher today announced Earth Defense Force: World…
Jun 23
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Earth Defense Force 6 has been announced on a teaser site. It’s slated for 2021 in Japan, and it has giant bugs. Of…
Apr 11 2019
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The battle against giant alien insects intensifies in Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain, out today for the PlayStation 4. It’s a different sort of EDF game, more intense, more difficult and more personal, thanks to its new character creation system. You can watch Kotaku Dot Com’s Tim Rogers play the game right here.
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Mar 27 2019
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Sandlot’s Earth Defense Force series is about generic soldiers fighting hordes of poorly animated insects. Earth…
Dec 11 2018
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Sep 22 2017
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For years, the Earth Defense Force games have been compared to B-films. They’re fun, campy, and gleefully stupid.…
Sep 19 2017
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A new Earth Defense Force game has been announced. Titled Earth Defense Force Iron Rain, it is slated for a 2018 release in Japan.
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Jun 15 2017
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Earth Defense Force 5 has been delayed. D3 Publisher changed the Japanese release date from “summer 2017" to simply “2017.” The reason given is to improve the game’s quality. No word yet on an international release.
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Sep 26 2016
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As pointed out on NeoGAF, the invading giant ants and spiders in Earth Defense Force 5 are called “immigrants.”
Sep 15 2016
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The guns. The jumping. The giant bugs. I’ve always enjoyed the Earth Defense Force games. They’re goofy, silly, and…
Sep 13 2016
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Will the Earth ever be free of the giant insect alien menace of the purposefully-schlock Earth Defense Force series?…
Jul 14 2016
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Earth Defense Force, the sci-fi action series known primarily for having big bugs and a terrible frame rate, is coming to the PC via Steam on July 18. The PC version is Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair and features an English dub for the first time. (And presumably a decent frame rate, too.)
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Dec 8 2015
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They don’t always need to be thoughtful big-budget blockbusters. As Sandlot’s Earth Defense Force series has proven…
Nov 26 2014
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PS4 title Earth Defense Force 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair was supposed to be released next February in Japan. It has been delayed to April 2 "due to various circumstances," according to Famitsu.
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Nov 11 2014
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Since the time gaming began, there have been budget titles alongside the blockbuster games we all know and love.…
Sep 20 2014
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Part of Earth Defense Force's charm is its low-budget feel. So, what's this? A PS4 version of Earth Defense Force…
Feb 24 2014
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Sep 9 2013
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Today in Tokyo, D3 Publisher announced that a new Earth Defense Force game is in development for the PS4. Note that this is not the Xbox 360/PS3 title Earth Defense Force 2025, which is already out in Japan and will hit the West in February, but a completely new game. Read more
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Jun 14 2013
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As sure as the sun will come up tomorrow, there will always be a new Earth Defense Force game to look forward to.…
Nov 1 2012
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The Earth Defense Force has its array of various enemies-giant ants, spiders, UFOs, robots, etc. In terms of player…