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.

A new Earth Defense Force game has been announced. Titled Earth Defense Force Iron Rain, it is slated for a 2018 release in Japan. 

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. 

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.)

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.

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.

Defend the Earth with these Earth Defense Force goods, available on the DP3 webshop.