Grab your Vita to save Earth from aliens wielding giant ants, mechas, UFOs and other menacing monstrosities in Earth Defense Force 2017 Portable.

Earth Defense Force 2017 Portable is out for the PlayStation Vita today, and D3 Publisher have released a launch trailer for the game.

Giant ants and mecha dinosaurs are stomping on to Vita in just a few weeks. D3Publisher announced Earth Defense Force 2017 Portable will be available on January 8 as a $39.99 digital download via PlayStation Network.

…but none of them were the #1 seller. That honour went to SD Gundam G Generation Overworld.

Earth Defense Force 3 Portable for the PlayStation Vita is headed to North America, D3 Publisher have revealed.

Not sure if this will help sell more copies the Vita version, but seeing Tokusatsu style giant ants spraying acid on people is kind of awesome.

While D3 Publisher slave away on Earth Defense Force 4, this week will see the release of Earth Defense Force 3 Portable in Japan.

D3 Publisher’s booth is half Dream Club and half Earth Defense Force. Right next to the kiosks fro Earth Defense Force 3 Portable, there’s this awesome Lego diorama.

D3 Publisher is upgrading Earth Defense Force 2017 with four player support for Earth Defense Force 3 Portable. The PlayStation Vita version lets you blast giant bugs with friends either through an ad-hoc connection or online.

New footage of Earth Defense Force 3 Portable on the PlayStation Vita shows cooperative and battle multiplayer modes.

OK, so Earth Defense Force isn’t getting the Onechanbara treatment with a feature film, but it will get a live action… umm… commercial for Earth Defense Force 3 Portable.

D3 Publisher is adding quite a bit of content into Earth Defense Force 3 Portable. The PlayStation Vita port of Earth Defense Force 2017 has a new mission called the Darkness of Gold where you have to shoot gold plated ants that spit acid at you.

A new EDF unit is flying into Earth Defense Force 3 Portable. The PlayStation Vita port of Earth Defense Force 2017 includes the female trooper with a jetpack from Earth Defense Force 2 as a playable character.

The Reverse Drone launches nanomachines at the allies on the battlefield frontline. Nanomachines heal players, which allows one player to be a healer, if they want.