Sandlot and D3 Publisher released a new trailer announcing that Earth Defense Force 6 will finally be making a worldwide debut sometime in Spring 2024. The game originally released in Japan back in 2022. At the time, it experienced a strong launch week. The companies also released DLC featuring Hololive Vtubers as deployable decoys.
The worldwide announcement trailer begins with a news broadcast before shifting to what appears to be an in-universe propaganda video filled with the series’ trademark campy dialogue and numberless hordes of enemies. Gameplay footage in the latter half of the trailer shows off the game’s more muted and gravelly color palette as soldiers fight amongst the ruins of a ravaged Earth.
You can watch the full trailer below:
Not including the Yuke’s-developed spin off games Iron Rain and World Brothers, the last mainline EDF game to release in the West was Earth Defense Force 5. It debuted in 2019, also two years after the Japanese release.
The new game takes place three years after the events of Earth Defense Force 5 and will put players in the boots of soldiers defending the Earth from invading aliens and their swarms of mutant insects. Four classes will return from the previous games: the adaptable Ranger, the mobile Wing Diver, the heavily armored Fencer and reconfigured Air Raider.
Earth Defense Force 6 is scheduled for a Western release in Spring 2024 for the PC, PS4, and PS5. The game is already available in Japan.
