EDF! EDF! EDF! If you’re hungry for more horde shooters where you shoot bugs with military jingoism vibes, you’re in luck. D3Publisher is finally bringing developer Sandlot’s game Earth Defense Force 6 worldwide with an English release.
EDF 6 released in 2022 in Japan, featuring a collaboration with select VTubers from Hololive Productions. The English release in North America and Europe will do so as well featuring three gals from the Hololive English branch (Takanashi Kiara, Gawr Gura and Irys) as part of the “EDF’s soldier recruitment decoys”.
(In Asia, the three VTubers available as a pre-order bonus are Shirakami Fubuki, Nakiri Ayame and Ookami Mio- three other VTubers from Hololive.)
The trailer is chock full of propaganda to entice you to sign up as part of the EDF (they have VTubers!), and it even opens up with a montage of the poor soldiers ragdolling in the heat of battle.
With Helldivers 2 being a sensation right now, D3 have waited for the right time to bring EDF 6 to the worldwide audience.
Earth Defense Force 6 is set directly after the events of the previous game, Earth Defense Force 5. In this game, you pick a class (Ranger, Air Raider, Wing Diver, and Fencer) each with different abilities and defend Earth against the many alien creatures. The game has hundreds of missions and supports two-player co-op split-screen and four-player online co-op.
Earth Defense Force 6 will be out on July 25 for PS4, PS5 and PC (Steam).