Fans of the series trademark bug squashing, alien killing and robot recycling with destructible environments will be overjoyed to learn that Earth Defense Force 5 will finally be releasing on December 11, 2018 in the west as recently revealed by D3 Publisher at Tokyo Game Show 2018.
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It comes in both Standard and Deluxe Edition and will be available for pre-order now via the PlayStation Store.
Standard edition will come with the following:
- Earth Defense Force 5 Theme
- Pure Decoy Launcher 16 variation sets- for dancing and singing in battle
- Volcanic Cracker- has wing diver weapon by the start
- Powered Exoskeleton Nix: Gold Coat: A commander machine brimming in gold coat
If that doesn’t stoke your excitement enough, the Deluxe Edition will come with additional items such as:
- EDF5 Theme
- Decoy Launcher
- Star Burst
- 12 variations of additional weapons and arms; boosting troops power
- 2 mission pack from extra challenge to super challenge
All DLC is expected to released by March 2019 and fans can enjoy all the mayhem with 2 player co-op only on the PlayStation 4.