Global Defence Force | |
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Developer(s) | Sandlot |
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Director(s) | Takehiro Honma Toshio Noguchi |
Producer(s) | Nobuyuki Okajima |
Programmer(s) | Toshio Noguchi Nobuo Fujii |
Artist(s) | Masatsugu Igarashi |
Composer(s) | Masafumi Takada Jun Fukuda |
Series | Earth Defense Force |
Platform(s) | PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch |
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Genre(s) | Third-person shooter |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Global Defence Force[a] is a 2005 third-person shooter video game developed by Sandlot for the PlayStation 2. It was originally published as The Chikyū Bōeigun 2 in Japan by D3 Publisher, as volume 81 of the Simple 2000 series of budget games.[2] It was later released in Europe by Essential Games, the brand created by D3 Publisher to publish Simple 2000 series games in Europe.[3]
Players assume the role of a member of the Earth Defense Force and fight giant insects and other enemies who have invaded Earth from outer space.[4]
A PlayStation Portable version of the game, titled Earth Defense Forces 2 Portable, was released on April 7, 2011 in Japan. A PlayStation Vita version, titled Earth Defense Force 2: Invaders from Planet Space (known in Japan as Earth Defense Forces 2 Portable V2), was released for the first time in North America by Xseed Games in December 2015.[5][6] A port of Earth Defense Force 2 was released for the Nintendo Switch in Japan in July 2021.[7]
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