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Earth Defense Force

Earth Defense Force, known in Japan as Chikyū Bōeigun (Japanese: 地球防衛軍; lit. Earth Defense Forces), is a third-person shooter video game series created by Sandlot, originating as an offshoot of D3 Publisher's Simple series. As of 2024, it consists of eleven entries with six main installments, developed and published by various companies since 2003. The…

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Publisher
D3 Publisher
Composers
Masafumi Takada · Jun Fukuda
Developers
Sandlot (2003–present) · thinkArts (2006) · Vicious Cycle Software (2011) · Esquadra (2016) · Clouds Inc. (2017)
First release
Monster Attack June 26, 2003
Genres
Third-person shooter, strategy
Latest release
Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2 September 26, 2024

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Earth Defense Force

Nodes89
Edges88
Triples42
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.022472
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Earth Defense Force

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related to Premise · 10
Earth Defense Force → Colonists, Cosmonauts, Earth, EDF, However, Primers, Ravagers, Several, The, The Ravagers
Developers · 6
Earth Defense Force → Clouds Inc. (2017), Esquadra (2016), Sandlot (2003–present), thinkArts (2006), Vicious Cycle Software (2011), Yuke's (2019, 2020, 2024)
related to Reception · 6
Earth Defense Force → Despite, Game Informer, It's, Joe Juba, Sandlot, Though James Stephanie Sterling
Composers · 2
Earth Defense Force → Jun Fukuda, Masafumi Takada
First release · 1
Earth Defense Force → Monster Attack June 26, 2003
Genres · 1
Earth Defense Force → Third-person shooter, strategy
Latest release · 1
Earth Defense Force → Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2 September 26, 2024
Platforms · 1
Earth Defense Force → PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3, Windows, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5
Publisher · 1
Earth Defense Force → D3 Publisher

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Earth Defense ForceComposersMasafumi Takada1.00infobox
Earth Defense ForceComposersJun Fukuda1.00infobox
Earth Defense ForceDevelopersSandlot (2003–present)1.00infobox
Earth Defense ForceDevelopersthinkArts (2006)1.00infobox
Earth Defense ForceDevelopersVicious Cycle Software (2011)1.00infobox
Earth Defense ForceDevelopersEsquadra (2016)1.00infobox
Earth Defense ForceDevelopersClouds Inc. (2017)1.00infobox
Earth Defense ForceDevelopersYuke's (2019, 2020, 2024)1.00infobox
Earth Defense ForceFirst releaseMonster Attack June 26, 20031.00infobox
Earth Defense ForceGenresThird-person shooter, strategy1.00infobox
Earth Defense ForceLatest releaseEarth Defense Force: World Brothers 2 September 26, 20241.00infobox
Earth Defense ForcePlatformsPlayStation 2, Xbox 360, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3, Windows, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 51.00infobox
Earth Defense ForcePublisherD3 Publisher1.00infobox

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