Global Defence Force
| Global Defence Force | |
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European PlayStation 2 box art | |
| 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 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. It was later released in Europe by Essential Games, the brand created by D3 Publisher to publish Simple 2000 series games in Europe.
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.
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. A port of Earth Defense Force 2 was released for the Nintendo Switch in Japan in July 2021.