| Earth Defense Force 2017 | |
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 North American Xbox 360 box art | |
| Developer(s) | Sandlot |
| Publisher(s) | D3 Publisher |
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| Producer(s) |
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| Designer(s) | Takehiro Honma |
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| Series | Earth Defense Force |
| Platform(s) | Xbox 360, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch |
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| Genre(s) | Third-person shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Earth Defense Force 2017[a] is a third-person shooter developed by Sandlot, and published by D3 Publisher, for the Xbox 360. It is the follow-up to Global Defence Force, and is the first game in the Earth Defense Force series (as well as the first game based on D3's Simple series of budget games) to be released in North America. Earth Defense Force 3 was the best selling Games on Demand game in Japan for 2009.[1] The game was released on the PlayStation Vita in Japan on 27 September 2012.[2] It was released digital-only in North America on January 8, 2013[3] and in the PAL region on January 16, 2013.[4] A port of the game was released for the Nintendo Switch in Japan on October 14, 2021.[5][6]
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- ^ Gilbert, Ben (January 6, 2010). "Japan's Xbox Live stats indicate proneness to Japanese-developed games". Engadget (Joystiq). Retrieved July 4, 2017.
- ^ Spencer (June 25, 2012). "Giant Ants Infesting PlayStation Vita In September With Earth Defense Force". Siliconera.
- ^ Takahashi, Miki (December 20, 2012). "Earth Defense Force 2017 Portable Invades PS Vita January 8th". PlayStation Blog. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
- ^ Cook, Dave (December 20, 2012). "Earth Defence Force 2017 Portable dated, new screens released". VG247. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
- ^ Romano, Sal (April 26, 2021). "Earth Defense Force 2: Invaders from Planet Space and Earth Defense Force 2017 coming to Switch". Gematsu. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
- ^ Romano, Sal (July 27, 2021). "Earth Defense Force 2017 for Switch launches October 14 in Japan". Gematsu. Retrieved July 30, 2021.