Earth Defense Force 5 - Playstation 4

Earth Defense Force 5 is the fifth main installment, and the eighth game in the video game series. Developed by and published by , the game was released for the in Japan on December 7, 2017. The game was released simultaneously in the United States, Europe, China, and South Korea on December 11, 2018, as a digital exclusive for the PlayStation 4. Earth Defense Force 5 departs from the continuity established by and , and is set in a new continuity where the Earth Defense Force is a private military corporation and sees action for the first time in the year 2022.

Earth Defense Force 5 follows the same gameplay style as the previous 4.1. At the start of the game, the player cannot select the difficulties Hardest or Inferno, however this becomes unlocked after beating the game once. Unlike 4.1 however, some missions now contain pre-placed vehicles, normally being civilian vehicles that the player can occupy.

The single player campaign features 110 missions, the highest number of any EDF game to date (not counting DLC). Some missions now contain story elements to follow, such as Mission 1, where the player receives training of the game's controls from an EDF Ranger. Other levels require the player to follow a certain squad of soldiers in order to progress through the mission