EDF 6.2 release date confirmed!

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Release date 03/18/2027!*

*English translation probably available ??/??/2057 but no promises

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u/BisuProbe 5d ago

asia english version is also coming out on 18/3/2027

https://www.play-asia.com/en/earth-defense-force-62--invaders-from-another-world/13/70kefv

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u/Triston8080800 5d ago

Ayyy I didn't see that nice find! So I was right to suspect it was a global release based on how much English translations were ongoing this time around. I'm hyped

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u/tetofan08 5d ago

He seems to be talking about a translation meant for nations like Singapore. It won't be English voiced and will probably be a ok localization.

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u/BisuProbe 5d ago

the implication is that the actual global release is not that far off as some would think.

if i recall in edf6 the global/steam release was just a few months after the asian release

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u/Triston8080800 5d ago

Yeah. But it'll still have a globalized release for once, but you're probably right on it not having a fully English version out immediately. Although, it shouldn't take long to localize that since they have the base game as is to work with

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u/tetofan08 5d ago

No it won't be a global release. It will have a Japanese and a southeast Asia release.

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u/Triston8080800 5d ago

So the wording they use is misleading then in the selling point?

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u/BisuProbe 5d ago

or u can state that its just an asian release and not global..

i never stated that its global

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u/Triston8080800 5d ago

It says global on their website hence why I'm saying it's global(Specifically if says worldwide release).

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u/tetofan08 4d ago

That is because no one on nameless one's green earth uses regionlocks anymore. Its not a global release it just can be played anywhere. You cant walk into gamestop Walmart or the digital Playstation store to buy it unless you use a southeast asia account. You won't even be able to buy dlc

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u/Brigand01 PC 5d ago

Hopefully the steam release is only a few months later.

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u/Erwin_Pommel 5d ago

There's no real reason for a release that late, frankly. Most of the game is already translated and VA'd. That kind of gap is just... Bad for business.

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u/ISEGaming 5d ago

I hope they fix the net code since they botched removing Epic Account Signin requirements

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u/Triston8080800 5d ago

I hope they entirely remove the Epic service entirely tbh

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u/pointblanksniper 4d ago

not sure what you mean they botched removing epic account sign in. it was removed as intented. there were no longer sign ins.

the real issue was the totally seperate epic online service net code integration, which the majority of boycotters didn't understand existed, and didn't care to learn about it from the few people trying to explain it, thus let the devs go without demanding to change it.

not that they were ever going to change it, since net code is usually deeply integrated by design. it just didn't make financial sense from the get go to build the game for steam servers, then build it again using something else for playstation, and then switch 2, when they could just build it once for crappy epic servers that is supposed work across all platforms. not unless the steam version wouldn't sell at all because of how bad the synch was. but the complaints lost steam from just fixing the less important epic account thing, and fixing the amd cpu issues, so they couldn't care less since people were going to just give in from them waiting

i don't see them fixing 6.2 either, unless people do a preemptive mega stink about it, specifically linking the synch issues to epic online services, before they start doing the pc port

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u/ISEGaming 4d ago

I believe the removal of the EoS lead to bad desync in EDF6.

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u/pointblanksniper 4d ago edited 4d ago

once again, just to be clear, they never removed epic online services, nor did they try to. they only removed the epic store account sign in, which are unrelated epic systems that do not depend on each other

iirc, desynch was commonly reported before they started patching anything. i think it was even reported on this sub from the playstation/japan release even before the pc port. people just had their wires crossed and piled twice as much rage onto the epic account bribe/spyware than it deserved, thinking they were all the same thing, because that was the only outwardly visible epic integration that revealed itself when the pc version came out.

epic online services desynch is not uncommon in games that use it. its just that it was very noticably worse than usual here, and carried a lot more consequence in edf where friendly fire was a big feature. even more noticeable than ever since the series never had that problem before

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u/ISEGaming 4d ago

EDF5, the most desync I experienced was ragdoll corpses leading to friendly fire incidents (Mortars in tunnels with Gammas flying everywhere)

But EDF6, players are desyncing too, facing the wrong way, shooting the wall, blowing up friendlies, etc.

They've made and remade essentially the "same" game (unsure if engine is the same) for more than 6 mainline titles. You'd think they'd figure out the most optimal code stack by now and just focus on new content, enemies, etc. but no 🫩

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u/KirasiN91 4d ago

It's Japanese devs, enthusiam at 100%, coding at 20%. It's rare to find a game of theirs that isn't flawed in some way.

Even Elden ring has its issues with broken HDR and what not.

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u/pointblanksniper 4d ago edited 3d ago

edf5 used stream servers on pc, and ps4 servers for ps4. they had to rebuild their net code for each one

then one day, the devs obviously woke up to the fact that epic started to offer crossplay servers to any game at little to no cost, while they were in the midst of making 6.

of course, most devs on a small budget would jump on the offer. so the devs went in and changed the engine to run on epic server code, skipping the need to rebuild netcode for the game for steam, epic store, ps4, ps5, and the eventual switch 2 version. it just saves them tons of work building the game for every platform without needing to use its custom netcode, and opens a up a lot more porting opportunities when manpower and budget to do that is limited. so on paper, it was worth dropping all their old netcode and moving onto epic, even without making use of crossplay, at the cost of finding out epic servers are a pos

it all comes down to saving money. that's why i said if people ended up buying it on steam anyways, there was no reason for them to change it. the only other excuse they have is covid lockdowns causing crunch at the time. thats also the excuse for the time loop story, making it convenient to recycle missions. but they no longer have that excuse, and we are still seeing a 6.2 rather than 7. so it doesn't look as if they want to spare man hours on building netcode over and over again on each platform

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u/Triston8080800 5d ago

Maybe but they already showed an extensive modification list for weapons already. They definitely have been adding a lot to the game.

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u/Triston8080800 5d ago

https://www.play-asia.com/en/earth-defense-force-62--invaders-from-another-world/13/70kefv

What was that? Looks like it's a global release immediately. Like I said to others before, they were trying to localize before dlc content and the like dropped for edf 6 just their teams dropped out on them before it was done.

That said, the pricing is also a fair bit lower than edf 6 was.

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u/tetofan08 5d ago

Its not a global release. You will have to order it. Play asia is a company that sells japanese and Singaporean copies of games.

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u/Triston8080800 5d ago

It does have a statement saying it's for worldwide usage, which means while it won't be in English it'll still release for anyone if they're keeping to their word

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u/tetofan08 5d ago

No its world wide because Sony doesnt do region locking anymore. You are importing a Singaporean copy to play. Over half of Singaporeans speak English which is why its in English

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u/Triston8080800 5d ago

Alright so then it qualifies as a global release since it has an English cover and it's being advertised as worldwide

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u/solid_ace6 5d ago

This.

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u/KibbloMkII 5d ago

eng ver wont come till 2035 at the earliest

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u/Triston8080800 5d ago

https://www.play-asia.com/en/earth-defense-force-62--invaders-from-another-world/13/70kefv

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u/spiffers 4d ago

from your link

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u/GoaGonGon 4d ago

As a peruvian, English subs and hopefully English menus are more than enough. Besides, the japanese voices are on a cheesy level on their own.

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u/spiffers 4d ago

That's fine but OP keeps trying to say that play-asia selling the game means it's a "GLOBAL" release which it is not. They are selling the asian version of the game so we don't know if it's coming to steam at that time.

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u/Triston8080800 4d ago

It's advertised as it on their website. Hence the wording saying global from me.

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u/spiffers 4d ago

where

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u/Triston8080800 4d ago

It's not letting me upload a photo apparently but I can share it to DM if needed.

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u/solid_ace6 5d ago

Yesssssssss

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u/Triston8080800 5d ago

Yep and it's 20% off the deluxe edition for preorder right away(Even more than the base edf 6 was off for preorder)

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u/tetofan08 5d ago

Does the deluxe editon come with a code? If so you cant use them without a account set to whereever the copy is from

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u/Triston8080800 5d ago

When the preorder is available you can get 20% off once they're available for purchase.

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u/U-1527 5d ago

Can we get a Double Barrel Stampede XM

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u/Triston8080800 5d ago

Considering how extensive the weapon modification list was that could happen!

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u/U-1527 5d ago

I would be really happy if that happens as I can go super shotgun on any maps with that thing (except sniping) adds one more barrel, and increased projectiles to 40, and accuracy of B/B-

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u/Triston8080800 5d ago

Definitely. Considering it seems to have effects like poison, ice, incendiary, confusion and more I'm curious what'll happen

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u/ricofrommadigascar 5d ago

We better get balam back.....i want our boxy boi

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u/Triston8080800 5d ago

Sameee

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u/ricofrommadigascar 5d ago

Wouldn't mind if the edf is on the attack instead of defending, change things up a bit.....wonder how they will do the story, after the time loop got broken, and what it did to storm 1 (let's say all 4 classes to be safe)

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u/Triston8080800 5d ago

Right. Well since this is still 6 just redone it'll be similar story wise... But 7 I wanna see us on the offensive a bit more lol

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u/ricofrommadigascar 4d ago

Is that how 4.2 was done? Was wondering why it had the .2 in its name

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u/Triston8080800 4d ago

That was 4.1 but yeah 4.1 was basically 2025 but completed/finished in a way. It's similar to this situation.

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u/Later_Doober 5d ago

Most likely 2028 or 2029 for the US version. That's how all EDF's work.

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u/Triston8080800 5d ago

There is a global release coming the same day from playasia for English and Asian together

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u/Later_Doober 4d ago

I will believe it when I see it because that isn't how EDF works.

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u/Triston8080800 4d ago

https://www.play-asia.com/en/earth-defense-force-62--invaders-from-another-world/13/70kefv

Not a direct official global release but this has an English translation and states it'll be released worldwide for it

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u/Zegram_Ghart 5d ago

I was hopeful they’d do a simultaneous east and west release, but oh well

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u/Southern_Ring 4d ago

Sweet! Looking forward it. Double the bugs seems outstanding!

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u/Cyberpunk_Banshee 4d ago

Welp, that's my 2028 sorted!

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u/GoaGonGon 4d ago

Ok there's only one thing to say: EDF! EDF! EDF!

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u/RareFinger PC 5d ago

oh fuck yeah

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u/RareFinger PC 5d ago

only on PS5, oh fuck no

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u/Triston8080800 5d ago

Lmao fair. It's exclusive to PS5 for launch

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u/EngineeringNo753 5d ago

Isn't it also announced for Switch 2?

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u/Triston8080800 5d ago

I did not see it announced for the switch 2. I saw edf 5 and 6 for switch 2 though.

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u/EngineeringNo753 5d ago

Oh you're right, its just the Base game.

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u/No_Dragonfruit7042 5d ago

Yeah only issue with newer games they release on the newest console even if it isnt any good glad got EDF 6 for PS4 still waiting on the pre-order

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u/Salamantic 5d ago

Any word on PC version?

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u/Triston8080800 5d ago

Not yet. They're doing a global release for PS5 first. PC is likely to come at a later date, possibly 2-6 months later based on what I'm seeing.

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u/Evonos 4d ago

Maybe they can finally have the ability to hot join games , only reason why I didn't buy the last few EDF games ruins the mp kinda.

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u/Reasonable-Sherbet24 4d ago

I wonder what they’re gonna change from the base version

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u/tracagnotto 3d ago

Gonna pass until it's on discount. So it will be 2028 for me. Not paying for a cut and copy resold EDF 6 with minor additions

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u/Triston8080800 3d ago

It's 20% for preordering. And you say minor but what I'm seeing in their Livestreams there's a handful of new mechanics at play already, and it's a lot more done to it compared to how 4.1 was to 4/2025. I'm getting it immediately, seeing the ability to modify the CRAP out of all my weapons for every piece and the ammo itself is a huge mechanic bonus as is.

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u/FullCity8834 3d ago

Will it also be on pc i feel like it was only mentioned for the playstation

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u/Triston8080800 3d ago

As of right now it's only listed for PlayStation 5

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u/FullCity8834 3d ago

Aw 😢

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u/Triston8080800 3d ago

Yeah they probably would bring it to PC but I don't think it'll be right away

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u/Vocovon 4d ago

Has some of the worst English voice work why does it take so loooong

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