Earth Defense Force 6.2 INVADERS FROM ANOTHER WORLD is in development for PlayStation 5 with a 2027 launch and an undecided price. It was playable at Tokyo Game Show 2026, where staged play and a hands-on preview concentrated on the weapon customization system.
D3 Publisher announced Earth Defense Force 6.2 INVADERS FROM ANOTHER WORLD on August 25, a powered-up version of Earth Defense Force 6 arriving on PlayStation 5 in 2027. The price is undecided. One story describes it as the first powered-up entry with decimal numbering in the series in 11 years, following Earth Defense Force 4.1 THE SHADOW OF NEW DESPAIR for PlayStation 4 in 2015.
The announced scope: enemy counts roughly doubled at maximum, more than half of the existing missions renewed, and enemies that previously appeared only in Earth Defense Force 6's additional DLC folded into the main game. A new species of giant mushroom-shaped enemies was revealed, and mushroom towns appear as stages. The weapon customization system lets players collect enhancement devices from item boxes dropped by defeated enemies, including custom bullets that add a burning effect to assault rifles and rocket rounds with a freezing effect.
At Tokyo Game Show 2026, held from September 17 to 21 at Makuhari Messe, distributor trial tickets for the D3P booth ended at 10:28 AM on September 19, and that sellout was among the later ones that morning. Series producer Nobuyuki Okajima played a mission on stage on September 20, retreating partway through and then clearing it after equipping a freezing-round rocket launcher and an incendiary-round assault rifle through customization. A separate 10-minute hands-on covered rifles accepting parts across bullets, magazine, sight, barrel, underbarrel, muzzle, receiver, grip, and stock, with more than 10 ammo types including incendiary, panic, and plague rounds.
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Oct 8
A 10-minute hands-on with Earth Defense Force 6.2 INVADERS FROM ANOTHER WORLD at Tokyo Game Show 2026 focused on weapon customization. Rifles accept parts across bullets, magazine, sight, barrel, underbarrel, muzzle, receiver, grip, and stock, with more than 10 ammo types including incendiary, panic, and plague rounds. Stacking parts on a grenade launcher changed it into a different weapon entirely. The preview flagged one concern: the customization screen shows performance changes only as text.
Sep 20
D3 Publisher held an Earth Defense Force 6.2 stage event at Tokyo Game Show 2026 on September 20. Series producer Nobuyuki Okajima appeared with voice actors Kana Yuki and Chinami Hashimoto. Okajima played a mission live and retreated partway through, then cleared it after equipping a freezing-round rocket launcher and an incendiary-round assault rifle through customization. Okajima also showed combat against a newly appearing mushroom-type enemy.
Sep 19
At Tokyo Game Show 2026, held at Makuhari Messe and TKP Tokyo Bay Makuhari Hall, trial play tickets for several titles ended distribution on September 19, per the official X accounts of each title. Final Fantasy VII Revelation used a numbered ticket system for safety reasons, and distribution for the day closed at 9:24 AM once the planned number was reached. Persona 4 Revival tickets at the Sega/Atlus booth ended at 9:34 AM. Earth Defense Force 6.2 tickets at the D3P booth appeared to end at 10:28 AM. Distribution also ended for Final Fantasy Resonance, Romancing SaGa 3 Destiny United, STRANGER THAN HEAVEN, Ace Combat 8, GUNDAM ROGUE ORBIT, Yu-Gi-Oh! TAG FORCE GX, and others. Social media posts included 'Already over!?' and 'So it's one of those that you can't make even with a opening dash.'