Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon to Include Local Co-op

In addition to the previously announced online co-op, players will be able to play with their friends via local co-op and save the earth together side-by-side.

For those with a taste for more firepower, players will be able to feast their eyes on over 300 weapons, which nearly doubles the weapons count from Earth Defense Force: 2017.  With a larger weapon count, the accessibility of these weapons increase with the reintroduction of weapon drops in every campaign.

Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon will be available in Spring 2011.

NEW FEATURES for Insect Armageddon

• Local co-op is being implemented via split screen
• The number of weapons has been increased from 150 to 300+ weapons!
• Re-introduced weapon drops in every campaign.

About Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon

Taking place in the fictional city of New Detroit, Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon is a completely new game developed by Vicious Cycle that takes on the concept of Earth Defense Force 2017 (Japanese Title “Earth Defense Force 3” developed by SANDLOT).  Insect Armageddon continues to follow the rich history of casual fun and addictive gameplay that made the franchise a cult classic.  Insect Armageddon also adds a new aspect to the Earth Defense Force series that was born in Japan, with additional elements for all EDF soldiers to experience.  Players can jump into Campaign mode via online co-op or grab a friend and battle locally against the insects and aliens across a completely destroyable city.  Every EDF soldier is armed with over 300 weapons and four upgradeable armor sets and engages in nonstop arcade action that is the fastest and deadliest in the series.  In addition, the game also features a six-player Survival mode that pits a human squad against a nonstop onslaught of the largest enemies the aliens have to offer.  New Detroit’s giant bug problem is unavoidable, and mankind’s last hope lies with the Earth Defense Force to defend the world from the insect swarm, even if it means blowing up the entire city as part of the extermination process.