D3 Publisher surely has taken its sweet time bringing Earth Defense Force 5, but a late game is certainly better than no game, and today we finally know when we'll be able to play it in English.

The crazy Starship Troopers-like action game will launch in North America on December 11th, just in time for some Holiday alien-slaughtering.

The game will launch only on PS4, and it'll be available in standard and digital deluxe editions if you want some extra goodies.

If you want to see more about the game, you can check out the latest trailer.

Interestingly, the next game of the series Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain has also been announced for the west with a 2019 release window. If you're curious about it, you can enjoy an earlier batch of screenshots showing the new human faction and more (just don’t if you’re arachnophobic), the latest trailer, and some raw gameplay on PS4.