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D3 Publisher
D3 Publisher is developing Girls und Panzer: All-Star Tank Carnival for Nintendo Switch 2 with a 2027 release window, and its Earth Defense Force 6.2 stage event ran at Tokyo Game Show 2026. The company also announced Dream Club ZERO R+ for 2027 and a SideM console game for Switch and Switch 2.
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Oct 15
D3 Publisher's recent slate is built on returning series. On October 9, 2026, the company announced Girls und Panzer: All-Star Tank Carnival for Nintendo Switch 2, a Sensha-do action game with a 2027 release window and an undecided price. Staff from Girls und Panzer: Dream Tank Match, which launched for PlayStation 4 in February 2018 and later on Switch, are participating. The game keeps the drifting tank action and adds online battles for up to 10 participants, plus a recreation of Oarai that players explore as protagonist Miho Nishizumi.
Earth Defense Force carried the company's Tokyo Game Show 2026 presence. The booth in Hall5 05-C03 featured trial stations for three EDF titles: the PlayStation 5 game Earth Defense Force 6.2 INVADERS FROM ANOTHER WORLD, Earth Defense Force 5 for Nintendo Switch 2 releasing October 8, and Earth Defense Force 6 for Nintendo Switch 2 due this winter. Earth Defense Force 6.2 was announced on August 25 for PlayStation 5 in 2027, with a weapon customization system and a new mushroom-type enemy. At the September 20 stage event, series producer Nobuyuki Okajima retreated from a mission, then cleared it after equipping a freezing-round rocket launcher and an incendiary-round assault rifle.
Two other announcements round out the period. Dream Club ZERO R+, a port of the 2011 Xbox 360 romance simulation Dream Club ZERO, is scheduled for 2027 with platforms unannounced; it adds three new host girls and new illustrations by returning character designer Haruyuki Morisawa. A console game for Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 was announced alongside the Idolm@ster SideM film opening November 20, an adventure game where the player schedules 16 units and 49 idols.
Key facts
- Girls und Panzer: All-Star Tank Carnival platform
- Nintendo Switch 2, release window 2027, price undecided ↗
- Girls und Panzer: All-Star Tank Carnival online battles
- Up to 10 participants, each choosing their own tank and crew combination ↗
- Earth Defense Force 6.2 platform and window
- PlayStation 5, 2027, price undecided ↗
- Earth Defense Force 6.2 enemy count
- Increased to approximately double the original at maximum ↗
- Earth Defense Force 6.2 stage event
- Nobuyuki Okajima appeared with voice actors Kana Yuki and Chinami Hashimoto on September 20 ↗
- Earth Defense Force 5 for Nintendo Switch 2 release
- October 8, 2026, at 3,980 yen for physical and download versions ↗
- D3 Publisher Tokyo Game Show 2026 booth
- Hall5 05-C03, with trial stations for three Earth Defense Force titles ↗
- Dream Club ZERO R+ release
- Scheduled for 2027, platforms unannounced ↗
- Dream Club ZERO R+ additions
- Three new host girls and newly drawn character illustrations, with Haruyuki Morisawa returning as character designer ↗
- Idolm@ster SideM console game
- Adventure game for Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 where the player schedules 16 units and 49 idols ↗
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- Confirmed D3 Publisher produces THE iDOLM@STER SideM Sep 14 · source
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Oct 9
D3 Publisher announced on October 9, 2026 that it is developing Girls und Panzer: All-Star Tank Carnival, a Sensha-do action game for the Nintendo Switch 2. The release window is sometime in 2027, and the price is undecided. Staff who worked on Girls und Panzer: Dream Tank Match, which launched for the PlayStation 4 in February 2018 and later on the Switch, are participating in development. The game keeps the drifting tank action from that title while improving graphics and presentation. Players operate tanks in matches and can explore a recreation of Oarai alongside protagonist Miho Nishizumi, walking the town or driving the Panzer IV. Talking to friends in various locations triggers game-original quests that lead into matches. Online battles support up to 10 participants, with players choosing their own tank and crew combination. A trailer is streaming. The announcement came alongside a separate smartphone game from G Holdings titled Girls und Panzer: Bokosuka Rush.
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 20
D3 Publisher announced Dream Club ZERO R+ during the Dream Club ZERO 15th Anniversary Talk stage event at Tokyo Game Show 2026 on September 20, 2026. The game is scheduled for release in 2027, with platforms still unannounced. Dream Club ZERO R+ is a port of Dream Club ZERO, the romance simulation game originally released for Xbox 360 in 2011. The port adds three new host girls and features newly drawn character illustrations. Haruyuki Morisawa returns as character designer. The original Dream Club ZERO is set five months before the first Dream Club, in a members-only social club that only those with a pure heart may enter. Players take part-time jobs on weekdays to earn money and request their preferred host girl on weekends, with conversation, food and drinks, and karaoke. Automaton notes the announcement did not specify what the R+ suffix refers to.
Sep 13
The Idolm@ster SideM franchise announced a film, Gekijō-ban Idolm@ster SideM F@ntastic Battle Fes ~Who goes first~, opening in Japan on November 20. Bandai Namco Entertainment is planning and presenting it, with Takanori Urui directing at hotarubi / SIKAKU. D3 Publisher and Bandai Namco also announced a console game for Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, an adventure game where the player schedules 16 units and 49 idols.
Aug 28
D3 Publisher announced its exhibition plans for Tokyo Game Show 2026, running September 17-21 at Makuhari Messe. The company's booth, Hall5 05-C03, will feature trial stations for three Earth Defense Force titles, including the PlayStation 5 game 'Earth Defense Force 6.2 INVADERS FROM ANOTHER WORLD.' Visitors can also try 'Earth Defense Force 5 for Nintendo Switch 2,' releasing October 8, and 'Earth Defense Force 6 for Nintendo Switch 2,' due this winter. The booth stage will host events introducing new titles, with live streams on YouTube and Niconico Douga. Details on event content and schedules will be posted on D3 Publisher's and Earth Defense Force's official X accounts, plus a dedicated TGS2026 special site. The announcement trailer is available on YouTube. The company also opened a special site for the event. The trial corner highlights the series' signature feature of battling overwhelming enemy numbers, with partial weapon customization available in the PS5 title.
Aug 26
D3 Publisher announced on August 25 that Earth Defense Force 6.2 INVADERS FROM ANOTHER WORLD, a powered-up version of Earth Defense Force 6, will launch for PlayStation 5 in 2027. The price is undecided. The game is a major renewal of the 2022 title, modified to take advantage of PS5 specifications with visual evolution and new elements. The number of enemies has been increased to approximately double that of the original at maximum, which sources describe as the largest swarm in series history. More than half of the existing missions have been renewed, and enemies that previously appeared only in Earth Defense Force 6's additional DLC will now appear in the main game. A weapon customization system has been added, allowing players to obtain enhancement devices from item boxes dropped by defeated enemies, such as custom bullets that add a burning effect to assault rifles or rocket rounds with a freezing effect. A new species of giant mushroom-shaped enemies has also been revealed, with mushroom towns serving as stages. The game will be playable at the D3 Publisher booth at Tokyo Game Show 2026, held from September 17 to 21 at Makuhari Messe, where part of the weapon customization experience will be available.
Aug 21
D3 Publisher announced on August 21 that the D3P WEB SHOP store bonus DLC for Earth Defense Force 5 for Nintendo Switch 2 will include the special weapon "Digiboku EDF Decoy," usable by Ranger and Air Raider. The decoy projects digital EDF soldiers to protect the player. The game releases October 8, 2026, at 3,980 yen for both physical and download versions. A D3P WEB SHOP Limited Pack with an acrylic diorama sells for 6,480 yen.