Following the closure of Homefront developer Kaos Studio, publisher THQ has announced that Crysis creator Crytek will be developing the sequel to the shooter.
Posts Tagged ‘Homefront’
Crytek Developing Homefront Sequel
Tuesday, September 20th, 2011Homefront 2 Emerges from the Ashes of its Predecessor
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011Sequels have become a major part of the industry this generation, largely due to the costly investment of developing a new IP. Games like Uncharted and LittleBigPlanet have warranted their sequels with strong global reception, but it isn’t always the successful games that get the sequels.
Homefront is Where the Patches Are…Or Are They?
Thursday, April 14th, 2011Almost exactly one month after Homefront‘s release on the PlayStation 3, Kaos Studios has submitted an update patch to Sony for testing. While specifics on the patch are vague, the patch should fix some common problems that have emerged on Homefront‘s online multiplayer, including lag, freezing, and even disconnections.
First Homefront Patch Is Live
Thursday, March 17th, 2011THQ’s newest first person shooter, Homefront, has received rather mixed reviews due to the short campaign and disappointing plot – including one from us. There are also various major bugs that plague the multiplayer, but THQ is attempting to correct these with it’s first patch. But does the patch actually fix the biggest problems within [...]
PS3 Review – Homefront
Thursday, March 17th, 2011Home is where the “meh” is…
Homefront Dev Confident Homefront is Worth Your Money
Thursday, March 17th, 2011Homefront has been the subject of some controversy lately. After much hype and a heavy marketing push, followed by complains of a short campaign and mediocre review scores, THQ’s stocks took a dive by 25%. Despite the negative press, Homefront still managed to sell 375,000 units on its first day. Now, developers Kaos Studios is [...]
Homefront Sells More Than Killzone 3; 375,000 Day One Sales
Thursday, March 17th, 2011THQ had been so confident of Kaos Studios’ Homefront that they made it their most marketed title in the publisher’s history. Gamers slated the title’s chances of success citing the reason to be that the game is a complete copy from other first-person shooters. Yesterday, it was unveiled that THQ’s shares had taken a drop [...]
Homefront Receives Cold Shoulders as THQ Suffers Dramatically
Wednesday, March 16th, 2011THQ’s Homefront has remained a hot topic from before to after its release. The outrageous plot, overdone advertising, and developer-inspired hype have all played a part in making it the center of attention for months now. That isn’t to say it was bound to be successful, and if current trends are indicative of its impact, [...]
PlayStation Release Horizon – Week of March 14, 2011
Monday, March 14th, 2011Spring kicks off with a bang on the PlayStation 3 as THQ’s highly anticipated take on the first person shooter genre, Homefront, finally hits this week, along with Move compatible tennis title Top Spin 4 and Sega’s western release of Yakuza 4. The PlayStation Portable on the other hand, has a rather light line-up, with [...]
Homefront Gets New Multiplayer Trailer
Monday, March 14th, 2011It was recently unveiled — much to gamers (and first-person shooter fans in particular) despair — that THQ and Kaos Studios forthcoming shooter, Homefront, would be only 5 hours long in regards to the shooter’s campaigngn length. However, publisher THQ has also put a heavy emphasis on the game’s multiplayer component and are confident it [...]
Homefront Trophies Revealed
Saturday, March 12th, 2011THQ’s Homefront is looking to change the perception of first person shooters when it is released next week. Both THQ and Kaos Studios are hoping that they can redefine the genre as a whole by taking aim at your emotions within the game. Recently though, the short campaign length was revealed, which was a negative [...]
Homefront Campaign Lacking In Length
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011Fans of the first person shooter genre have been anxiously awaiting the title from THQ and Kaos Studios, Homefront. The game is trying to take gamers where all other shooters have not, and that is home. The motto for the game is “Home is where the war is“. The problem being is that the single [...]
Homefront Multiplayer Trailer Unleashed
Friday, March 4th, 2011Publisher THQ has certainly gone to great lengths to hype and promote their soon-to-be-released shooter, Homefront. From saying it’ll be a direct competitor to the big players currently in the market to stating the shooter does things differently in the first-person shooter genre, the company is putting all its weight behind the title. Luckily for [...]
Homefront Becomes THQ’s Most Pre-Ordered Title Ever
Friday, March 4th, 2011With a plot written by Red Dawn author and Apocalypse Now co-author, John Milius, Kaos Studios’ Homefront aims to spice up the first person shooter genre with a game that actually has a gripping plot, and that will stimulate your emotions – although probably not to a great enough degree to please David Cage. It [...]
Homefront Attacks New York City with a Sizable Advertisement
Friday, February 25th, 2011The invasion is almost here; Homefront is coming with its scheduled release date next month. Don’t like it? Too bad. THQ is forcing its will upon us with advertisements on our home turf.
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