Homefront 2 being developed by Crytek

[TranceVance]

A New Homefront is Coming and the People Who Made Far Cry Are Making It

The folks behind Crysis and Far Cry have teamed up with THQ to work on the next Homefront, the publisher said this morning.

The game isn't due out for another 1 1/2 to 2 years, the company said in a press release.

"We see Homefront as a really strong universe that has a lot of potential and that has been expertly created and marketed by THQ," said Cevat Yerli, Founder, CEO and President of Crytek. "We believe that bringing our level of quality, creativity and production values to the next Homefront title creates an opportunity for both THQ and Crytek to deliver a truly blockbuster game. It's really important to us that THQ has the faith in giving us a lot of creative freedom over one of its most important properties to allow us to bring the Homefront world to life in a new and innovative way."

Homefront, which hit earlier this year to mixed reviews, took place during a future America occupied by North Korean forces. The game featured brutal portrayals of an occupied country in the year 2027. The game ended on a bit of a cliffhanger, with rebel forces taking back part of the country, but with still much to do.

THQ says Homefront was a commercial success and that the "yet-to-be-named sequel" is scheduled for release during THQ's fiscal 2014 on console and PC. THQ's 2014 fiscal year runs from April, 2013 to March 2014.

However, that commercial success didn't prevent THQ from shuttering the New York City-based developer behind the game. Kaos Studios was shut down over the summer as part of a "strategic realignment within its internal studio structure," the company told Kotaku at the time. THQ also said at the time that THQ's Montreal studio "will take over product development and overall creative management for the Homefront franchise."

So why shift gears and go with an outside studio?

"Selecting Crytek to take Homefront forward underscores our strategy of working with the industry's best talent," said Danny Bilson, EVP Core Games, THQ. "Homefront's unique setting and storyline captivated gamers the world over. With Crytek's industry leading technology and legendary experience in the FPS genre, we're supremely confident that the next Homefront will deliver that AAA-quality experience that players demand."

Let's hope the campaign is of actual length this time.

[TranceVance]

Beautiful. But what concerns me know is if the next Homefront is written by John Milius.

I'd say it's a possibility, we can expect some of the contractors to contribute to the second game, just not the employees of Kaos Studios.

[Muff]

well, from what i have heard from the two games, Crysis 2 had a good SP but a horrendous Online, and Homefront had a sorry excuse for an SP but a pretty good Online....lets hope that they fix the bad parts and leave what worked. of course, i never played Crysis 2 or Homefront so i can't say much besides that

[TranceVance]

well, from what i have heard from the two games, Crysis 2 had a good SP but a horrendous Online, and Homefront had a sorry excuse for an SP but a pretty good Online....lets hope that they fix the bad parts and leave what worked. of course, i never played Crysis 2 or Homefront so i can't say much besides that

Crysis 2

+ Good storyline

+ Great Graphics

- MP didn't appeal to a lot of people

+ Interesting MP

Homefront

+/- Decent storyline (Had potential but not taken advantage of fully) but not long enough and crap ending

+/- Fun MP but had issues (Mainly network)

- Ugly Graphics

Both games were good but in their own ways. I'm hoping the graphics are as good as Crysis 2, the storyline be as captivating as Homefront but longer and the MP be a cross between the two.

[TranceVance]

I liked Homefront's story better than that of Crysis. I had no fucking clue what was happening in Crysis.

I liked both, it's just that Homefront had potential for so much more. Crysis 2's storyline just took more grasping and understanding. For me, the best combination is Homefront's main storyline, add some of the depth and action from Crysis 2, along with the graphics, some length, and you have yourself a solid campaign.

[ille1234]

Whoa, then this game might actually be good Seems like Crytek is taking on quite a few games, first Sniper Ghost Warrior 2 and now this. I can only imagine that they've got a couple more lying around to

I liked Homefront's story better than that of Crysis. I had no fucking clue what was happening in Crysis.

You should try and play through the game once more, that always helps me when i don't really get what's going on

[ille1234]

They're buying depressed property. It's a known tactic- like Rockstar buying Red Dead and Bethesda buying Fallout, and those both worked phenomenally.

Hehe i didn't know that either of those two weren't made by those two

You never know, it might work.