Homefront dev Kaos Studios is apparently officially out of business, which isn’t all that shocking considering that the game wasn’t exactly a big hit with the critics.<\/p>\n
So it IS somewhat shocking then that publisher THQ has signed off on a sequel. Maybe they’ll get it right the second time around?<\/p>\n
“Everything we learned from [the original] you’ll see executed in other games going forward, and including that franchise going forward,” THQ chief Danny Bilsen tells Eurogamer<\/a>. “We’ll have some really interesting announcements in the future about the future of that brand.”<\/p>\n Despite a pretty huge marketing campaign, the game didn’t generate very much enthusiasm after a rather spotty launch, managing only 70 on Metacritic. Asked if he was happy with it, even Bilsen’s a bit of a critic.<\/p>\n “No,” he admits. “But I loved the game. It was a tremendous learning experience for us. We learned a lot about managing dedicated servers. We got very ambitious with dedicated servers. “We sold through a million units in a week. That’s huge on a brand new IP.”<\/p>\n “The issues we had on Homefront we’ll never have again,” he adds later. “And yet, I absolutely love that brand and want to continue to make it great.”<\/p>\n According to the same report, the sequel will be handled in-house over at THQ’s Montreal office.<\/p>\n
“I put a lot of myself into that effort on that game. I learned a lot. I still think it’s creatively a fantastic game, a great place to go. The environmental storytelling is excellent. The marketing was wonderful. That brand resonated with a lot of people emotionally.<\/p>\n