THQ isn't done with Homefront, and for the Homefront 2 the company's partnering with Crytek... yay?
There's a telling line early on in THQ's release announcement for its partnership with Crytek to develop Homefront 2 (which, you know, just announced today, no one's surprised, etc).
Legendary FPS Developer Set To Take THQ’s Successful Original IP To New Heights
That bit about the game's success and the its originality seem a touch desperate to us, but hey, can you really blame THQ? The game was a famous let-down, coming on the tail of some of the most vigorous PR and preview campaigns we'd ever seen. Conspicuously missing from the release is anything referring to sales or critical success.
Regardless, given the strength of the setting and story behind the game, it's great to hear that Crytek are getting a swing at it. In fact, Crytek CEO Cevat Yerli seems to get understand Homefront's impact just fine. "We see Homefront as a really strong universe that has a lot of potential and that has been expertly created and marketed by THQ,” he said in today's release. “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."
More power to 'em. The game's not going to be out until some time in 2014, so at least no one appears in a rush to make the same mistake twice.
Issue: 137 | June, 2012