'Homefront: Revolution' 'Still In Development,' Assures Publisher Deep Silver

The original "Homefront" was an alternate-future, first-person shooter set in a North Korean-occupied United States. Written by Hollywood legend John Millius of "Red Dawn," "Conan the Barbarian" and "Rome," it told the tale of a small resistance movement fighting to regain independence. Despite the game's middling reviews, a sequel was promised by the game's publisher, THQ, in 2011. Since then, the path to release has been a long, winding road. The game's new publisher Deep Silver, has spoken out to promise gamers that the game is still being worked on.

In a post on popular videogame message board NeoGAF, Deep Silver community manager Maurice Tan confirmed that "Homefront: The Revolution," a sequel to the first game, is still in active development. Tan's statement represents the first official word on the game's status in months.

"Sometimes we get questions from fans [asking] if it's going to be another 'Prey 2' or 'Duke Nukem Forever.' But rest assured that the team at Dambuster is still working hard on the game and it's not going to be vapourware," he said in his post.

The development team Tan mentions, Deep Silver Dambuster Studios, was formed from the ashes of the now defunct Crytek UK. Crytek UK was itself founded when German publisher and developer Crytek purchased UK-based Free Radical Design. Free Radical is most famous for its work on the "TimeSplitters" games on PS2, Xbox and Gamecube. It's safe to say the team working on the new game certainly has genre pedigree.

The history of the "Homefront" IP itself is just as convoluted as its developer's past. The first game was developed by Kaos Studios and published by THQ in 2011. After promising a sequel, THQ ceased operations in early 2013. As CVG reports, the "Homefront" IP was snapped up by Crytek at auction just a few months later. Crytek couldn't hold on to it for long, though, and the IP was sold again soon after. Giant Bomb states that barely a year after purchasing the IP, Crytek itself fell on hard times and was forced to sell "Homefront" to Deep Silver, where it now resides.

In its coverage of Tan's statement, PlayStation Lifestyle details the game's publicly announced features. "Homefront: The Revolution" is an open world, first-person shooter game powered by Crytek's CryEngine. Gameplay is described as non-linear, allowing gamers to recruit resistance members, and is said to feature online co-op gameplay. "Homefront: The Revolution" is expected to launch on PC, PS4 and Xbox One sometime this year.

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