Tag: Homefront
News You Should Probably Dig Out Your PS4 Copy of Homefront: The Revolution
Full 4K port of TimeSplitters 2 unlocked
There’s a TimeSplitters 2 Easter egg in PlayStation 4 first-person shooter Homefront: The Revolution that many of you will be familiar with: it allows you to play a couple of levels from the legendary PS2 game. But actually, there’s more: it was revealed on Twitter over the weekend that developers...
News Homefront: The Revolution Doesn't Run Quite as Badly on PS4 Now
If anyone cares
Remember Homefront: The Revolution? The grey and brown semi-open world shooter launched near the end of May, but it already feels like the title's long been swept away into the forgotten annals of video game history. Still, it's kind of nice to know that developer Dambuster Studios hasn't abandoned the release just yet, as a new...
News TimeSplitters Fans, You Should Probably See This
Spoilers, maybe
'Tis truly the age of nostalgic Easter eggs. Already this month has seen the entirety of Shadow of the Beast stuffed inside, er, Shadow of the Beast and… Well, we probably shouldn't mention the other one by name just yet. But now a couple of levels from TimeSplitters 2 have been included in Homefront: The Revolution. Yes, it's...
Round Up Homefront: The Revolution PS4 Reviews Stage an Uprising
Scores of scores
Do you remember Homefront: The Revolution? A bit of inside baseball here: your humble host was too busy animating cacodemons to chase up our review which should have been live today. In other words, even though it's written on the Push Square Towers white board in block capitals, we still forgot about it. Surely the game's better...
News Homefront: The Revolution's Day One Patch Makes the Game Run Properly
As you'd expect
Surprise, surprise: Homefront: The Revolution has a day one patch that comes "strongly recommended" by developer Dambuster Studios. Apparently, the update offers a "range of performance and frame rate improvements". In other words, if you want the game to run as well as you'd expect, you'll probably want to nab this file before you...
Hands On Does Homefront PS4's Co-Op Represent a Revolution?
Derelict teamwork
This game has a past that is not one of secrecy but of an incredibly rocky and public road to completion. Homefront: The Revolution has been tossed between developers like an expensive game of hot potato but it's somehow found light at the end of the tunnel with a release window finally locked in. In fact, it's so close that we...
News Homefront Stages a PS4 Revolution on 17th May
Follow the way point! Liberate the stronghold! Win the war!
The series which, alongside uDraw tablets, crippled THQ is back for another bite of the Paranoid America cherry. Homefront: The Revolution, which was originally going to be developed by Crytek, will finally be completed by Deep Silver's new Dambuster Studios – a long journey for a pretty...
Gamescom 2015 Homefront: The Revolution Raises Its Weapon to 2016
Gun to know
"They should really make a new Homefront game," said absolutely no one ever – but it's bloody happening anyway. After a bit of a corporate cock-up involving THQ having no money and latterly Crytek having no money, Far Cry: Brown & Grey Edition is finally due out next year under the name Homefront: The Revolution. Deep Silver, who...
News Homefront: The Revolution Will Be a PS4 Best Seller in 2016
Deep Silver gives Dambuster Studios more time
It may feel like it's gone delay crazy over the past few days, but it's no surprise to see Homefront: The Revolution pushed into 2016. Regular readers will recall the game being announced by THQ many moons ago, before it was picked up by Deep Silver. However,
News PS4's Homefront: The Revolution Development to Be Finished by Dambuster Studio
Deep Silver digs deep to acquire cursed brand
We’re not entirely sure why anyone would want to own the Homefront franchise at this point, as in addition to being a property with very little to differentiate itself from the wealth of other modern military brands on the market, it also appears to carry a curse. After killing off THQ a couple of...
Rumour Homefront: The Revolution's Hopes of an Uprising Plummet
Title potentially in tatters
Homefront: The Revolution, the first-person franchise revival by Crytek UK, only got announced a few weeks ago – but the project already appears to be in tatters. Widespread reports suggest that the firm formerly known as Free Radical has been working without pay chequ
News High Turnover Of Staff At Crytek UK Casts Doubt Over Homefront: The Revolution
More tales of woe for the studio
Yesterday, we reported on rumours that Crytek is in financial trouble, with staff going unpaid and hints that bankruptcy could be on the cards. Today, there are fresh reports which relate to the company's British studio Crytek UK, which was formed form the ashes of TimeSplitters and Haze developer Free Radical...
News Homefront: The Revolution Officially Fights for PS4's Freedom in 2015
Pittsburgh is the pits
Homefront: The Revolution isn’t an elaborate rumour, as publisher Deep Silver has just confirmed the title moments after its box art leaked. As originally speculated, the sequel to Kaos Studios’ divisive first-person shooter is in production at Ti
Rumour Homefront Plots a Revolution on PlayStation 4
Back from the brink, baby
THQ’s ill-fated first-person franchise Homefront looks set to be making a comeback after all, as box art for a release named Homefront: The Revolution has been spotted on a Swedish retailer’s website. While the listing has since been pulled, the title is purportedly due out in 2015, and is being published by Deep...
News Release Schedule Outs Unexpected Homefront: Ultimate Edition
We're not sure anyone was clamouring for a repackaged version of Homefront, but that's exactly what THQ's release schedule has revealed
Due out before March 31st, the Homefront: Ultimate Edition will likely bundle the original game alongside its two DLC packs, "Fire Sale" and "The Rock". THQ has yet to make an official statement...
News American PlayStation Store Updates: 25th October 2011
Downloadable Games inFamous: Festival of Blood ($9
99) PixelJunk Sidescroller ($9.99) Zombie Apocalypse: Never Die Alone ($9.99) Daytona USA ($9.99) Worms Crazy Golf ($9.99) Call Of Duty: Black Ops ($49.99) Homefront ($29.99) MX vs ATV Alive ($19.99)</ul><strong>Game Demos</strong> Resistance 3 Single-Player Demo Grease...
News European PlayStation Store Updates: 5th October 2011
Special Offers Borderlands Game Of The Year edition (Was £27
99/34.99 Now £11.99/14.99)</ul>Playable Content Eufloria (£7.99/9.99) NBA Jam: On Fire Edition (£9.99/12.99) Ape Escape (£19.99/24.99) Crysis (£15.99/19.99) De Blob 2 (£19.99/24.99) Homefront (£27.99/34.99) Saints Row 2 (£15.99/19.99) Sega Bass...
News THQ Closes Homefront Developer, Confirms Plans For Homefront Sequel
No, that's not a mistake in the headline
THQ really has been busy this afternoon, both closing Homefront developer Kaos Studios and, errr, announcing the franchise's sequel. THQ also closed down its Digital Warrington studio, in a "strategic" move designed to "realign its internal studio structure". THQ confirmed today that it...
News THQ Insists It's 'One Of The Big' Publishers
We love THQ, but we wish they'd shut up trying to remind us how relevent they are
You earn relevence through good content, something THQ has in abundance. You don't earn it by telling people to take notice every five minutes. That's exactly what CEO Brian Farrell has done in an interview with IndustryGamers though. We certainly think of ourselves...
News March NPD Sales: Pokemon Tops, MLB 11: The Show Charts
With the NPD ceasing to provide hardware numbers, this month's report is restricted to software we're afraid
And it's a pretty uneventful month for PlayStation to be honest, with the interest surrounding the Nintendo 3DS. Interestingly, it was a Nintendo DS game that topped the charts for March, with Pokemon White taking the top-spot and Pokemon...
We feel like we're one of the few publications that actually liked portions of Homefront
We scored the game a solid 3/4, citing clever use of the game's perspective and a great multiplayer component. Other publications were less impressed. But while THQ's Danny Bilson was clearly disappointed with Homefront's mixed review scores, he did tell IGN...
UK Charts Crysis 2 Scoops Top-Spot, Nintendo 3DS Pads Things Out
Crytek's semi-sandbox shooter, Crysis 2, has jumped to the top of the UK sales charts, scooping the accolade away from last week's winner, Homefront
LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars finished up second, while the afore-mentioned Homefront settled for third. Last week saw the release of the Nintendo 3Ds, and naturally there was an abundance of...
News THQ's Gamble Pays Off, Homefront Sells Big-Time
We imagine there are some smug faces around THQ headquarters right now
Despite Homefront not getting the best critical reception (though we liked it!), THQ's announced that their alternate future shooter has been a big success at retail. The game's sold one million copies across North America, Europe and Asia. That's in just seven days...
UK Charts Homefront Takes The Top Spot
As expected, THQ's heavily marketed first-person shooter has shot straight to the top of the UK sales charts this week
The game is THQ's first number one since UFC Undisputed 2009 released a couple of years ago. According to Eurogamer, it's also the biggest new release of the year so far. Staggering stuff. We quite liked it. You can find out more...
News Homefront PlayStation 3 Patch Available Now
If you've just got back from GAME with a brand new copy of Homefront in hand, well, set some time aside to download a new patch
Kaos has responded promptly to bugs found in the PS3 version of the game, fixing up freezing issues in addition to other problems. We've included the full patch notes after the jump. Check out our review through here...
News Homefront's Multiplayer Servers 'Outstripped Expectations', Currently Taking A Caning
If Homefront's server demand is anything to go by, THQ's first-person shooter is a huge success
Apparently demand for the game's multiplayer has "outstripped expectations", leaving developers Kaos scrambling to put more servers online to cope. "Demand for dedicated servers outstripped expectations. Though we're thrilled by the...
News Homefront's Launch Trailer Is All Like, "God Bless America!"
We're quite looking forward to playing THQ's Homefront next week, but we're a little bit concerned about one aspect of the game: the treatment of the ol' U-S-of-A
Being Brits looking in at American media, we're more than aware of the jaw-clenchingly patriotic tone that can consume products like Homefront. We're praying that the game — which is...
News Kaos Responds To Complaints About Homefront's Campaign Length, We Rant
Let's get this out of the way: THQ's upcoming FPS, Homefront, is about the same length as every other first-person shooter you've played over the last three years
Its campaign is about five hours long. Are you surprised? You shouldn't be. As is always the case when a shooter's campaign length is brought into question, there's a furore erupting...
News Kaos: Homefront DLC A Timed Exclusive Because Microsoft "Supported" Us
We're not familiar with the process of multiplatform game development, but reading the comments of Homefront's senior level designer Rex Dickson, it seems like developers want the platform holders to bend over backwards for every game coming to their system
Earlier in the week, Kaos announced that all future Homefront DLC would be a timed exclusive...
News Homefront DLC To Be A Timed XBOX 360 Exclusive... Whoopee!
Dear Microsoft, We know that you don't bother spending any of your resources developing an identity for your platform and we're cool with that
Honestly, doesn't bother us in the slightest. We just wanted to an extend a word of advice. While timed DLC might be a big deal for Call Of Duty and Grand Theft Auto IV, it's really a total waste of money...
News Homefront To Take Advantage Of THQ's "Online Pass" Functionality
You'll need to make sure you pick up a new copy of Homefront if you want to take full advantage of the game's online multiplayer
Either that, or shell out an extra $10 to buy a new "Online Pass" code. THQ's upcoming shooter will be the second game to take advantage of the publishers "Online Pass" model, the first being UFC...
News Kaos Tempted To Bring Homefront's Narrative To The UK & Other Countries
Perhaps the biggest selling point for Kaos' upcoming first-person shooter, Homefront, is its "why we fight" dynamic
The game aims to put the player in awkward situations, and draws on its North American setting to really conjure an antagonistic setting. While watching mothers shot point-blank in front of their children is certain to have an effect...
News THQ's Danny Bilson: "I Promise You Homefront Competes"
THQ's bringing out the big-guns these days
The publisher, flowing with confidence after a series of great signings in recent months, reckons its coming first-person shooter Homefront is good enough to compete with the genre's best. Given the number of impressive signings THQ's made recently, it's hard to dispute their claims. Speaking on the back of...
