While THQ was disappointed with the sales and reception of Homefront and even dropped the original developers for the game, the company announced today the series still has a future after announcing Crytek as the developers for the sequel.
The Nottingham branch of Crytek was chosen as the development team with the actual development team picked from the Far Cry series.
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Cevat Yerli, Founder, CEO and President of Crytek had this to say about the venture:
“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.”
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As of now THQ has the game scheduled for a 2013/2014 release date on both the PC and unnamed console platforms.
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