THQ has announced today that the next title in the Homefront franchise is being developed by Crytek UK, the Nottingham, England-based developer formerly known as Free Radical Design. CryTek’s Cry Engine 3 will be used to create the title.
"Selecting Crytek to take Homefront forward underscores our strategy of working with the industry's best talent," said Danny Bilson, EVP Core Games, THQ. "Homefront's unique setting and storyline captivated gamers the world over. With Crytek's industry leading technology and legendary experience in the FPS genre, we're supremely confident that the next Homefront will deliver that AAA-quality experience that players demand."
"We see Homefront as a really strong universe that has a lot of potential and that has been expertly created and marketed by THQ," said Cevat Yerli, Founder, CEO and President of Crytek. "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."
You won’t be seeing Homefront 2 for quite awhile, as the title is scheduled to release during THQ’s fiscal year 2014. THQ shuttered Kaos Studios, creator of the Homefront franchise, in early June of this year. Crytek UK previously developed the multiplayer portion of Crysis 2, and as Free Radical Design it developed the TimeSplitters franchise, Second Sight, and Haze. The developer is rumored to be working on a TimeSplitters sequel as well.
