Homefront: The Revolution (PC/Mac/Linux/PS4/XB1)

[Qalbert]

http://www.officialplaystationmagazi...k-at-the-helm/

Edit: Though the boxart has now been removed from FZ, the page still exists.

Boxart for Homefront: The Revolution, Crytek’s sequel to Kaos’ 2011 FPS Homefront, has appeared online on Swedish website FZ. No details beyond that it’s a first-person action shooter due in 2015 have been given so far.

In a trend-bucking move, no PS3 version is listed on the site. Should games still be released cross-gen, or is it time for new-gen-only titles? And what are your hopes for the Homefront series now that visual wizard Crytek is in charge?

[6souls]

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The United States of America is occupied, but not defeated. Launch the second American Revolution from the birthplace of Liberty itself: Philadelphia.

Homefront: The Revolution will be available in 2015 on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.

Join #TheRevolution on:
Twitter.com/HomefrontGame
Facebook.com/HomefrontGame
Instagram.com/Homefrontgame
www.homefront-game.com

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[6souls]

Press Release

Wage guerrilla warfare and reclaim the streets of Philadelphia in "Homefront: The Revolution" – a captivating new free roam FPS to be co-published by Crytek and Deep Silver.

Coming to Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation 4, PC, Mac and Linux in 2015, Homefront: The Revolution throws players into a near future dystopia where catastrophic events have brought the USA to its knees and enabled North Korean forces to impose a brutal military occupation. Trapped in this American nightmare, Philadelphia – Birthplace of Independence – has become a police state, where surveillance drones and armored patrols keep her once-proud citizens at heel, crushing any dissent with savage force.

To overcome their oppressors, players will have to engage in guerrilla warfare and use ambush, infiltration and hit and run tactics in thrilling un-scripted firefights. At every turn they'll find a sprawling city, in which recruiting fellow revolutionaries and building improvised homebrew weapons are just two of the keys to creating a powerful resistance force.

Hasit Zala, Game Director at Crytek, said: "Homefront: The Revolution stands out from the crowd by immersing players in a world where they'll feel emotionally compelled to fight for their freedom. We're very excited to work with Deep Silver and deliver an experience that underlines Crytek's commitment to quality whilst tapping into the huge potential we saw when we first acquired the Homefront IP."
Homefront: The Revolution represents the first time Crytek and Deep Silver have worked together, with the two partners collaborating to release the game as part of a co-publishing arrangement.

"Crytek has an outstanding track record of creating AAA action games. Homefront is a fascinating IP with huge global potential. With Crytek`s technical pedigree and Deep Silver´s publishing expertise we will take the IP to new heights." says Dr. Klemens Kundratitz, CEO of Deep Silver / Koch Media.

Developed by Crytek's Nottingham studio, Homefront: The Revolution harnesses the latest features of Crytek's CryEngine technology. On the ground, players will encounter an environment that looks and feels truly alive as day turns to night and storm clouds come and go – an authenticity that extends to the strikingly lifelike expressions, skin and clothing of everyone they encounter.

Story

Four years into the brutal military occupation, America is on its knees.

Philadelphia - once the birthplace of Independence - has become a ghetto, where surveillance drones and armoured patrols keep the population at heel, crushing any dissent with savage force.

Her once-proud citizens live in a police state, forced to collaborate just to survive, their dreams of freedom long since extinguished.

But in the badlands of the Red Zone, in the bombed out streets and abandoned subways, a Resistance is forming. A guerrilla force, determined to fight for their freedoms despite overwhelming odds and ignite the second American Revolution.

But Freedom always has a price...

About Homefront: The Revolution

Homefront: The Revolution is an open-world first person shooter where you must lead the Resistance movement in guerrilla warfare against a superior military force.

A living, breathing, open world responds to your actions - you and your Resistance Cell can inspire a rebellion on the streets and turn Occupation into Revolution, as oppressed civilians take up the fight.

But your enemy has the advantage - superior technology, firepower, heavy armour and air support. You must learn the art of guerrilla warfare – ambush, sabotage, infiltration, deception – and fight a running battle through the war-ravaged suburbs of Philadelphia.

And the single player campaign is just the start – in Co-Op you and your friends can form your own Resistance Cell and become renowned as Heroes of the Revolution

Features

• Explore a living, breathing open world - experience true open world gameplay in a first person shooter, brought to life with astonishing CryEngine-powered visuals

• Wage Guerrilla Warfare - this is no linear shooter; learn the art of guerrilla warfare and use ambush, infiltration and hit and run tactics against your foe in thrilling un-scripted firefights

• Build the Resistance - recruit revolutionaries to the cause, establish bases and safehouses, capture and customise a deadly arsenal, and build improvised, homebrew weapons for your Guerrilla Tool Kit

• Ignite the Revolution - from oppressed citizen to revolutionary leader, an epic single-player campaign tells the story of the second War of Independence. The dynamic, evolving world responds to your actions as an oppressed nation rises up in defiance against the occupation

• Online Co-Op - take the battle online, form a Resistance Cell with your friends and earn your reputation as Heroes of the Revolution

[Sonomaa]

sounds kinda like left4homefront but Im still tentatively excited. maybe crytek will be smart and release it at a better price point than the last ones 60 dollar 3ish hour campaign

[Brill Weave]

sounds kinda like left4homefront but Im still tentatively excited. maybe crytek will be smart and release it at a better price point than the last ones 60 dollar 3ish hour campaign

Honestly that's the only major thing that is keeping me from being excited. I enjoyed the first one immensely. I did not enjoy shelling out sixty bones for a game I played through in one morning.

[Krazy]

"Everything you do, from throwing a brick at a KPA camera to assassinating a high-ranking KPA official, impacts the revolutionary state of the world,"

Things like this are said so often that it'd be nice if it was true in a meaningful way for a change.

[Sonomaa]

homefront was the last not blizzard or valve game that I pre-ordered. I had my preorder set, paid my cash for it, was super excited. torrent dropped for the game a few days before release so I jumped on it to get an early start on the game, finished it very quickly, I was completely blown away by how short the game was and it certainly didnt melt my face with awesome like the CoD Modern Warfare single player campaign did so I cancelled my pre-order and saved myself 50 bucks and got the game for 10 later on an amazon sale

[6souls]

H:R dev explains why this is current gen only

Homefront: The Revolution is a current-gen-only title, but not because Crytek couldn’t produce a last-gen version, it just wanted to deliver the best experience possible.

Speaking with Metro, game designer Fasahat Salim said focusing on one platform generation also decreased development time.

“We’re still early in the life cycle but how I see it is for us we wanted to try and put it on the platforms that we felt could deliver the best experience,” he said. “And the amount of stuff going on in this game, the scale at which it’s happening with all of the different systems running behind the scenes, all of these things, and to get a steady 30 frames per second as well… it would have been possible on previous consoles but the thing is it would’ve meant a lot more work and a lot more difficulty.

“And it would’ve potentially slowed us down from working on the next gen. At Crytek we’ve always tried to get the best out of every platform, but Crysis 2 was our first project on consoles and for us that was a massive learning experience.

“Now with the new consoles we’ve reached a level where our CryEngine is capable of easily translating whatever we’ve built onto all of the platforms that it’s ready for and to get the best out of each of them.”

http://www.vg247.com/2014/06/05/here...next-gen-only/
http://metro.co.uk/2014/06/02/homefr...-dawn-4747188/

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[Waraji]

This has to be the most retarded premise for this type of game. North Korea? Really? The Peoples Republic of North Korea? I realize the Russian invasion and Chinese invasion trope is overused, but gdit make it more believable. Taliban insurgents or something, home grown terrorists. But North Korea sounds as if it were being produced by Westwood Studios.

[Qalbert]

so a North Korean invasion would be pretty Un-likely?

[BadKarma]

The original game was good, it was just so short.

Im happy it got a sequel

[Waraji]

so a North Korean invasion would be pretty Un-likely?

[Qalbert]

http://www.polygon.com/2014/7/30/595...buster-studios

Deep Silver has acquired the Homefront intellectual property from Crytek, and Homefront: The Revolution is now being developed at a new studio, Deep Silver Dambuster Studios, Deep Silver announced today.

"We are thrilled to see another great IP joining the Deep Silver universe," said Dr. Klemens Kundratitz, CEO of Deep Silver parent company Koch Media, in a press release today. "We strongly believe in the potential of Homefront: The Revolution and trust in the new team to continue the path they have been walking in the last years."

According to Koch Media, the acquisition includes "the Homefront brand and all coherent assets." The company did not disclose financial terms of the deal.

[6souls]

Delayed to 2016
http://dsdambuster.com/

[Cail]

Just saw a preview for this on Facebook and Im tentativly hyped...loved the first, though campaign was way too short. Multilayer wasn't bad either

I'm curious as to how after the first, when NK was only on the west half of americA, to now having the whole country

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[Cail]

Pretty cool

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