With the first game’s developer, Kaos Studios, shut down earlier this year, the sequel to Homefront will be handled by a division of Crytek, the makers of Crysis and Far Cry.
THQ announced today that Crytek will take over development duties for the next Homefront. We knew such a game was inevitable, although this developer announcement does come as a surprise — back when Kaos was closed in June, THQ said its new Montreal studio would “take over product development and overall creative management for the Homefront franchise.”
Instead, it’ll be Crytek UK that works on the new Homefront. Crytek UK is the former Free Radical Design, developer of the TimeSplitters series and Crysis 2’s multiplayer component. The new Homefront will run on the newest version of the CryEngine technology that also powered Crysis 2, so if nothing else, the game should look quite nice.
