Homefront 2 ikke i fare

THQ er i problemer for tiden. Massefyringer og en ledelse der netop er gået af. Det står så galt til, at de ikke havde en stand ved dette års E3 og ikke vil have en ved Gamescom, men hvad betyder dette for udgiverens spil? I forhold til Homefront 2, hvis udvikling er gået fra Kaos Studios til Cryteks Nottingham Studio (det tidligere Free Radical Design), ser det imidlertid ikke så slemt ud.

Cevat Yerli, CEO hos Crytek, siger, at "To be fair, the way we're developing Homefront 2 is very isolated anyway. We're treating it as our own new IP and at the same time THQ is respecting us and saying, 'you guys know what you're doing' and telling us the story they'd like to have, which we're collaborating creatively on." THQ har, med andre ord, ikke tænkt sig at blande sig for meget i spillets udvikling, og det er muligvis for det bedste. Udgiveren brugte utroligt mange midler på at promovere det oprindelige Homefront og sælge det som det nye Call of Duty, men spillet levede uheldigvis ikke op til de vanvittige forventninger skabt af den afsindige markedsføring, og Kaos Studios blev lukket kun få måneder efter spillets udgivelse.

Nu da Homefront er kommet i hænderne på de kyndige designere hos Crytek, så er der mulighed for, at spillet faktisk kan blive en mindre succes, og det er noget, som THQ i allerhøjeste grad har brug for. Det bedste de kan gøre er, at give Crytek de nødvendige redskaber og midler til at gøre Homefront 2 til en uforglemmelig oplevelse.


English version:

THQ is in a lot of trouble these days. Mass firings of staff and a president who just signed off. It's so bad that they didn't have a booth at this year's E3 and won't have one at Gamescom, but what does it all mean when it comes to their games? Well, it doesn't look that grim for Homefront 2, which had its development moved from Kaos Studios to Crytek's Nottingham Studio (the former Free Radical Design).

Cevat Yerli, CEO at Crytek, said that "To be fair, the way we're developing Homefront 2 is very isolated anyway. We're treating it as our own new IP and at the same time THQ is respecting us and saying, 'you guys know what you're doing' and telling us the story they'd like to have, which we're collaborating creatively on." THQ, it seems, will not be interfering much in the game's development, and that is most likely for the best. The publisher spent a lot of energy, effort and money in promoting the original Homefront and to sell it as the new Call of Duty, but the game didn't manage to deliver on the hype and Kaos Studios was closed only a few months after release.

Now that Homefront 2 has come under the care at Crytek it is likely that the game will become a success, and that's something THQ desperately needs these days. The best thing they can do right now is to give Crytek the means and tools to make Homefront 2 an unforgettable experience.