Deep Silver Acquires The Rights To The Homefront Franchise

Written by Brandon Hofer on July 30, 2014

News: Deep Silver has revealed that they now own the rights to the Homefront franchise and Homefront: The Revolution is still in development.

There have been rumors over the last few weeks over the current state of Crytek and what that would mean for their games in development like Homefront: The Revolution. Good news though for people who are awaiting that game as Deep Silver has just revealed that they have acquired the “Homefront brand and all coherent assets from Crytek.” This obviously includes Homefront: The Revolution and the development on this game will continue in the newly founded, Nottingham-based Deep Silver Dambuster Studios. Deep Silver Dambuster Studios is the third development studio within the Koch Media Group, joining Deep Silver Volition and Deep Silver Fishlabs.

“We are thrilled to see another great IP joining the Deep Silver universe,” says Dr. Klemens Kundratitz, CEO of Koch Media Group. “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.”

Homefront: The Revolution throws players into a near future dystopia. Catastrophic events have brought the United States to its knees and enabled the Korean People's Army forces to impose a brutal military occupation. Trapped in this American nightmare, Philadelphia has become a police state, where surveillance drones and armored patrols keep her once-proud citizens at heel, crushing any dissent with totalitarian force.

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

Take a look at the reveal trailer below and tell us what you think. Are you happy that Deep Silver has acquired Homefront?