Crytek UK hands over Homefront 2 Development to Deep Silver

[VinWarrior]

Deep Silver, famed for it's publishing of such titles as Metro: Last Light, Saints Row IV, and Dead Island will now be bringing Homefront: The Revolution to the stage, as the original developers have handed over the game to Deep Silver.

 

Crytek UK is having nothing short of massive problems, with employees being skimped on paychecks, employee strikes and refusals to work, and now after all that they are going to be forced to give the game to Deep Silver. IGN.com reports that not only has Deep Silver bought out all rights for the game, but they've picked up any, "Coherent assets from Crytek", meaning that the studio is now reshaping itself under Deep Silver, and is rumored to be a newer reformed studio in Nottingham called Dambuster Studios. This isn't the first time Deep Silver has picked up a game previously owned by THQ. Or even the second time they've bought a game that THQ originally owned. Homefront is the third game that Deep Silver has picked up in the wake of THQ's downfall, and so far they haven't done all that bad with their licenses. Saints Row IV did very well with critics, being praised over it's predecessor. Metro: Last Light did extremely well as well, making quite a few Game of the Year lists last year. The original Homefront didn't have a lot going for it, with competition with titles like Call of Duty and Battlefield, and a pretty lackluster overall game, it's easy to see why Homefront wasn't as successful as we were hoping. That's not to say Deep Silver hasn't had some shady moments. The release of Ride to Hell: Retribution was labeled as one of the worst games to ever exist, and Dead Island had similar reviews! Metro: Last Light's pre-order DLC and Saint's Row's massive amount of Add-On content hurt the reputation of both titles.

 

 

Do you trust Deep Silver with genuine successes like Metro and Saints Row behind their belt? Or have games like Ride to Hell and Dead Island soured your taste with them? Be sure to let me know below, thanks for reading!

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[rrhuntington]

*Sigh* I miss THQ. So many games from the past come to my mind when I think of them...

 

But good luck to Deep Silver and their endeavors. Nice report.

[Buns]

Deep Silver only PUBLISHED games like Ride To Hell and Dead Island. They never developed it or had any oversight in development.

 

 

I trust Deep silver enough they can release a fairly decent product. I really enjoyed the multiplayer of the first Homefront, and absolutely adore Metro series.  I feel as if they can do Homefront 2 justice. 

[VinWarrior]

Deep Silver only PUBLISHED games like Ride To Hell and Dead Island. They never developed it or had any oversight in development.

 

 

I trust Deep silver enough they can release a fairly decent product. I really enjoyed the multiplayer of the first Homefront, and absolutely adore Metro series.  I feel as if they can do Homefront 2 justice.

 

Right, but I didn't say they directly had a hand in it, I simply stated how these were deep silver's titles, and they did have an uneasy reputation with them.

[Buns]

Right, but I didn't say they directly had a hand in it, I simply stated how these were deep silver's titles, and they did have an uneasy reputation with them.

I still think is it generally unfair to taint the reputation of the publisher with just a few bad games. 

 

It is the developers who should be blamed for making the bad game. Also Dead Island doesn't deserve to be in the list with Ride To Hell because it was a fairly average game like Homefront and was at least playable(unlike Ride To Hell)

[TDM]

Well, I wasn't a big fan, nor did I play Homefront... But I will say goodluck to Deep Silver, and I sincerely hope that this doesn't become Ride to Hell in any way, shape, or form... So... Many.... Glitches..... O.O

[Caboose The Ace]

It could be worse.....
 
Crytek UK hands over Homefront 2 Development to EA.

 

EA president promises lots of day one dlcs and bad endings for Homefront 2.

 

 

Anyway, In recent years Deep silver has generally picked up the slack in games they dev or publish so I trust Homefront 2 in their hands.