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A third-person action game from ex-Darksiders devs in which four players fight to fend off an onslaught of bloodthirsty creatures.

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The original concept for Homefront 2 was a linear shooter; a direct narrative sequel to 2011's game from Kaos, which had been shuttered soon after the original game's launch. Perhaps feeling a financial sting, the publisher rushed production and penned the Crytek-developed sequel for a fiscal 2014 release. Once control of the franchise was handed completely to Crytek and its UK team, formerly known as Free Radical, the scope of the game was drastically changed. "When we were working with THQ we were initially started on quite a linear, level-by-level first-person shooter," Crytek UK game designer Fasahat Salim tells Joystiq. "After we acquired the license, we jumped at the possibility of expanding on that. That's when we came up with the idea of [focusing on] guerrilla warfare" and the team decided to move to an open world.

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XBA takes a look at Crytek UK's new open-world, next-gen only shooter. It looks bloody brilliant.

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Kim Jung un-resolved.

As an Asian-American, I rolled my eyes when I first heard the backstory for the original Homefront during an unveiling event by THQ in 2010. Although it was written in collaboration with a former CIA field agent, it read as if an evil version of Quentin Tarantino had directed a North Korean revenge fantasy: North Korea's Kim Jong-un somehow reunites with South Korea to form the Greater Korean Republic (GKR), Iran and Saudi Arabia conspire to raise gas prices to $19.99/gallon, the U.S. military recalls its troops overseas, and the GKR conquers Japan, Southeast Asia, and eventually the United States with an EMP bomb, an all-out invasion, and Asian bird flu. I didn't make that last part up.

Well, regardless of the origins for this farfetched, paranoid alternate reality, Crytek and Deep Silver now hold the reins of the franchise and they're committed to following through on the story with stronger execution than its predecessors. Set in the open-world city of Philadelphia, Homefront: The Revolution fast-forwards the conflict between the GKR and American resistance four years to 2031. As seen in the short 20-minute PC demo available at pre-E3 event in Santa Monica, the longstanding occupation has thoroughly discouraged and oppressed the locals, some forced to perform labor like whitewashing walls smeared in "Fuck You!" graffiti. But with successful guerrilla tactics and good-ol' sabotage, you and your ragtag company of rebels might just bring the fight back to the people.

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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, 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.

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Crytek and Deep Silver released a brand new trailer for Homefront: The Revolution, previously known as the tentative Homefront 2 when leaked images first surfaced,

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GR-UK writes: "It's still a first-person adventure, still mostly focused on using guns for survival. But what really headlines this reintroduction to the world is the approach Crytek UK is taking to the game design: large sandbox environments that can be freely explored solo or with three friends in co-op. An on-screen map gives a hint as to thick labyrinth of streets that you're allowed to range across, escape down, hide in. Exploration doesn't immediately equal firefight."

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On behalf of Crytek Nottingham, I'm incredibly proud to announce our latest title: Homefront: The Revolution!

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We sent rabble-rouser Steve to see the new Homefront. He made it back alive, but the news wasn't all good.

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One thing I found odd was the amount of emphasis placed on the protagonist’s status as an everyman. Multiple times during his introduction to the game, Salim described the hero as being just an everyday guy without any sort of military training. Of course, in the game itself you juggle all sorts of weapons and are able to use them all with precision and ease. I’m not saying this is a bad thing, but it does seem strange Crytek would want to play up this discrepancy between narrative and gameplay.

Either way, Homefront: The Revolution is coming to Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC sometime in 2015. There is still much to be revealed about this game’s open-world play style, which will hopefully help it stand apart from a crowded shooter genre. As Salim noted, giving this game an open-ended structure is definitely one of their goals. "We’re trying to avoid a situation where the player has to do something in a very specific way. The player will always have opportunities to approach a situation in a variety of ways. There’s no right way or wrong way, just different ways. What you have in that moment is what you use to get the job done. It’s very emergent."