As the great white hope for THQ before the publisher's tragic demise, Homefront was touted as being a serious contender to Call of Duty's throne prior to its release. However, despite strong sales, Kaos Studios' ill-fated military shooter launched to middling reviews and was universally slammed by critics as wanting "so much to join COD and Battlefield at the top of the genre, but has ended up as merely a weekend timewaster for players waiting for the next shooter fix".
Announcing plans for a sequel, THQ went about fixing many of the problems that had blighted the original game during its turbulent development. And with THQ's Danny Bilsen intending for Homefront to be turned into a highly respected franchise, things were certainly looking up for the publisher despite the company facing serious financial problems. Alas, with THQ going bankrupt in 2012, its properties and assets were sold off in an effort to pay creditors. With the Homefront license going to Crytek (later to be acquired by Koch Media), it certainly looked as if the game's potential would be finally realised. However, with Crytek later facing its own problems, Homefront's future was once again thrown in doubt as the studio looked to sell off the rights to Deep Silver...