14 DAY TRIAL // THQ's Homefront franchise, which just saw the closure of its founding studio, Kaos, will be improved at its new home at THQ Montreal, at least according to the North American publisher.
THQ made the pretty sad announcement that it is closing down the New York-based Kaos studio, which was responsible for the recent Homefront first-person shooter.
The company said that the franchise will be moved to the newly opened THQ Montreal studio, while Kaos staff can continue their careers if they choose to relocate to the Canadian city.
Now, THQ's core games boss, Danny Bilson, confirmed to Eurogamer that the Homefront franchise is moving forward, as its new development team in Montreal is eager to try out new things and not repeat the mistakes from the original game.
"Everything we learned from [the original] you'll see executed in other games going forward, and including that franchise going forward," Bilson said.
"We'll have some really interesting announcements in the future about the future of that brand. We're growing. We're learning. We're applying learnings. That game taught us tonnes. It also taught us some really good things. It was an example of the new way we market core in THQ. That was the first large campaign executed under my leadership with great marketers unchained. We succeeded really well."
He highlighted that the future of the Homefront series won't be plagued by sensitive issues like the length of the story, as the new studio is keen on improving it in all areas.
"The issues we had on Homefront we'll never have again. And yet, I absolutely love that brand and want to continue to make it great," he said.
Homefront was released earlier this year for the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, but the first-person shooter didn't exactly have the best of debuts, being criticized for its short story or lack of pacing, but still managed to sell well over 2 million units.