Homefront multiplayer demo coming

By Fred Dutton Published 3 May, 2011

Plus, multiple DLC packs planned.

A multiplayer demo is in the works for Homefront, publisher THQ has announced.

CEO Brian Farrell broke the news during an earnings call earlier today, though didn't provide a planned release date.

"It's a fairly unusual strategy but where Homefront really shines is the online 32 player multiplayer capability," he explained.

"We know because of our strong marketing campaign that a lot of people have heard of Homefront and we think with this new demo we might stimulate more new users and purchasers of the game."

Farrell also announced that "a number of drops" of "robust" DLC are planned over the coming months but declined to divulge further information when pressed as to what form it might take.

Homefront launched on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 earlier this year, picking up a middling 6/10 from Eurogamer's Dan Whitehead.

"It's a decent multiplayer offering, but is unlikely to lure dedicated players away from the dominant franchises and their enormous and enthusiastic communities for long," he wrote of its multiplayer modes.

According to THQ's latest earnings report, the game has now shipped 2.6 million units to date.

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Comments (14) Latest comment 1 year ago

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  • Whizzo #1 1 year ago

    Agreed, it's a great game in MP it's just a shame that everyone on my friends list (other than me) got shot of it when it was still worth a decent trade in price because of the party issues it had on launch.

    THQ really screwed up.

  • CaptainQuint #2 1 year ago

    In spite of the unfinished engine and derivative gameplay; the game is surprisingly very good and solid, online. Highly recommended.

  • FuzzyDuck #3 1 year ago

    Not a bad idea, i wouldn't mind a no-commitment at it.

  • rojjer #4 1 year ago

    its a fantastic game online - I do think that the first batch of DLC should be free though as a good will gesture to all of us that have suffered through its *ahem* tortuous beginings

  • Anthony_UK #5 1 year ago

    They really did nail the multiplayer, such a shame they scared the COD faithful that dip there toe in away with the lack of being able to join friends and just games in general for those first few weeks...

    Shame as other than BC2, this is probably my favourite online shooter this generation. Hits the sweet spot right on the head between all the vehicle based action and strategy of battlefield with the pace of COD.

    Seeing as Fronlines has new weapons and vehicles as well as maps for it's DLC I've got my fingers crossed for something similar here :)

  • ucankurbaga #6 1 year ago

    still not interested.

  • metalangel #7 1 year ago

    At least now folks can try it and see for themselves. Multiplayer always was the main event but it's hard to make an advertising campaign about that, hence the singleplayer being pushed.

  • Neil_LCFC #8 1 year ago

    Multiplayer is fantastic fun hopefully the demo will convince more people to try it.

  • richarddavies #9 1 year ago

    It has grown on me the mp side the more I played it. Pretty solid shooter. The spawn points need tinkering a bit but a really fun shooter overall.

  • mukki #10 1 year ago

    a tad late or?

  • Vortex808 #11 1 year ago

    This is too late now though. A brilliant online game, but marred but too many problems. It didn't help it was difficult to connect to multiplayer for a while prompting many to try the fairly short and poor campaign.

    The multiplayer has been one of the best team games I've played and up there with the Section 8's and BFBC2's for team based shooters.

    Battle Commander Ground Control was a thing of greatness, but only unlocked at level 7- a level many people didn't bother to reach. If people didn't redeem their battle code to play beyond level 5 they couldn't even try it. It should have been playable from the get go.
    Edited by Vortex808 at 04/05/11 @ 11:01

  • carlitoswagon #12 1 year ago

    Saw this as a day 1 purchase until the scathing reviews. Looking forward to downloading demo now.

  • MinerWilly #13 1 year ago

    Rented it , only played the multiplayer and was gutted when i had to take it back . I will be 100% be getting the demo for this .

  • menage #14 1 year ago

    Pretty smart too still put out an MP demo. It might persuade some people to still bite at discounted prices (who are going to shell out for DLC then as well), and making more poeple play it makes HF2 (which is bound to come eventually)e a more well known entity.