Yesterday, reviews for THQ's new shooter, Homefront, came in and they were hardly glowing (averaging in the low 70s). THQ's stock took a major hit as shares tumbled more than 20% in reaction to the news. The publisher had acknowledged that it needs to sell 2 million copies just to break even on the title, but we have to wonder if that's going to happen. Now Homefront has been handed another blow, as the game just one day after release has been reduced at two major retailers.
Alex & Mike talk Biomutant, a game from Experiment 101/THQ Nordiq you likely have not heard of. While the AAA side of the industry tends to homogenization and imitative, cinematic presentation, “AA” games remain creative and innovative in 2021. Drawing on inspirations as varied as Dark Souls, third person shooters & kung fu cinema, Biomutant is Ratchet & Clank on acid, developed by a team of 20 people.
Jack writes: "Back in March 2011, the first-person action shooter Homefront arrived on the Xbox 360 from THQ, along with a storm of publicity which included a really cool live-action trailer"
Remember THQ? They published such games as Avatar: The Last Airbender, Darksiders I & II, the Destroy All Humans series, Homefront, the Red Faction series, and Saint's Row 1-3. Almost as famous as their games were the THQ marketing stunts, including a Golden Wii.
Mindjack just came out and it's only $40. I guess crappy game is crappy....unless it's COD then is apparently IZ TEH GRAAAYYTESSTTT!!! or at least to most reviewers..
THQ needs to pay attention...before they kill more franchises.
Though Kaos hasn't been the belle of the ball lately either.
This game had failure written all over it from the start.
It has sold 375000 day one in NA. Should sell better than Bulletstorm 1st week.