From the guy that wrote Red Dawn comes THQ's HomeFront

[Green Man]

THQ have just announced "Homefront", a first-person shooter that tells the story of a United States humbled by total economic collapse, then conquered by North Korea. So not based on a true story, then.

Interestingly, the game has been written by John Milius, a Hollywood screenwriter (and total gun nut) who has worked on Dirty Harry, Apocalypse Now, Conan and, yes, Red Dawn.

Which is funny, because Homefront's story doesn't stray too far from that of Red Dawn, with players joining the "American Civil Resistance" as they fight to overthrow their Communist oppressors. Who are from...North Korea.

The game is being developed by Kaos Studios, the team behind Frontlines: Fuel of War, and is due for the 360, PS3 & PC. More details, as well as something to look at (come on THQ, at least one screen would have been nice), will be provided during E3.

Willing to give it a shot. Hopefully it's more Freedom Fighters and less Turning Point. Speaking of Freedom Fighters, I'd love to see a sequel.

[muckhole]

It would be nice to have a Freedom Fighters follow up. Have any games that have had their stories written by big names ever turned out well? I don't mean this facetiously, just can't think of any.

Interestingly, the game has been written by John Milius, a Hollywood screenwriter (and total gun nut) who has worked on Dirty Harry, Apocalypse Now, Conan and, yes, Red Dawn.

Walter from The Big Lebowski was based on him as well, which I always found funny.

[Great Rumbler]

I can't even think of another game that had a big name writing the script, to be honest.

Advent Rising comes to mind, although I'm not sure how well known Orson Scott Card is outside of scifi fans.

[ManaByte]

This isn't the first game he's written:


So yea, he loves guns.

[chronovore]

Count me in for anything like a Freedom Fighters sequel -- though I didn't get into the Kane and Lynch demo at all for some reason. It seemed more shooty, while in some ways FF seemed like a strategic or puzzle game; the way you tackled a map, and the order you did them, affected everything else.

The Red Dawn feeling of the whole thing was nice, too. But I'm double-extra up for this N. Korea action. I wonder if it'll be banned in S. Korea, just for its inflammatory nature.