Homefront The Rock DLC hitting XBL 'soon'

New $5 map pack for THQ's near-future shooter brings two new maps first to Xbox Live; PlayStation 3 and PC release info not offered.


Last month, THQ shuttered Homefront developer Kaos Studios, shifting work on the franchise to the publisher's Montreal arm. Though the game's original developer is no more, the title itself is living on with new downloadable content called The Rock.


THQ sent word today that the new content will arrive first on Xbox Live at a to-be-announced date in the future. It will be part of THQ's agreement with Microsoft that sees Homefront map packs arrive first for the Xbox 360. THQ did not offer a more precise release date other than "soon," and the publisher also did not indicate if or when it plans to release The Rock on the PlayStation 3 or PC.

As for the content, The Rock bears a 400 Microsoft point price tag ($5) and includes two new maps: Alcatraz and Bridge. Alcatraz takes place inside the San Francisco Bay's iconic island prison and will offer gamers close-quarter combat.

As for Bridge, that map has players battling near the North Tower of the Golden Gate Bridge and the surrounding area. In addition to the new maps, THQ said that new Team Deathmatch areas Waterway and Overpass will be included in the DLC.

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Sounds cool.

I didn't find Homefront to be as bad as most people did. The biggest gripe I had was the server issues/glitches when the game first came out. Most of that has been sorted now I believe.

SRT Speed Racer wrote:

I didn't find Homefront to be as bad as most people did. The biggest gripe I had was the server issues/glitches when the game first came out. Most of that has been sorted now I believe.

I asked my wife to buy it and figured she was buying the xbox version but she got me the ps3 version instead.

For the first month it constantly froze my ps3 system up. But after its been cleaned up with patches for the game. its not a bad game.