Homefront Patch Deletes Progress [UPDATE] News

A patch for Kaos Studios' Homefront appears to be causing problems. The patch was meant to address game freezes and connection issues for the PS3 version of the game, but some players are reporting that they have lost all their levelling progress since it was deployed.

“As stated already.. I too have lost my rank (PS3).  I was rank 24 and i played a game and noticed i was back to 2,” a user commented on the official Homefront blog.

“I lost lvls by the time I get someone to fix them I will be back to where I was.  *sighs*,” another reported.

Worringly, there are also reports that the patch hasn’t resolved the very issues it was designed to address, with some users claiming that it may have even made things worse:

“Ok soooooo i never had problems b4 the first patch came out and now i froze like 7-10 time now most in-game.” commented chigger78 on the Homefront Forums.

“its past 20:00 est and still freezing, lot of lag, nojoining with friend, and stats still screwed up. this is very disappointing. i hope u guys get this resolved, i have faith in u,” said another user.

“This is just annoying. So much hype into this game and all it is, is a complete fail. The only reason most of us are playing this online is because the damn campaign was to short. Now we can't even play online because there are nothing but freezing issues. I didn't even really experience them untill todays new update,” said user Alucard Knight.

It’s not clear how widespread the issues currently are; some players are reporting no problems with the game:

“I've been playing this game for the past 4 hours and a couple of hours last night, my PS3 never froze,” revealed one user.

For their part, Kaos released a statement blaming the issues on teething problems with their ambitious server technology, promising that “once the kinks are ironed out [...] the result will be worth it”

“We want to stress that Homefront is one of a tiny handful of titles offering dedicated server support on console, and the infrastructure and networking code required to support this is much more complex and demanding than simple peer-to-peer matchmaking you see in most other FPS games. The pay-off is larger maps, more players, and an equal playing field for all – something we believe is critical for fair, balanced online FPS gameplay. “

Xbox 360 and PC versions are said to be relatively stable. We've checked-in with THQ for comment and clarification on these reports and will update this article if a response comes through.

Homefront has already been released in the US and launches in the UK today. Check out our review here.

Update: THQ has responded to our inquiry with the following statement: “Kaos Studios continue to investigate any and all issues as they are being reported via the community site.”