Homefront updated, more DLC coming

An Xbox 360 update is now available which should improve Homefront’s overall game stability and network connectivity, a summary of a number of the changes can be found below. THQ has also included the “Ability Pack” with this update.

Ability Pack:

• Ice Cold: Invisible on thermal views and airstrike sensors
• Situational Awareness: Enemy gamertag appears when shot
• EMP Tactician: Deal more damage vs EMP’d vehicles
• Short Fuse: Reduced cook time on frag grenades
• Bomb Suit: Take less damage from explosives

Improvements to:

• Assist points for vehicle kills
• Rank Resets
• Game returns to MP menu instead of Main Menu after leaving a match
• Max ping limits for server connections (prevent connections to distant servers)
• Game freeze & hitching
• Joining Friends feature
• Beacon errors
• Party Connectivity; and
• Various other fixes

THQ has also announced the first Homefront DLC offering will be available on 7th June. The “Fire Sale” Map Pack will carry you further into the heart of a war torn and twisted America.  “Fire Sale” will launch first on Xbox LIVE and features two all-new multiplayer maps.