What's going on with Homefront: The Revolution?

OnlySP.com

The first Homefront from back in 2011 had an interesting concept behind it, and while it did okay both critically and commercially, flaws in  its design held the game back from taking full advantage of its idea to fight through a damaged, North-Korean-occupied America.

Hard times only seemed to follow the Homefront name since. The game's developer, Kaos Studios, shuttered a few months after its release in March. Then THQ, the title's publisher, closed in 2013 after years of financial struggles.

THQ always had plans for a sequel, though, ones that date back way before the first game came out and stood despite the publisher's uncertain future. And through a new development studio in Crytek UK, and publisher Deep Silver, who acquired the rights after THQ's closure, the sequel was kept alive.

A live-action Zelda series, huh?

SmashBros.com

So Netflix is developing a Legend of Zelda live-action series.

The news was reported Friday afternoon by the Wall Street Journal's Ben Fritz, and my reaction upon reading said news was as follows...

An idea for a new Beatles: Rock Band

NeoGaf

There isn't any game quite like The Beatles: Rock Band.

Yes, there were the main entries in the Rock Band franchise, another band-focused game on Green Day, and perhaps too many entries in the Guitar Hero franchise. But those titles  never really seemed to match the love and care that went into this one.

It's been more than five years since The Beatles: Rock Band launched, and the Rock Band franchise itself went dormant a couple years later.

However, franchise developer Harmonix released a survey in January to gauge what fans would be looking for in a "new Rock Band experience."

That got me thinking.

The Beatles: Rock Band is a tremendous game, and one of my favorites of all-time. Rock Band's core gameplay worked just as well as ever, and getting four people in a room to fill out the entire band  never failed to make for a good time. The game also hasn't aged graphically, looking just as visually striking now as it did when it released back in September 2009.

And not only seeing, but playing through the group's evolution during its career is just something else.

I have no shortage of praise for this game, but as much as I love it, there are still things I wish Harmonix could've done to make it even better. The recent survey only fueled more ideas.

Before I go any further, I should probably leave a quick disclaimer. I don't know what Harmonix is planning to do next with Rock Band, and as I much as I want what I'm about to write to be a real thing, it probably won't be. But hey, I can dream, right?

So, without further ado, here is what I had in mind for another go at The Beatles: Rock Band, this time on the PS4, Xbox One and Wii U. Let's just call it The Beatles: Rock Band 2.