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THQ has confirmed that Homefront developer Kaos Studios will be closed down as part of the publishers plans for "strategic realignment", according to a report by Gamasutra.

"THQ continues its strategy of aligning the best industry talent with the company’s marquee franchises," said the publisher in a statement. "The Montreal studio will take over product development and overall creative management for the Homefront franchise. The Montreal studio actively collaborated with Kaos on Homefront."

Employees of Kaos Studios were obviously less than impressed, with Homefront Senior Level Designer Zach Wilson commenting via Twitter, "I hear the studio got a box of Saint's Row-branded dildos with a note that read 'Go **** yourselves.'"

While this is surely a blow for those in the Kaos Studios camp, the Homefront IP itself will not be affected, according to THQ boss Danny Bilson.

"Everything we learned from [the original] you'll see executed in other games going forward, and including that franchise going forward. We'll have some really interesting announcements in the future about the future of that brand," Bilson told Eurogamer at E3 last week.

With the original Homefront selling a million copies in its first week, THQ will be hoping to build on that relatively successful debut with future entries in the series. Our thoughts go out to those at Kaos Studios who have been laid off.