Tactical, beautiful, and wholly unique, the GOTY-winning sci-fi RTS returns with Homeworld 3. Relic had hinted back in 2008 that it wanted to do a new game in the franchise after THQ had acquired the trademark from Vivendi the year before. Hulking space derelicts bring terrain based combat into fully 3D space. With that I will hand it over to Kat Neale, David Cheong, Stephen Mokrytzki, and Tim O. Check out the interview below to see just how the Homeworld 3 team brought this powerful ship to life, including the first ever in-engine footage of this brand-new title. It plans to refund the money to all the people that donated, but will continue development of its space-based RTS under its own IP.Īn announcement of the new owner is expected in mid-May, hopefully along with plans the bidder has for the IP. We’re unveiling a brand new unit to the Homeworld universe, the Railgun Frigate. If you missed it, check out this gorgeous spread of ships and space-based goodies included in the Collector’s Edition box. I like to announce EVE: RTS (work name) Its a mod about EVE Online developed by myself, featuring ships and other objects directly from the original Game. TeamPixel had gathered more than $70,000 via Kickstarter and IndieGoGo for the IP bidding. Today we revealed the Homeworld 3 Collector’s Edition live from the PAX stage during the Gearbox Main Theatre Show. "The auction for the Homeworld license ended April 15, 2013, and while we reached qualified bidder status for the bankruptcy auction, we were unable to raise the necessary funds to remain competitive against the other parties at the auction." "Homeworld will escape the THQ bankruptcy to a new home, however, that home will not be with teamPixel, LLC," the developer said in a Kickstarter update (via VG247). The studio had hoped to create a Homeworld Touch game for iOS, bring the original games to digital distribution, and begin work on Homeworld 3. ![]() ![]() We don't know yet who the winning bidder was, just that it wasn't app developer teamPixel. The Homeworld IP has changed hands, no longer resting in the pile of leftovers from the THQ bankruptcy.
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