Neowin News Feed for: Homeworld

Homeworld 3's next "mothership-sized" update will be its last as development wraps up

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 15:38:01 +0000

Less than a year after launch, Homeworld 3's post-launch content support is drying up after this week's major update and DLC launch. Read more...

The remaining Homeworld 3 Year One DLC packs and free updates will all launch in November

John Callaham — Sat, 21 Sep 2024 12:00:01 +0000

Blackbird Interactive has decided to release all of the remaining planned Homeworld 3 DLC packs and content updates for its Year One pass in November. Read more...

Homeworld 3 will release its first paid DLC on August 15 with the Kalan Raiders Fleet Pack

John Callaham — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 03:42:01 +0000

Blackbird Interactive will release its 1.2 update for its space-based RTS game Homeworld 3 on August 15. It will also release its first paid DLC pack with the addition of the Kalan Raiders Fleet Pack. Read more...

Homeworld 3 launches its first big update with a new map, new ship variant and more

John Callaham — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 20:42:01 +0000

Blackbird Interactive has launched the first major update for the recent space-based RTS sequel Homeworld 3. The 1.1 update includes a new Skirmish map, a new ship variant, and more. Read more...

Homeworld: Vast Reaches will bring the PC RTS franchise to Meta Quest 2 and 3 VR headsets

John Callaham — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 22:00:01 +0000

Homeworld: Vast Reaches has been announced. It will be an all-new game in the space-based RTS series that's being developed by FarBridge for the Meta Quest 2 and 3 virtual reality headsets. Read more...

Homeworld 3 PC hardware requirements reveal a wide range of settings, including ray tracing

John Callaham — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 20:54:01 +0000

Blackbird Interactive has released the PC hardware system requirements for its long-awaited space-based RTS sequel Homeworld 3. PCs will need much higher specs to run the game with ray-tracing effects Read more...

Homeworld 3 developer Blackbird Interactive lays off 41 team members

John Callaham — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 05:16:01 +0000

In a statement, Blackbird Interactive said that the cancelation of "several unannounced projects" led to the layoffs this week. Development of Homeworld 3 will continue as planned. Read more...

Homeworld 3 will get new War Games co-op mode and official mod support at launch

John Callaham — Fri, 25 Aug 2023 21:54:01 +0000

The long awaited space-based RTS sequel Homeworld 3 will include a new roguelike co-op mode called War Games. It will also get official mod support at launch via the mod.io platform. Read more...

This week's free Epic Games Store game is Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak

John Callaham — Thu, 24 Aug 2023 15:00:01 +0000

Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak, a land-based real-time strategy game and a prequel to the Homeworld space-based RTS series, is free to download and keep for the next week from the Epic Games Store. Read more...

Homeworld Remastered Collection and Severed Steel are free on the Epic Games Store this week

John Callaham — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 15:00:01 +0000

The revamped versions of Homeworld 1 and 2, along with the indie sci-fi first-person shooter Severed Steel, are all free to download and keep for the next week on the Epic Games Store. Read more...

New Homeworld 3 gameplay and cinematic footage released as part of a huge development update

John Callaham — Sat, 01 Jul 2023 00:00:06 +0000

Homeworld 3 will use pre-rendered graphics combined with Unreal Engine 4 in-game cutscenes for its cinematics, and the dev update also has more info on its audio and visuals as well. Read more...

Homeworld 3 gets delayed once again, this time to February 2024

John Callaham — Thu, 25 May 2023 23:34:01 +0000

The long-awaited third game in the space-based RTS series has already been delayed once, from late 2022 to the first half of 2023. Now Homeworld 3 has had its release delayed once again. Read more...

Debian Project selects “Homeworld” theme for Debian 11

Paul Hill — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 16:58:01 +0000

The Debian Project has announced that Juliette Taka's Homeworld theme will be used by default in Debian 11. Taka also provided the themes which were the defaults on Debian 8 and Debian 9. Read more...

This Weekend's PC Game Deals: Stay strong, the Summer Picnic Sale is still on

Adrian Potoroaca — Sun, 03 Jul 2016 06:30:01 +0000

Chances are that your wallet hasn't survived your adventures in the Steam Summer Sale wonderland - but in the event that it did, use our roundup of the best bargains to finish it off. Read more...

TechSpot: Homeworld Remastered Collection Graphics & CPU Performance

Julio Franco — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 09:49:07 +0000

The Homeworld Remastered Collection brings high-res textures and models, new visual effects, recreated cinematic scenes, and support for HD, Ultra HD and 4K resolutions. Read more...

Gearbox Software acquires Homeworld franchise

John Callaham — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:31:42 +0000

Gearbox Software has announced it has acquired the Homeworld sci-fi RTS game franchise from the now defunct THQ and plans to re-release the first two games but there's no details on future games. Read more...

Former Homeworld developers release trailer for Hardware: Shipbreakers

John Callaham — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:36:58 +0000

Developer Blackbird Interactive, made up in part of former developers at Relic who worked on Homeworld, have released the first trailer for their first game Hardware: Shipbreakers. Read more...

THQ's Homeworld and Red Faction franchises now up for bids

John Callaham — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:51:57 +0000

The remaining assets of game publisher THQ, inlcuding the Homeworld, Red Faction and Darksiders franchises, arew now up for bids from now until April 1st, with the final sales to made by mid-May. Read more...

Homeworld 2 demo

Marcel Klum — Thu, 04 Sep 2003 06:35:49 +0000

As promised, Vivendi Universal Games now sends along the playable demo for Homeworld 2, allowing you to try out this imminent 3D real-time space strategy game by Relic Entertainment. The demo includes the tutorial mission,... Read more...