Homeworld Sequel Announced

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**Ahtman**

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During its PAX panel today, Gearbox announced Homeworld: Shipbreakers, a new game being developed in cooperation with Blackbird Interactive.

Blackbird was previously developing the game as a spiritual successor to Homeworld with the title Hardware: Shipbreakers, but Gearbox confirmed today that it will now be released as part of the franchise instead, and Gearbox will provide financial support to make sure the game can be completed and achieve Blackbird's vision.

Shipbreakers joins the previously-announced HD remakes of Homeworld and Homeworld 2 that are currently in development, as well as the "classic" versions Gearbox will be releasing.

Gearbox acquired the rights to Homeworld from THQ in April. The HD remakes are expected to arrive in the first half of 2014.

This is promising news.

**Soladrin**

Not going to hold my breath. Gearbox involved with an IP that is not their own? Going to stay as far away from that untill it's actually out.

**Ouze**

As much as I'd like to get excited, the Gearbox name has been seriously tarnished in my eyes. I can't believe anything they say about the game until it's been out for a week and Metacritic says it's good.

**Yodhrin**

Soladrin wrote:
Not going to hold my breath. Gearbox involved with an IP that is not their own? Going to stay as far away from that untill it's actually out.

The team that is actually making the game is composed largely of ex-Relic devs who worked on the original games, the whole reason their "spiritual-successor" is getting a name-change and access to the real Homeworld IP is that the team contacted Gearbox after the latter won the rights and persuaded them to give them access and funding.

Having said that: meh. The Homeworld story was pretty much wrapped up in a bow after Homeworld 2, I've never seen the need for a direct sequel, and I hope they don't end up retconning a bunch of stuff in order to shoehorn in this new title.

**Soladrin**

Yodhrin wrote:
Soladrin wrote:
Not going to hold my breath. Gearbox involved with an IP that is not their own? Going to stay as far away from that untill it's actually out.

The team that is actually making the game is composed largely of ex-Relic devs who worked on the original games, the whole reason their "spiritual-successor" is getting a name-change and access to the real Homeworld IP is that the team contacted Gearbox after the latter won the rights and persuaded them to give them access and funding.

Having said that: meh. The Homeworld story was pretty much wrapped up in a bow after Homeworld 2, I've never seen the need for a direct sequel, and I hope they don't end up retconning a bunch of stuff in order to shoehorn in this new title.

That may be so, but we know for a fact gearbox is in the business of swapping development teams and shuffling money around much to the detriment of a project. I don't trust them.

I agree about the story though. Don't really see a point to a direct sequel.

**BrookM**

Can't be much worse than DNF or A:CM

**Palindrome**

This isn't a sequel. Shipbreakers has been in independent development for a while now and had little to do with Homeworld other than some of the original devs and an art style.

All this really means is that they will try and cram this game into the Homeworld universe. Hopefully there will actually be single player now though....

I have a mild interest in this game although there are some issues, not least the underwhleming trailerified gameplay video that was released a month or so ago.

**Perkustin**

Palindrome wrote:
This isn't a sequel. Shipbreakers has been in independent development for a while now and had little to do with Homeworld other than some of the original devs and an art style.

All this really means is that they will try and cram this game into the Homeworld universe. Hopefully there will actually be single player now though....

I have a mild interest in this game although there are some issues, not least the underwhleming trailerified gameplay video that was released a month or so ago.

This guy gets it.

I've been following Hardware:Shipbreakers for a while because of it's awesome art style and cool promo material. I'll admit that i also found the 'gameplay' footage they released was a bit underwhelming and hopefully that's because of funding, something this deal might fix.

**Palindrome**

Blackbird have started advertising for a senior level designer so it seems that we will be getting a proper single player game after all.

**Velour_Fog**

If Campbell Lane isn't narrating I'm not buying.

**-Loki-**

Cautiously optimistic. I'm more interested in the HD remakes, as the first game is my favorite game of all time. Everything about that game when it was released gave me the shivers - that opening cinematic where they ships are flying around the mothership was amazing, and the story is still the only RTS story to ever make me give a gak. I even loved Cataclysm.

**Palindrome**

Its just been announced that SHipbreakers will be getting a traditional release so its no longer going to be F2P.

**MrMoustaffa**

Ahtman wrote:
Gearbox

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAhahahahahhah... oh wait you're serious?

Yeah, because they had such a great track record on DNF and A:CM. If they manage to not ruin this one I'll be extremely surprised.

To be honest it's going to take a lot of convincing to get me to ever buy a Gearbox game again. After the shenanigans they pulled with A:CM I just don't trust them anymore.

**Palindrome**

MrMoustaffa wrote:
Ahtman wrote:
Gearbox

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAhahahahahhah... oh wait you're serious?

Yeah, because they had such a great track record on DNF and A:CM. If they manage to not ruin this one I'll be extremely surprised.

To be honest it's going to take a lot of convincing to get me to ever buy a Gearbox game again. After the shenanigans they pulled with A:CM I just don't trust them anymore.

Supposedly all Gearbox are doing is funding the game and providing developmental support, it has been in independent development for months prior to Gearbox's involvement.