New Homeworld Looks Amazing! Release Date and System Requirements.

Upcoming Homeworld game will now be called Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak and it's planned to release on January 20th.

https://youtu.be/X7beE0NgnmU

UPDATE

System Requirements

Music Composer: Paul Ruskay (from the originals)

Steam Page:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/281610/

January 20th? Much sooner than expected. Have we even heard anything about this game in the past year?

I'm surprised too.

No they didn't share anything and now releasing the game. They only held one conference, where they talked about the engine and how they are using different camera techniques to enhance storytelling etc. Hopefully it's not being rushed by GearBox.

That came up quick. Will keep my eye on it, looks like it can be really good. And best of all my current PC should be able to play it.

No relic entertainment though.....

Wuuuuuuuut day 1

BlackBird Interactive is founded by Ex Relic Employees including some of the co-founders of Relic.

I should be excited but quite honestly anything with gearbox in it turns me off

@Cloud_imperium: Oh it's Gearbox... I'm even more worried now. Lol

Same here, at least they're not developing it though.

The trailer looked good, and it's nice they used ACTUAL GAMEPLAY, and not shitty CGI. I'm happy to see what look like large maps with units engaging at a distance, and not the usual crap you get in RTS's where all the units bunch-up during combat.

Yea, I hear that. Granted the developer is made of ex-Relic employees, but still. Gearbox fills me with concern. Though in fairness that trailer was dope. The feel, voices, sound effects, trails, explosions....it nailed Homeworld. I would buy this day one without consideration, but the fact Gearbox is involved is going to make me wait a bit.

That's sooner than expected.

Really looking forward to this game.

Homeworld meets Ground Control and Dune. This also gives me a nice Supreme Commander vibe. I like the series as a space RTS, but not sure how good could it be in the ground. Guess I'm reminded of some RTS games like C&C where I get steam rolled by medium AI. At least there's Battlefleet Gothic: Armada coming soon. I've been playing through the remastered Homeworld game recently (played the original years ago) and loving it, so this came at a good time.

I like this teaser better. The Deserts of Kharak trailer is basically the last Shipbreakers trailer with a couple of new bits on the end.

The remasters are fantastic so if it's the same GB team I would have confidence in them.

Despite being a big fan of the series, I'm going to be on the fence about Homeworld that's not in space. Time will tell.

My biggest concern for 2016 is when will I ever find the time to play all these great upcoming games? I have so much stuff to be played already :/

They have been working on it since a long time. In 2010 development started with an ambitious sci-fi game entitled HARDWARE. Inspired by Homeworld, a franchise developed by some of BBI’s founders, it was originally planned as a Free to Play (F2P) real-time strategy (RTS) game. After Gearbox Software bought the Homeworld IP in 2013, a deal was signed at PAX between Gearbox and BBI to turn HARDWARE into the next game in the Homeworld franchise. Rob Cunningham, other former Relic devs, and many other game industry vets are working on Homeworld: Shipbreakers the forthcoming “prequel” to the original Homeworld game. Rob and others who helped form BBI were some of the original developers and artists for Homeworld. They had been instrumental in helping Gearbox remaster the game and help them bring Homeworld back to life. The game first was called Hardware Shipbreakers, then called Homeworld Shipbreakers, but now Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak. Blackbird Interactive is working together with gearbox, who is responsible of the Homeworld remastered collection.

@MirkoS77: I'm glad you're still looking forward to it, I hope you enjoy it. I'm going to wait a while for a price drop and see the critic reviews. The trailer was indeed impressive.

Indeed. Very nice trailer. I'm so fucking tired of trailers that refuse to show the actual game.

Me 2. At least the unit design looks good. That's about all I can gather.

Too bad we'll have to wait for one month to get half assed gamespot review just like Act of Agression.

That's a bit of why I'm concerned. At release the remasters were not in the best of shape (not sure how they are now after patching, or if they've been patched). They were buggy, plus the decision to have Homeworld 1 run on 2's engine, which affected formations and tactics from the first, make me a bit hesitant. I don't trust GB. Is it the same developer that was responsible for the remasters doing this game?

Gearbox did their part with Homeworld with that excellent Homeworld Remaster.

It's up to the Ex-Relic developers to make this a good game with the resources that's been given to them. But the game looks solid so far despite the land based combat, I just hope the game can hold up without the 3D movement which is a big part that made Homeworld's micromanagement and strategic layer really great.

All the best for the studio. Hope they just dont turn into another Petroglyph, who has proven several times that Westwood were always mediocre and just couldnt keep up with the competition.

Frankly, I'm happy that 3D movement is gone. It was pain in the ass sometimes.

I liked Grey Goo. It isn't the best RTS ever but campaign was fun. Don't care much about multiplayer these days though.

This is probably the best Xmas gift from the world. I've expected it to be cool and stuff, but what we see is just amazing. No words to describe it, just applaud!

Mikey likey.

Gearbox ain't publishing or developing this game. Blackbird are self publishing, just purchased a licence from Gearbox so don't worry :)

Sounds excellent. Thanks for the info!

Yep no thanks.. Gearbox still has yet to fix Homeworld Remastered, and their "beta" multiplayer they were hyping to be competitive literally has had a handful of minor changes made to it since it's release.. They released a broken game in which things like formations and tactics, were broken at release.. One of the two campaigns is of absolute mess of broken ai, awful balance (in the players favor, making the campaign laughably easy).. The biggest insult to injury is the fact they fucking knew about it and released it anyways.. This is basically par for the course when it comes to Gearbox "developing" any kind of IP that they were not the original creators for (Homeworld, Alien Colonial Marines, Duke Nukem)..

Excellent remaster? You mean releasing the game in a state in which 1 of the 2 campaigns are completely broken, major features are completely broken, and a completely unbalanced and broken multiplayer?.. It has been 10 months now and they still haven't patched any of the major things out there.. Including their "beta" multiplayer which is looking to be in a permanent state of beta at this rate.

This looks great but i'll wait to see if it's not released in a beta stage...

We never know, it's Gearbox after all!!!

Updated

I think it was announced quite a while ago (<1 year, i think). As for hearing anything; no, not really lol.

Looks great though, really has the art direction and style of the original games

Good to know!

Same, haven't gotten into multiplayer in RTSs, and I've been playing them since Dune II. That's why I love Homeworld I and II so much: amazing singleplayer.

I hope they get the original narrator; that old man had the best voice, like a village elder telling stories around the campfire.

intro

And that music! So great, amazing Adagio for Strings, and other songs.

Adagio for Strings I remember that opening seen, when you get back and see your people under attack. As close to crying as I've ever come while playing a video game

Turanic Raiders I believe this is the music that accompanies your first encounter with an enemy: really instills a sense of dread, as you essentially fled into this area you knew nothing about, and all of sudden this crazy tribe of, I don't know, space savages, come out of the void and this tribal drum beat and wailing instrument takes over.

Kharak System then you have the complete opposite, this Arab-sounding kind of music that makes you feel like an explorer; cautious, but hopeful, daring yourself to peek over the horizon.

Swear to god, Homeworld is one of my favorite games. Ever. Can't wait to see what they're doing with this one. Even if it's bad, I will still be happy they aren't doing nothing with the IP.