Homeworld

Long-delayed real time strategy (RTS) game Homeworld 3 has received a free demo in Steam Next Fest, along with a new release date. Developer Blackbird Interactive and publisher Gearbox announced the delay on X (formerly Twitter) yesterday evening (February 7). “Watching you share your experiences, exchange and debate strategies, and give us constant feedback has been incredible. This was our first time seeing the game played at scale, which is always an equally thrilling and nerve-wracking moments,” the post read. “We…

Homeworld 3, the much-anticipated sequel to 20-year-old real-time strategy game Homeworld 2, has been delayed once again, Gearbox Publishing and Blackbird Interactive announced. It's now set to come out on May 13, 2024, a couple of months after the previously announced March 8 debut.The decision to delay was made following a playthrough by users from outside the company. "This resulted in additional insights and perspective the will be incorporated to make Homeworld 3 the best experience possible," the team wrote. A…

Gearbox publishing and Blackbird Interactive have announced that Homeworld 3's release date has been pushed to May 13. Its early access period will now begin on May 10."We also recently gathered a dedicated group of players from outside our organization to play through the full game," Gearbox said in a statement. "This resulted in additional insights and perspective that will be incorporated to make Homeworld 3 the best experience possible."Homeworld 3 initially had a crowdfunding campaign but it was…

Blackbird Interactive and Gearbox Publishing announced today that the upcoming space RTS Homeworld 3 has been delayed a couple of months and will now be released on May 13. According to the post, recent feedback from Homeworld 3‘s public War Games demo and insights from Homeworld veterans made the team aware of final tweaks to make Homeworld 3 the best experience possible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmQ56YpYaAA Important to get it right Homeworld 3 has seen a handful of delays in the last year. Originally…

The long-awaited sci-fi strategy sequel Homeworld 3 at last has a release date. It’s now slated to arrive on March 8. That’s another slight delay, given the February release window that developer Blackbird Interactive and publisher Gearbox were aiming for, but at least there’s now a concrete date. Those who pick up the Fleet Command edition, meanwhile, will get access 72 hours earlier.In a short behind-the-scenes video, Blackbird CEO and co-founder Rob Cunningham said this was "really our original dream of Homeworld 2.…

Blackbird Interactive and Gearbox Publishing announced today that the third entry in the popular sci-fi RTS will be released on March 8, 2024. It will be a worldwide launch on PC on both Steam and the Epic Games Store. Homeworld 3 will be the first title in the Homeworld series in over two decades. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VY8Q4X8GsE “The Homeworld community has waited actual decades for this launch. We’re thrilled that their wait will finally be rewarded this March as players will be able to command the…

Developer Blackbird Interactive and publisher Gearbox have released a blog post revealing the system requirements for Homeworld 3. The third installment of the popular sci-fi space RTS has pretty generous minimum requirements. For those looking to enable raytracing, Homeworld 3 will understandably require a beefier machine. Image via Gearbox Homeworld 3 PC System Requirements Here are the system requirements for Homeworld 3 on PC: MinimumRecommendedHighUltraRT LowRT HighRT UltraPresetLowMediumHighEpicRay Tracing:…

The Homeworld Remastered Collection is coming to the Epic Games Store. And, to celebrate its arrival, it will be free for all players who claim it on their Epic Games Store account between July 27 and August 3. Previously the collection was only available on Steam, where it has over 10,000 reviews and a “Very Positive” consensus. As per usual with weekly free games on EGS, once you’ve added a title to your account it is always available to you. The Homeworld Remastered Collection includes: Homeworld Remastered…

Blackbird Interactive has announced that its upcoming real-time strategy game Homeworld 3, has been delayed to 2024. The announcement was made on Twitter last night (May 25), where the developer confirmed that Homeworld 3 will now launch in February 2024, instead of this year. “Our primary goal is to deliver a Homeworld experience that lives up to the standards set by its predecessors and is worthy of this series’ incredible legacy,” said Blackbird. We are moving the launch of Homeworld 3 from the first half of 2023…

Fans of the Homeworld franchise won't be seeing its new entry arrive this year after all. The long-awaited sequel to Homeworld 2, a sci-fi real-time strategy video game released way back in 2003, was supposed to come out in 2022 before its release was pushed back to the first half of this year. Now, its developer Blackbird Interactive and Gearbox Publishing have revealed that they're moving Homeworld 3's launch date to February 2024. In their announcement, they said that they want to deliver a game that "lives up to the…