Not sure if you guys saw this, but Gearbox bought the rights to Homeworld 1&2 and is going to release high def versions for windows 7 and 8. No release date yet but as they are not changing the game itself at all, can't be too far off.
http://www.spacesector.com/blog/2013/07/gearbox-to-re-release-homeworld-1-2-and-hd-remakes/
Gearbox Software acquired the Homeworld franchise on April of this year during THQ's bankruptcy auction process. At the time Gearbox stated its intention to "preserve and assemble the purest form of the original acclaimed and beloved games, Homeworld and Homeworld2, with the intent of making them accessible on today's leading digital platforms", which indicated a clear intention by the game developer to re-release the original Homeworld games at some point in the future.
Well, Gearbox has confirmed this intention in PAX Australia by announcing that they will indeed be releasing the original sci-fi real-time strategy games Homeworld and Homeworld 2, the unaltered versions developed by Relic, to be available digitally for Windows PC, reports Polygon.
In addition to the original two titles re-release, Gearbox also announced that they will be releasing high-definition remakes for both Homeworld and Homeworld 2. No details regarding pricing or release dates for either the original unaltered versions or the HD remakes were announced.
Woot! (http://www.polygon.com/2013/7/20/4540132/gearbox-releasing-remakes-of-homeworld-and-homeworld-2-for-windows-pc)
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Gearbox will release high-definition remakes of Relic Entertainment's real-time strategy series for Windows PC, the original Homeworld and Homeworld 2, the company announced at its PAX Australia panel today. The company will also release the original two titles to digital distribution platforms for Windows PC.
Gearbox bought the Homeworld IP for $1.35 million in April, following the approved sale of publisher THQ's games and studios for $72 million in January. At the time, Gearbox issued a statement saying that Brian Martel, Gearbox Software's chief creative officer, only had great love and respect for the Homeworld franchise and "personally spearheaded the acquisition." The company said that preserving the Homeworld games is Martel's highest priority and intends on making "them accessible on today's leading digital platforms."
Developer Paul Zakrzewski launched a Kickstarter campaign to develop a real-time strategy/space combat simulator inspired by the Homeworld series called Void Destroyer. The campaign was successfully funded in June and is currently on Steam Greenlight.
The Relic Entertainment-developed Homeworld was initially released for Windows PC in 1999. The sequel, Homeworld 2, launched for Windows PC in 2003.
graphic remakes have already been done for both games. you can even play the HW1 campaign in HW2. whatever they do it better be fantastic.
http://grogheads.com/forums/index.php?topic=6923.0
Beat you to it.
Can one of you mod types merge this into martoks? Or delete it I suppose
Quote from: mikeck on August 01, 2013, 07:52:58 AM
Can one of you mod types merge this into martoks? Or delete it I suppose
Your wish is my command.
I want a toasted bagel with cream cheese.
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on August 01, 2013, 08:32:12 AM
I want a toasted bagel with cream cheese.
I said his wish is my command...not yours. Nice try though.
I keep Jarhead on retainer for a small annual fee
Its going to be interesting to see how and what they update. In a perfect world they would release 1 and 2 for free to generate interest and then come out with hw3. Besides a bagel that's what I would want.
This is automatically more gooder than say the AoEII HD project since the original content is so much more engaging. I say that as someone who used to love AoEII and just was not grabbed by the reintroduced HD version.
I never played either game but I seem to remember reading a PC Gamer article many years ago bemoaning the fact that although these games were critically acclaimed by the reviewers and beloved by some gamers, they both were huge disappointments in the overall sales numbers. Reason cited in the article was that they were extremely difficult, with many gamers unable to get 25% through the games without giving up in frustration. Word spread and sales suffered. Again, I never played them so I don't really know, this is just what I read. I would be interested to hear from those here who did play the originals about the difficulty of these games.
^That's just not how I remember it. Instant classic from the moment I first loaded it and watched the intro. Was it difficult? Definitely. Did this prevent me from feeling HW was one of the greatest games ever released up until that time? Nope.
Still up there as one of the all time greats.... like Total Annihilation
I do not recall it being a flop at all when it came out. the article you remember my have been talking about homeworld: cataclysm which did get an odd reception as it wasnt made by Relic.
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on August 01, 2013, 12:29:02 PM
I do not recall it being a flop at all when it came out. the article you remember my have been talking about homeworld: cataclysm which did get an odd reception as it wasnt made by Relic.
Hmm....maybe you're right....could be my mistake.
Are you maybe getting Homeworld mixed up with Masters of Orion?
I've never played either, but I've heard that Homeworld is a classic.
Well, I did find the Homeworld campaign too difficult...trying to make sure I competed my mission without losing too many ships. But I loved it anyway! Went right to skirmish and never looked back
the trick to any HW campaign is to not rush around to much. some levels are timed but most arent. I once spent 2 days capturing every ship on The Bridge of Sighs. while it took a long time 200+ free frigates were to good to pass up.
More same old, same old, just slap a new coat of paint on it and resell it. The software industry seems to resemble the used car market more more.
Quote from: SgtRock on August 01, 2013, 05:32:22 PM
More same old, same old, just slap a new coat of paint on it and resell it. The software industry seems to resemble the used car market more more.
you are obviously NOT a Homeworld fanbois, like Star and I .... even the music was great in that franchise
I loved moving the camera in close when I had a whack of salvage corvettes working together
best damn camera system EVER!
Well I haven't played it before. So a remake may be a good time to get into it.
I just Installed home world to with the complex 8.4 mod. Man I forgot how beautiful this game still is running at 1680 x 1050 resolution. Better graphics than almost any of the other space games out and released in the last 10 years. Kind of a pain to get it working on Windows 7 but there was separate file that you can download and replace your stock file with that allows it to work.
try it with the PDS mod. ;D
I have tried PDS...I prefer complex
you such a complex person. ;)
Yeah...hardly..Lol. Actually, if I remember, I loved the ship movement in PDS but there were too many lasers and explosions for me. Plus I loved the crew management and resource gathering in complex
Good, I wanted to play these but somehow never got to them.
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It's amazing that after all these years, no one has been able to capture the atmosphere, gameplay...and frankly, graphics of the Homeworld series. Modded, it is a beautiful game and there aren't any other games like it. Why someone has not made a Homeworld 3 is beyond me; or at least a similar game
IIRC Relic got bought by a publisher but by that time someone else owned the HW franchise.
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on August 02, 2013, 07:14:44 PM
IIRC Relic got bought by a publisher but by that time someone else owned the HW franchise.
Relic was part of THQ (now defunct). They moved on to do the Warhammer RTS games and the Company of Heroes games. But I think you are right, the HW license was owned by Sierra, which was bought by Activision (now Activision Blizzard).
I really enjoyed their game Impossible Creatures and would love to see something like that in a modern engine.
Quote from: son_of_montfort on August 03, 2013, 11:10:15 AM
But I think you are right, the HW license was owned by Sierra, which was bought by Activision (now Activision Blizzard).
this.
From looking at the Complex 9.0 mod (coming September) they have abandoned the Homeworld engine and moved to the Nexus:jupiter incident engine. Interesting
that game just didnt come close to grabbing as much of my attention.
Me neither...but they are modding it to be similar to Homeworld...at least the skirmish mode. The engine is very good so I have high hopes
The game didn't grab me when it first came out, as well. However, years later I loaded it up again and really enjoyed it.