Look, I was happy enough that Gearbox was just going to be re-releasing Homeworld so that modern operating systems (and widescreen monitors) could actually play them properly. But that's not what they're doing. » 3/05/14 9:30pm 3/05/14 9:30pm

There once was a game called Hardware: Shipbreakers. Made by some ex-Relic developers, it was going to be a free-to-play game. Now that it's got Gearbox money behind it, however, that won't be necessary. » 9/08/13 7:30pm 9/08/13 7:30pm

While Blackbird go changing the letterhead of their strategy game from Hardware: Shipbreakers to Homeworld: Shipbreakers, publishers Gearbox are working on their own games in the franchise, namely the HD remakes of the two main Homeworld games. Let's see how they're getting along. » 9/02/13 10:00pm 9/02/13 10:00pm

Surprising absolutely nobody - I've got money on these being the only releases the series' new owners ever bother with - Gearbox announced over the weekend it will be releasing HD upgrades to both Homeworld and Homeworld 2. » 7/21/13 8:00pm 7/21/13 8:00pm

Paul Zakrzewski has done the bulk of the work single-handedly on Void Destroyer, a game that started out as a space combat sim before morphing into a strategy title that, yes, looks a lot like Relic's classic Homeworld. Which is a good thing. » 6/27/13 12:30am 6/27/13 12:30am

Gearbox today announced that the mysterious highest bidder on Homeworld was actually them. » 4/22/13 2:56pm 4/22/13 2:56pm

Last week, the rights to Homeworld, a beloved old RTS series by Relic, went under the hammer as part of an auction following the closure of former publisher THQ. » 4/21/13 8:00pm 4/21/13 8:00pm

After the big auction for its top-shelf intellectual property and game studios last month, the bones of former publishing giant THQ have announced that the company's remaining franchises are now to be sold as part of a "court-approved sales process." » 2/26/13 7:52pm 2/26/13 7:52pm

It's easy to have lost sight of it amongst the more contemporary series flying off to new owners today, but for me, one of the most important prizes up for grabs in the great THQ auction was the fate of the Homeworld series, which even ten years since its last release remains one of the most beloved and respected PC… » 1/24/13 12:00am 1/24/13 12:00am

Ask anyone who likes strategy video games and spaceships what their favourite title of all time is and, if they don't say Homeworld, they're either lying or are seven years old. » 9/26/12 1:30am 9/26/12 1:30am

PC strategy gods Relic Entertainment look to be moving deeper into the world of free-to-play games, if a number of job descriptions on the company's site are anything to go by. » 9/21/12 1:00am 9/21/12 1:00am

Fans of Dawn of War, Company of Heroes and Homeworld take note: developers Relic will be showing off a new real-time strategy game in August. » 2/15/11 3:15am 2/15/11 3:15am

Less than a month after the official closure of the Homeworld 1 servers, Relic have let slip a few little hints (ok, big hints) about possible future installments. Speaking to Eurogamer TV, Relic's lead designer Jonny Ebbert confirmed that the company was pleased that THQ had regained the Homeworld IP and that there… » 11/24/08 8:20pm 11/24/08 8:20pm