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Sci-fi real-time technique sport Homeworld 3 shall be launched on March 8, 2024, developer Blackbird Interactive and writer Gearbox have introduced — over 20 years after its predecessor, Homeworld 2, got here out.
The release date is simply a little later than the February date set when Homeworld 3 was delayed in early 2023.
For those who’re impatient after such a lengthy watch for a new mainline Homeworld sport, you can begin taking part in 72 hours early, on March 5, if you happen to pre-order the Fleet Command or Collector’s Version of Homeworld 3. Pre-orders are now open.
Homeworld 3 will launch on Steam and the Epic Video games Retailer, and it’ll additionally are available in Commonplace and Deluxe flavors. The $79.99 Deluxe Version provides the Yr One Go, which is able to characteristic expansions for the co-op, roguelike Struggle Video games mode. The $89.99 Fleet Command Addition provides the early entry plus a soundtrack and a few digital collectibles. The $174.99 bodily Collector’s Version provides a lithograph and a few ship figures.
There’s a big degree of anticipation for Homeworld 3 within the PC gaming neighborhood, and never simply because it’s been such a very long time coming. The unique video games, with their trademark full-3D area fight, have been a lot admired however seldom imitated.
Blackbird Interactive was fashioned by Rob Cunningham and Jon Aaron Kambeitz, who made the primary two video games at Relic Leisure, and lots of different members of the unique group have joined them, so the authenticity is there. Blackbird at all times needed to return to Homeworld, however rights holder THQ refused. After THQ went bust in 2013, Gearbox acquired Homeworld and labored with Blackbird to launch a spinoff sport and a remaster, however it has taken this lengthy to get a full-fledged sequel off the bottom.
The excellent news is that it appears to be hitting the spot. Previewing Homeworld 3 in 2022, Polygon’s Charlie Corridor wrote that “the experience was […] stunning. This is Homeworld the way I remember it, with its signature three-dimensional space combat lighting up the darkness on my computer screen.”
