Homeworld 3 - Release Date, Gameplay, And Everything We Know
A hundred years after the beginning of humanity's new interstellar golden age, a new evil threatens our species in Homeworld 3.
By Darryn Bonthuys on
Homeworld 3 has had a fascinating journey since it was first officially announced. Originally revealed as part of a crowdfunding campaign on Fig, Embracer Group's acquisition of Gearbox saw the campaign canceled and development continue under more traditional funding models. Since then, the game has been mostly in the background of news as development continued on it, but it is scheduled to be out later this year.
This second sequel to the original 1999 game is being handled by Blackbird Interactive, a studio that earned critical acclaim for its Homeworld prequel, Deserts of Kharak, in 2016. Details are scarce on Homeworld 3, but with several developer diaries, trailers, and official details, we've gathered up everything that we know so far.
Originally scheduled to launch in Q4 2022, Homeworld 3 was delayed to the first half of 2023. Since that announcement back in June 2022. Publisher Gearbox and developer Blackbird Interactive say that they made the decision so that it could deliver a more polished experience and avoid development crunch on the game.
«The additional time will allow us to make good on our commitment to quality in a healthy and sustainable way for all those involved,» the studio tweeted last year.
While more real-time strategy games are landing on PlayStation and Xbox consoles, Homeworld 3 won't be one of them when it launches. For now, this will be a PC-exclusive game.
Not too much is known about Homeworld 3's campaign, which takes place a century after Homeworld 2 and the golden age for humanity that was established in that sequel. After Karan S'Jet unlocked
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