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Polygon are reporting that Gearbox have announced their intention to release HD versions of Homeworld 1 & 2 for PC. We already knew this was a possibility, of course, with their having acquired the license during the IP stripping of THQ earlier this year. No date on in yet

This made me realise that I hate Gearbox.

I have no idea what Homeworld is. Wasn't it an early Suda51 game on the GBA?

"Just about everything you want in a space combat game."

I did indeed. WANTS GAME NOW

Grim... wrote:

I did indeed. WANTS GAME NOW

Sure -- but does that involve money? Aren't you an advocate of the alternate style of game acquisition?

Has anyone EVER been able to get all six colony pods? I was within a few seconds of saving them all, but had to make do with five in the end. Blub. I guess if you build two salvage corvettes in the previous mission you're in with a chance.

Author:	Grim... [ Mon Jul 22, 2013 11:43 ]
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Quote: Polygon are reporting that Gearbox have announced their intention to release HD versions of Homeworld 1 & 2 for PC. We already knew this was a possibility, of course, with their having acquired the license during the IP stripping of THQ earlier this year. No date on in yet http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/07 ... omeworlds/

Author:	Grim... [ Mon Jul 22, 2013 22:05 ]
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Is this thing on?

Author:	Mr Dave [ Mon Jul 22, 2013 22:06 ]
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I never played Homeworld. Or Homeworld 2.

Author:	Dr Lave [ Mon Jul 22, 2013 22:25 ]
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This made me realise that I hate Gearbox. I have no faith they will do this justice. They spend their time these days with terrible ports and skinner boxes. This deserves better than them. But hey, at least they are doing it.

Author:	Dr Lave [ Mon Jul 22, 2013 22:25 ]
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This made me realise that I hate Gearbox. I have no faith they will do this justice. They spend their time these days with terrible ports and skinner boxes. This deserves better than them. But hey, at least they are doing it.

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Author:	GazChap [ Mon Jul 22, 2013 23:39 ]
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Dr Lave wrote: This made me realise that I hate Gearbox.

Author:	Satsuma [ Tue Jul 23, 2013 0:01 ]
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I have no idea what Homeworld is. Wasn't it an early Suda51 game on the GBA?

Author:	NervousPete [ Tue Jul 23, 2013 0:05 ]
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Saturnalian wrote: I have no idea what Homeworld is. Wasn't it an early Suda51 game on the GBA? Oh tragic, ignorant man.

Author:	lasermink [ Tue Jul 23, 2013 0:16 ]
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Why do we need HD versions again? What does it even mean?

Author:	Grim... [ Tue Jul 23, 2013 7:34 ]
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It will run on modern PCs and look pretty. I'm happy with that.

Author:	markg [ Tue Jul 23, 2013 8:27 ]
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I loved this game so much. It's the only strategy game I've ever got into, just everything about it is magical. The decent plot, excellent voice acting, the score and most of all the Chris Foss style spaceship designs. Perfect.

Author:	Zio [ Tue Jul 23, 2013 8:46 ]
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Well I'm looking forward to it. I bought Homeworld when it first came out but could never get my head around the 3Dness of it. I'd love to give it another shot though. The game is pretty much drenched in atmosphere. I'd have thought the original would still look pretty even now though - it was certainly the most spectacular looking game I'd ever seen when it was first released.

Author:	Grim... [ Tue Jul 23, 2013 9:09 ]
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Not as new as you'd like, but it still plays wonderfully. The first one was truly scary in parts, too.

Author:	lasermink [ Tue Jul 23, 2013 9:32 ]
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Ah, I do seem to remember now that there were issues in higher resolutions, like the FMV not being scaled and shown in a tiny frame in the center of the screen, and maybe something with the HUD as well. So maybe "HD" remakes do make sense. Yeah, I was a bit tired and grumpy last night. The games were great - the expansion for the first game as well.

Author:	ElephantBanjoGnome [ Wed Jul 24, 2013 12:11 ]
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I was a super-plus fan of Homeworld 1 & 2 back in the day. There was nothing quite so satisfying as having a carrier pootle along towards the enemy base and then disgorge a dickload of fighters, before putting them in a sphere formation to knock the bollocks out of it. I seem to recall there was one level with radiation gas clouds that exploded your ships if you went in them. That annoyed me because if you had a zillion frigates (which all lined up to the left of your mothership), you'd start the level with half of them hyperspacing in to a radiation cloud and they'd all get exploded very quickly.

Author:	Grim... [ Tue Feb 25, 2014 22:22 ]
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I don't know if this is any good, but this space RTS is on sale on Steam for the next forty hours. http://store.steampowered.com/app/20954 ... _620_4__45

Author:	itsallwater [ Wed Feb 26, 2014 11:51 ]
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RTS? I thought it was shooty shooty transformers?

Author:	itsallwater [ Thu Mar 06, 2014 12:59 ]
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Also while we're at it: Gearbox's "Homeworld HD" is now "Homeworld Remastered" with website: http://www.homeworldremastered.com/ Source: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014- ... remastered

Author:	Satsuma [ Tue Jul 23, 2013 12:17 ]
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In case you were wondering, it turns out I was thinking of Contact. Still, that Homeworld, aye?

Author:	Grim... [ Wed Feb 26, 2014 11:53 ]
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Oh nutsacks

Author:	Bamba [ Wed Feb 26, 2014 12:11 ]
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"Just about everything you want in a space combat game."

Author:	itsallwater [ Wed Feb 26, 2014 12:20 ]
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Grim... wrote: Oh nutsacks I was all excited then!

Author:	Mr Dave [ Wed Feb 26, 2014 13:03 ]
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Bamba wrote: "Just about everything you want in a space combat game." I don't want nutsacks in a space combat game.

Author:	Grim... [ Thu Mar 06, 2014 13:38 ]
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Author:	Satsuma [ Thu Mar 06, 2014 13:42 ]
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I hope you made that yourself, that's brilliant.

Author:	Grim... [ Thu Mar 06, 2014 13:43 ]
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I did indeed. WANTS GAME NOW

Author:	Pod [ Sat Mar 08, 2014 12:46 ]
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Grim... wrote: I did indeed. WANTS GAME NOW Sure -- but does that involve money? Aren't you an advocate of the alternate style of game acquisition?

Author:	Grim... [ Sun Mar 09, 2014 11:15 ]
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Pod wrote: Grim... wrote: I did indeed. WANTS GAME NOW Sure -- but does that involve money? Aren't you an advocate of the alternate style of game acquisition? Whatever gets it onto my PC fastest.

Author:	Grim... [ Fri Feb 13, 2015 10:15 ]
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The HD remasters are out this month! I have done a rare pre-order on Steam. http://store.steampowered.com/app/244160/ £23

Author:	NervousPete [ Mon Feb 16, 2015 22:36 ]
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Ooh, I'll be able to play this with my new Pee-Cee wot I'm getting soon! GLEE!

Author:	Grim... [ Mon Feb 16, 2015 23:08 ]
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MOAR EXCITEMENT, PEONS! These were some of the best RTS games made, and hands down the best space ones.

Author:	NervousPete [ Tue Feb 17, 2015 1:00 ]
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Homeworld's ship design and atmosphere is so wonderful, I suspect that's most of the reason why it is so well loved. Gameplay was pretty neat too. And yet astonishingly there are countless space themed games out there who don't think it important to hire a decent concept artist. Did you see the Sid Meier's Starships? They look like glued together shoe-boxes with stubby little wings.

Author:	lasermink [ Tue Feb 17, 2015 8:44 ]
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Rock Paper Shotgun put out some hires screen shots and stuff here, in case you missed it. Looks like they have done a marvelous job of it.

Author:	lasermink [ Tue Feb 17, 2015 8:45 ]
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And then some interviews and what not here.

Author:	Grim... [ Thu Feb 26, 2015 0:01 ]
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Oh my, it's lovely.

Author:	NervousPete [ Thu Feb 26, 2015 0:35 ]
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Oooh, lush. Audio sounds great too. I especially enjoy the sunbeam effect when your ship blocks a sun. ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view! Has anyone EVER been able to get all six colony pods? I was within a few seconds of saving them all, but had to make do with five in the end. Blub. I guess if you build two salvage corvettes in the previous mission you're in with a chance.

Author:	Grim... [ Thu Feb 26, 2015 0:56 ]
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If you get all six, it crashes.

Author:	NervousPete [ Thu Feb 26, 2015 1:25 ]
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Oh, that makes me feel better for repeatedly failing to save them all, all those years.