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Gooble Rampling
Jan 30, 2004

Do you love Homeworld? Well you're in luck, several of the original developers of that game have formed the studio Blackbird Interactive (BBI) in order to create the next great RTS experience. Set on a hostile planet, the player's goal is to locate and excavate the remains of buried spacecraft for valuable lost technology, while fighting off factions that presumably want to do the same or otherwise prevent them from succeeding.

Initially the game that BBI was developing was only supposed to be a "spiritual successor" to Homeworld, but after assisting Gearbox with Homeworld: Remastered they have been granted access to the IP. It has since been renamed as Homeworld: Shipbreakers.

Here's what we know so far:

    -Return of original content in the Homeworld universe.
    -Made by the original creators of Homeworld.
    -The first new Homeworld game in 10 years.
    -An engaging RTS experience.
    -A prequel to the events of the original Homeworld game.


The team has been busily working away on the game. Check out some of the procedural cinematography tools they have developed for themselves in this video below. Note that this also includes the latest in-engine teaser trailer!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNR9Nvjsv9Y

Great looking stuff. What do you think? Personally, I can't wait to dig into it (pun intended).

EDIT:
Okay, good news and bad news.

Bad news: the name had changed to something a little less elegant, "Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak"

Good news: It will be out on January 20th!

More videos below!

Launch Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZNc6Cr5O-E

Trailers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7beE0NgnmU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7ior9JoUE0

IGN look at the game play:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyN-Nl-SaDA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG_G5I_d72Q

Developer Diary:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVh_E657bFA

Skirmish and Unit Detail Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd5usjTeWoo

You can pre-order it on Steam and get Homeworld: Remastered for free (or get a discount if you already own Homeworld: Remastered).
http://store.steampowered.com/app/281610

Gooble Rampling fucked around with this message at 19:45 on Jan 20, 2016

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jBrereton
May 30, 2013
Grimey Drawer
Does this have anything except Star Citizen-style slick videos of stuff that doesn't exist yet?

Gooble Rampling
Jan 30, 2004

jBrereton posted:

Does this have anything except Star Citizen-style slick videos of stuff that doesn't exist yet?

Right now there is just the teaser video that went along with their conference talk. Since this isn't a crowd-funded game it is in no way comparable to Star Citizen. They don't need anyone to purchase fancy in-game vehicles or anything. It's just a game that is currently being developed. After the recent update with the conference talk and teaser video, I thought it would be a good time to start a thread on it.

Gooble Rampling
Jan 30, 2004

Okay, good news and bad news.

Bad news: the name had changed to something a little less elegant, "Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak"

Good news: It will be out on January 20th!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7beE0NgnmU

You can pre-order it on Steam and get Homeworld: Remastered for free (or get a discount if you already own Homeworld: Remastered).
http://store.steampowered.com/app/281610

xutech
Mar 4, 2011

EIIST

cool, looks good, probably going to ally with Saudukar every time.

Shadowlz
Oct 3, 2011

Oh it's gonna happen one way or the other, pal.



I think it's pretty cool that these 2 companies helped each other. Blackbird ended up needing a lot more money than they had and Gearbox gave them millions along with lending them the IP. Blackbird helped Gearbox recover the lost Homeworld code to create the remastered edition. If gearbox didn't win the IP who knows what would have happened. Blackbird could have ended up with lovely publishers without the IP.

Shadowlz fucked around with this message at 17:49 on Dec 17, 2015

treerat
Oct 4, 2005
up here so high i start to shake up here so high the sky i scrape
I eagerly await this game's soundtrack. I may or may not play the game.

Aesis
Oct 9, 2012
Filthy J4G
I'm kinda sad that they only offer 20% discount to owners of remastered Homeworld.

Demiurge4
Aug 10, 2011

I'm very unwilling to purchase this because of Gear box's history and the almost complete media silence. That's too close to Aliens to be comfortable. Gonna wait until it's been out a while. It's kind of ridiculous I'm not even sure what kind of game it is anymore.

Gooble Rampling
Jan 30, 2004

BBI are the primary developers, just working with Gearbox on publishing since they lent them the IP.
It will no doubt play like a terrain based Homeworld, but I agree that a real game play video would make it a much easier sell.

Gooble Rampling
Jan 30, 2004

Huh, I hope they release some game play footage soon. It's only a couple weeks out. For comparison, XCOM 2 had a full level play through and that won't be out until February.

Crash74
May 11, 2009
Im gonna take this with a huge grain of salt, the total lack of any kind of info coming from bbi or gearbox is not a good sign. Lots of cool art on bbi's facebook though.

Crash74
May 11, 2009
Also it should be mentioned that there has been a homeworld / gearbox / shipbreakers bitch and moan thread for the last year:
http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3545593
Give it a glance if you are interested in the game.

Gooble Rampling
Jan 30, 2004

I know I was the one that started this, but I am becoming less confident that it will turn out well. Either the game is not ready or Gearbox is totally screwing up on the PR front. Only 12 days away and still no major PR/hype push or significant game play footage. I think this one may wait until the next Steam sale for me.

Baller Time
Apr 22, 2014

by Azathoth
Maybe Gearbox accidently used the marketing budget for Borderlands 3 development instead.

Gooble Rampling
Jan 30, 2004

Well, here's a new trailer...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7ior9JoUE0

Yet still no true game play videos. The most I can gather from one quick shot in that video is that you can left-click in this game to select units, so at least we have that bullet point.

Crash74
May 11, 2009

Gooble Rampling posted:

The most I can gather from one quick shot in that video is that you can left-click in this game to select units, so at least we have that bullet point.

Add that to the op

Bolow
Feb 27, 2007

The almost complete lack of information or advertising about this game is sending up a shitload of red flags for me

Arrrthritis
May 31, 2007

I don't care if you're a star, the moon, or the whole damn sky, you need to come back down to earth and remember where you came from

Bolow posted:

The almost complete lack of information or advertising about this game is sending up a shitload of red flags for me

But this is gearbox we're talking about man. They've NEVER put out a bad game, especially not in an established IP.

Crash74
May 11, 2009
on the plus side- steam refunds

Gooble Rampling
Jan 30, 2004

Finally, some game play.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyN-Nl-SaDA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG_G5I_d72Q

(Edit: Added Part 2)

Gooble Rampling fucked around with this message at 21:56 on Jan 13, 2016

Sylphosaurus
Sep 6, 2007
Doesn't look to shabby, I might have a look after it gets a price drop.

TychoCelchuuu
Jan 2, 2012

This space for Rent.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVh_E657bFA

OwlFancier
Aug 22, 2013


That really does look pretty drat good so far, worried about it being a bit choppy, looks possibly a little rushed in the optimization and notices a few clipping issues with units, but it does look very homeworldy.

RBA Starblade
Apr 28, 2008

Going Home.

Games Idiot Court Jester

OwlFancier posted:

That really does look pretty drat good so far, worried about it being a bit choppy, looks possibly a little rushed in the optimization and notices a few clipping issues with units, but it does look very homeworldy.

Doesn't account for the clipping but they mention at one point they're just playing on the dev's laptop, which probably goes a bit towards the choppiness and fidelity.

OwlFancier
Aug 22, 2013

Yeah I just saw that bit, still a little skeptical but we'll see I guess when it comes out.

It's on the top 10 steam list at the moment so hopefully if it's good it does well, maybe we will see some mods for it and an expansion.

SabinBlitz
May 19, 2015

Firm believer that muscles conquers all
Devs are super active on the Discord channel.

https://discord.gg/0iObC1nAGCZTs77m

Gooble Rampling
Jan 30, 2004

More info!
Developer Diary here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVh_E657bFA
Skirmish and Unit Detail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd5usjTeWoo

Gooble Rampling fucked around with this message at 14:12 on Jan 14, 2016

Z the IVth
Jan 28, 2009

The trouble with your "expendable machines"
Fun Shoe
Have they confirmed if the shooting is simulated or just dice rolling to-hits?

drunkill
Sep 25, 2007

me @ ur posting
Fallen Rib
This is looking really good, that's some mighty fine sand they've got going there.

And in relation to the title, I wish it was a Dune game, or that we had one on the horizon anyway. Ah well, more Homeworld is good too I suppose.

turn off the TV
Aug 4, 2010

moderately annoying

Z the IVth posted:

Have they confirmed if the shooting is simulated or just dice rolling to-hits?

The artillery, at the very least, seems to be simulated.

Dryer Lint
May 17, 2010

Biggest most lovable jerk on the internet.
:sun:
It almost sounds like Adam Jensen is voicing the male adviser dude.

Tanith
Jul 17, 2005


Alpha, Beta, Gamma cores
Use them, lose them, salvage more
Kick off the next AI war
In the Persean Sector
http://www.polygon.com/2016/1/15/10776486/homeworld-deserts-of-kharak-gameplay-preview

There is a lot going on here that we haven't seen before, including the first example of captured stuff, planes getting shot down being gorgeous, and gunships.

I'll accept units sort of clipping like that if it means that these vehicles don't path like early Company of Heroes.

drunkill
Sep 25, 2007

me @ ur posting
Fallen Rib
Seems someone gets an Ion Cannon too, at the end of the latest trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbXYmmsARe8

I decided to pre-order this, I never did pick up Homeworld Remastered over the past few steam sales so I guess this makes the pricepoint of DoK a bit better in terms of value.

Still, I hope someone makes a Dune mod for this game, it'd fit in really well.


(I do hope shadow quality in final release is better than this image though)

Ghost of Babyhead
Jun 28, 2008
Grimey Drawer
I like how the religious fanatic baddies are totally right in their stance, but for the wrong reasons. It's really neat how they've incorporated the Taiidan empire logo into the religious icon signifying their god.

DrSunshine
Mar 23, 2009

Did I just say that out loud~~?!!!
Nice! An actual thread for this! But shouldn't the thread title be changed to "Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak"?

Dryer Lint
May 17, 2010

Biggest most lovable jerk on the internet.
:sun:
"Guy Fieri: Desserts of Kharak"

RBA Starblade
Apr 28, 2008

Going Home.

Games Idiot Court Jester

Breach in starboard fusion oven

Arrrthritis
May 31, 2007

I don't care if you're a star, the moon, or the whole damn sky, you need to come back down to earth and remember where you came from

Dryer Lint posted:

"Guy Fieri: Desserts of Kharak"

No one's left. Everything is eaten. Flavortown is burning.

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Gooble Rampling
Jan 30, 2004

DrSunshine posted:

Nice! An actual thread for this! But shouldn't the thread title be changed to "Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak"?

Hey, it's not my fault that they keep changing the name. (Also, I have no clue how to change a thread title.)

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