Over the years as it just languished and sat around and no one ever figured out how to get it released, I would occasionally just pick it up and play a few missions here and there and think, ‘Wow, that looks amazing.’ It was just one of those things which I always loved. I always loved the sense of scale and the space opera thing. I think it’s got some of the best ship designs in the last 20 years. That kind of Battlestar Galactica meets Star Wars thing is just fricking cool. IncGamers: What’s your personal connection to Homeworld?īrian Martel: For me, it’s always been this amazing epic/mythic tale of the people that are leaving their homeworld and going across the galaxy to find another planet. You can read the interview or listen the interview with the player below. Still not entirely sure that spaceships work the same way as guns, we decided to speak with Chief Creative Officer Brian Martel and Product Manager Chris Faylor so they could explain more. The hype peaked a couple of Sundays ago when a onslaught of impressive-looking gameplay footage was unleashed at PAX South to the orthodox purring and cooing of a captivated audience. From that point on it was all excitement, expectation and bated breath. Keen to diffuse cynics, Gearbox promptly announced they’d be working hand-in-hand with some of the original creators. That purchase was met with a degree of scepticism, ‘Wha.? The Borderlands guys? Doing Homeworld!?’ HD rehashes for the two original games were announced soon after, but given some of the disappointingly skeletal re-releases the gaming community had already seen by then, few people were left any more convinced. Nevertheless, this is the grandiose and, perhaps, daunting task with which Gearbox Software set themselves shortly after plucking the abandoned IP from the remains of THQ in early 2013.
You scarcely need to don the rose tinted specs to appreciate just how great those classics were.Ī splendorous and revered space-based real time strategy title with a furiously devoted fan base could hardly be considered the simplest choice of game to remaster. The original game in 1999 was a pioneer, breaking ground and sucking people into a world of fleet-based three-dimensional strategy the sequel a few years later was basically more of the same but better looking. The mere mention of the name Homeworld brings with it a flurry of warm fuzzies for basically anyone who was PC gaming at the time.
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