Homeworld 3
From Encyclopedia Hiigara
| Homeworld 3 | |
| Developer: | Relic Entertainment (unconfirmed) |
| Publisher: | THQ |
Homeworld 3 is an as-yet unconfirmed sequel to Homeworld 2.
[edit] Copyrights
Up until September 2007 it was unlikely that the Homeworld series would have another sequel, as Vivendi, the copyright holder of Homeworld and a rival of THQ, the owner of Relic Entertainment, owned the rights to the intellectual property.
In September 2007 the first rumors about a transfer of the rights to the Homeworld IP popped up. PC Gamer and Game Informer, a renowned US gaming magazines, claimed that the licence had been sold to THQ. Soon after that, the following Wikipedia article popped up, as well as news items all over the Internet.
In November THQ had confirmed in Eurogamer that THQ indeed now owns the rights to the Homeworld IP.
- "THQ currently owns Relic, which in turn means that we now have the rights to the Homeworld brand, however, at this time we have no comment on any future games from THQ based on Homeworld."
- — Eurogamer spokesperson
August 2008 brought few interesting words from Jonathan Dowdeswell asked by GameStar.de if continuation of Homeworld series will appear:
- "You can not believe how often I hear this question, in any case we would love to develop Homeworld 3!"
- — Jonathan Dowdeswell, Relic Executive Producer
In November some more news came. Joystiq asked Jonny Ebbert, lead designer of Dawn of War II about Homeworld 3. He told that there's always a chance that the game is developed as well as that he is very very very excited about the idea of revealing it to the world.
- "We're really happy the IP has made its way home, and yeah, we're definitely looking at it."
- — Jonny Ebbert about Homeworld 3
Another reason for speculations for a possible Homeworld 3 was Eurogamer visit in Relic studios published 24th November. In short: Relic has 3 or 4 dev teams working on different projects, we are aware of two teams: The Dawn of War II team and a CoH team. Also Relic has not confirmed nor denied any possible work done on Homeworld 3, in fact employees are making indirect allusions about Homeworld 3.
And one more reason for speculations about a possible Homeworld3. Relic said that they will reveal something to the fans on their "2nd Annual Relic Community Appreciation Day." Accordingly of that it should be the super secret project they are working on maybe Homeworld 3 or something else.
The 2nd Annual Relic Community Appreciation Day is between June 3rd - 6th. (Not sure for the exact date on the day)
[edit] External links
- Relic Forums - The Future of Homeworld, Summer 2008 Edition
- Relic forums - The Grand Homeworld Speculation Thread
- Relic forums - The Future of Homeworld
- Relic forums - THQ DO indeed now own Homeworld
- Eurogamer - THQ does own Homeworld
- Homeworld 3: Relic möchte Fortsetzung entwickeln (see translation to english)
- joystiq article "Relic teases Homeworld 3 development"
- Eurogamer - Visit in Relic Studios
| Homeworld Series | ||
|---|---|---|
| Homeworld | Homeworld: Cataclysm | Homeworld 2 |
