And this is how you start your journey with the Kushans, exiled for countless years on the arid planet Kharak, in their quest to go back to their Homeworld, the planet Hiigara. Now in 2015, Gearbox puts some order in this mess of mods and emulators, and release Homeworld Remastered Collection, the same two stories we loved, in both original and modern versions, properly accessible by a common app launcher. Thus, were born Battlestar Galactica, Star Wars or even Star Trek mods, which weren’t that amazing, but had the merit of fans in search of new content. A decade and a few gray hairs later, the two episodes of the franchise, which show the same age, were still played by a few Kushans and Vaygr (the two game factions) diehard fans, with a hint of community based mods. If real-time strategy games was an overcrowded genre at the end of last century, with Starcraft, Total Annihilation and other title done by Ensemble Studios (Age of Empires), Homeworld quickly stood out by its gruesome gameplay set in 3D space, where many have left – and still will – their teeth in. Here’s our review of Homeworld Remastered Collection. Its sequel, Homeworld 2, had us fans wait four more years before the franchise broke radio silence. And as with some other type of gaming fossils, like Grim Fandango, Homeworld, Homeworld 2 were dusted out from the development attics back in 2013, thanks to 2K Games and Gearbox, which recovered the legal licence from the smoldering ashes of THQ, and announced the return of the space strategy game bundled in one pack, with redefined graphics and other features. A date like 28th of September 1999 probably evokes nothing for most of you new age gamers, but to me, that is the day I fell in love with Homeworld, a successful attempt by the new kids on the block Relic Entertainment, in their attempt to break into real time strategy games (set in space).
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