Followers of the Homeworld franchise will not be seeing its new entry arrive this yr in spite of everything. The long-awaited sequel to Homeworld 2, a sci-fi real-time technique online game launched manner again in 2003, was supposed to come back out in 2023 earlier than its launch was pushed again to the primary half of this yr. Now, its developer Blackbird Interactive and Gearbox Publishing have revealed that they are transferring Homeworld 3’s launch date to February 2024. Of their announcement, they stated that they wish to ship a sport that “lives as much as the requirements set by its predecessors.
They continued that so as to totally understand their imaginative and prescient, they want extra time to refine and polish the sport. Followers’ reactions to the announcement on Twitter have been constructive to this point, with most of them supporting the businesses for taking the time to get it proper. Upon being requested concerning the collector’s version they offered, they stated those that bought the field will nonetheless obtain it at launch.
We’re transferring the launch of Homeworld 3 from the primary half of 2023 to February 2024 in order that we ship the standard expertise that followers deserve. pic.twitter.com/DaCX4eFMm4
— Homeworld (@HomeworldGame) May 25, 2023
The businesses additionally posted an prolonged model of their announcement on Gearbox’s web site, the place they defined that Blackbird’s transfer to implement a four-day work week again in 2023 is not the rationale why the sport’s launch date has been pushed again once more. “In reality,” they added, “the workforce is ready to obtain as a lot if no more when given the extra private time.” They did not undergo any technical hurdles and alter the scope of the sport both — it simply merely takes time to create and polish an entire sport. For followers who cannot wait to see how the event goes alongside, they promised to share their “greatest Homeworld 3 progress replace but later this summer time.”
