Homeworld & Homeworld 2 HD remakes in the works

TheVoice · 20 Jul 2013 at 09:53

Gearbox have said that they're working on HD remakes of Homeworld and Homeworld 2, and will also be releasing the original titles to digital distribution platforms.

http://www.polygon.com/2013/7/20/45...s-of-homeworld-and-homeworld-2-for-windows-pc

Excellent news, hopefully they don't mess with the gameplay or mechanics too much but even if they do, at least the originals will be there to save the day.

Defiant306 · 20 Jul 2013 at 10:00

Woho!!!

bushmins · 20 Jul 2013 at 10:21

Why do we need remakes? Id rather have a new story.

Destination · 20 Jul 2013 at 10:25

bushmins said:
Why do we need remakes? Id rather have a new story.

Cheaper, wasn't the company broken up and sold off, so resell your existing licences, stick them on steam, get them in a steamsale, make lots of sales to everyone who still has the boxes but cba to find them, and enjoy the profits, consider a new title if you make an absolutely killing for what's a couple of months of GFX work a bit of coding.

TheVoice · 20 Jul 2013 at 10:27

bushmins said:
Why do we need remakes? Id rather have a new story.

Because they'll sell, and people want them. If they do eventually decide to make Homeworld 3, it's obviously not going to be done by the original developers anyway.

Kishywish · 20 Jul 2013 at 10:32

Yay! it's a fun game, and i'd happily play it again with souped up visuals.

lurkio · 20 Jul 2013 at 10:53

Kishywish said:
Yay! it's a fun game, and i'd happily play it again with souped up visuals.

+1 game play was awesome , loved this game

Jongo · 20 Jul 2013 at 11:05

Hopefully they can fix some of the multiplayer desync issues that plagued hw2 that would be fantastic.

Either way really looking forward to playing the original again.

eekfek · 20 Jul 2013 at 11:06

awesome news, I want them now !!!

Bleek · 20 Jul 2013 at 11:25

Great news. Loved HW.

ninjabib · 20 Jul 2013 at 12:19

As above. I used to love the people that played on WON!

Huggie86 · 20 Jul 2013 at 12:48

I'll get both of them, loved the series when I was younger. hope they don't change too much and it'd be awesome if the old developers would go to them and make a new one for them alas

Reppyboyo · 20 Jul 2013 at 12:57

TBH didnt think HW2 needs a remake, its still a good looking game to me.

HW1 remake though...count me in!

niroe · 20 Jul 2013 at 12:59

Loved the original Homeworld. Still have a copy of it somewhere.

CaptainRAVE · 20 Jul 2013 at 13:16

Great news, can't wait!

ic1male · 20 Jul 2013 at 13:24

I liked the idea of these games, but I never got very far. I think I would have preferred reading the game story as a novel rather than playing.

JimInk · 20 Jul 2013 at 15:03

Just saw the news about this. Really liked the original and can't wait for the remakes. Hopefully will lead to a Home world 3

iostream · 20 Jul 2013 at 15:08

Woo, Homeworld 1 was excellent

Still get slightly emotional listening to the theme song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOJaXybK4_A

Matmulder · 20 Jul 2013 at 15:08

bushmins said:
Why do we need remakes? Id rather have a new story.

Might be an indicator for them - see how well they sell, and how it reviews to see how hungry people are for a true sequel.

Either way, I'm in - both games were fantastic.

pieman109 · 21 Jul 2013 at 16:47

Homeworld was the first game I ever played way back when it first came out, couldn't finish it for months until I found the right way to play it, salvage corvettes are your friend here. Marvelous news, even if it only the originals with up to date graphics.
If theres enough interest, they might consider HW 3