Homeworld 3 release date delayed to winter 2024

Homeworld 3 Gearbox Software revealed on Thursday that it has delayed the launch of its sci-fi real-time strategy game and now expects to release in February 2024. It confirms that fans suspected. Previously, the game was scheduled to launch some time in this year.

In a Twitter statement, Gearbox said the delay is meant to give those fans “the quality experience [they] deserve.” The studio added that “we need more time to refine and polish the game.” Homeworld 3 This application will run on Windows PC

Blackbird Interactive is the company that made this spin-off/prequel Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak Gearbox 2016, is developing Homeworld 3 Since 2017.

It is the second such delay. Homeworld 3The first window for launch was in 2022. The series dates to 1999 but hasn’t seen a main-series launch since 2003’s Homeworld 2 Though a remastered edition of this was launched in 2015.

The series’ dormancy comes from former publisher THQ’s bankruptcy and liquidation 10 years ago; Gearbox’s acquisition of the franchise; a crowdfunding campaign to support the long-awaited sequel; and then Embracer Group’s acquisition of Gearbox, suspending that campaign.