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 method again in 2003, was supposed to return out in 2022 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 mentioned that they need to ship a recreation that “lives as much as the requirements set by its predecessors. 

They continued that in an effort to absolutely notice their imaginative and prescient, they want extra time to refine and polish the sport. Followers’ reactions to the announcement on Twitter have been optimistic to date, 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 mentioned those that bought the field will nonetheless obtain it at launch. 

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 2022 is not the explanation why the sport’s launch date has been pushed again once more. “In reality,” they added, “the crew 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 recreation. 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.”