Homeworld 3 mothership series#

What's new in Homeworld 3? What's coming back? After how good Deserts of Kharak was, it'll probably be a real treat. So that's what's up, at least: The now nigh-immortal Karan S'jet might well be the last person who remembers the distant past, and as the gameplay trailer narration hints, that memory might well be the key to saving the future.īlackbird has also been clear that like the original games and Deserts of Kharak, Homeworld 3 will have a deep, compelling single player story. Now the Hyperspace Gate Network is catastrophically failing and Karan, who has passed into myth and religious idolatry, is the key to the mystery threatening a galaxy’s future.' Here's the official description: 'Cycles of plenty and war have come and gone. We don't know anything about what will happen in Homeworld 3 other than that a lot of time has passed. So what's the story of Homeworld 3?Īfter Homeworld 2, the galaxy entered what was called the 'age of S'jet,' as Karan's clan used the newly-opened hyperspace gate network to usher in an age of prosperity. It's a new design, a sort of flat croissant rather than the huge upright banana of past motherships in the series-and a nice design callback to the carriers from Deserts of Kharak. That's probably our new Mothership, with its signature massive launch bay for producing capital ships. Throughout we get glimpses of a huge ship over and over: A crescent-shaped flat vessel.

There's also a brief flash of some ships in red, the primary color of the Vaygr antagonists from Homeworld 2. We also get a few distant glimpses of angular ships in the signature yellow and red stripes of their Taiidan enemies. From there, we see a barrage of ships in the flat, boxy styles and colors of our Hiigaran protagonists. We're shown a sprawl of events from the first two games, from the destruction of Kharak and the Kushan flight through the galaxy to the war with the Vaygr horde from Homeworld 2. As we understand it, she's also now going to live for a very, very long time. She's a posthuman of some kind, called an Unbound, due to her physical connection with the Hyperspace core that powered the mothership. The trailer's narrator is Karan S'jet, the main character from original Homeworld games and the voice of The Mothership and Fleet Command. This Homeworld 3 gameplay first look trailer is peak scifi goodness. Worth noting, too: the game continues to look gorgeous. You can shield your ships from enemy fire by maneuvering them behind space debris, or move them without being detected by enemy radar sweeps by sending them through tunnels in the drifting space hulks.Īnd, in Homeworld fashion, you can capture once-enemy vessels as prizes for yourself. While it's not a very long look, it does show off some of the tactical decision making options available during Homeworld 3's real-time space navy engagements. Shown during Gamescom 2022's Opening Night Live, this short gameplay trailer is presented as a survivor's recollection of a skirmish with Kalan Raiders at 'Kesura Oasis.' (An oasis, by this point in the setting, apparently consists of a titanic derelict space cruiser.) First announced in a tweet from Gearbox and Blackbird Interactive in June, Homeworld 3's delay out of its initial Q4 2022 release window is a clear effort to avoid the too-common nightmare of development crunch.Īs the delay announcement reads, 'the additional time will allow us to make good on our commitment to quality in a healthy and sustainable way for all those involved.' Homeworld 3 will release in the first half of 2023, according to the most recent Gamescom trailer.

Homeworld 3 mothership series#

It's not only a terrific RTS that sets itself apart from the rest of the genre's recent games, but it's also an excellent Homeworld game that reinvents the series while also recapturing its magic.' What is Homeworld 3's release date? Blackbird interactive is also developing Homeworld 3, and the conclusion to our Deserts of Kharak review should give you a good indication of why we're excited about this sequel: 'In spite of all the ways this could have gone horribly wrong, Deserts of Kharak succeeds on almost every count.