Classic RTS ‘Homeworld’ is Getting a Brand New VR Game for Quest Next Month
FarBridge, the studio behind the classic real-time strategy franchise Homeworld, announced it’s releasing its all-new VR game for Quest next month, putting players in its iconic 3D space battles.
Update (April 23rd, 2024): FarBridge announced that Homeworld: Vast Reaches is set to launch on Quest 2 and Quest 3 on May 2nd, 2024. You can wishlist it here.
There’s no release date yet for the SteamVR version, as the studio says it’s set to come “later this year.”
The original article announcing Homeworld: Vast Reaches follows below:
Original Article (April 4th, 2024): The studio, which is working with Borderlands studio Gearbox, says Homeworld: Vast Reaches is an entirely new game (re: not a port or remaster) which has been designed from the ground up for VR in terms of controls, play-style, and optional mixed reality mode.
Here’s how FarBridge describes it:
Experience this strategy space game through a new perspective — get up close and personal to epic space battles, commanding your ships in real-time all around you. Your fleet is at your fingertips in this new Homeworld story where you can execute strategic attacks on your enemies from any direction or angle. This new perspective in VR allows you to build units, shape fleet formations, and orchestrate combat tactics while you’re in the middle of the action.
Set between the events of Homeworld 1 and Homeworld 2, you take on the role of Tyrra Soban, a new Fleet Command. Guiding you is Karan S’jet, the legendary hero of Homeworld War, as the original Kushan Mothership is pulled from retirement to serve as the flagship of a new fleet. Together Tyrra and Karan face a new threat, the Radaa, duplicitous interstellar traders who want to obtain your hyperspace core and don’t care if they destroy your Homeworld to get it.
You can wishlist the game on Quest here. There’s no exact release date yet beyond ‘spring 2024’, but we’ll be following along to see just when, so check back soon.
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VR and AR Developer FarBridge Brings In Unity Veteran
Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) software developers FarBridge have announced that it is appointing a new Head of Business Development and Partnerships, Kevin Robertson, who will be bringing his extensive experience at Unity Technologies to his new role.
FarBridge have previously established partnerships with leading businesses and brands, including the Smithsonian Institute, Oculus and CyArk in order to build content and launch new immersive experiences. Part of Robertson’s new role at FarBridge will be to strengthen those partnerships and establish new ones.
Robertson was an early employee at Unity Technologies, after which he turned his attention to helping create tools and middleware for cloud computing at GameSparks as its vice president. GameSparks was subsequently acquired by Amazon in 2017.
“Kevin’s passion for games and immersive media is absolutely contagious. Working together at Unity Technologies was a personal highlight, and we’ve been looking for a way to team back up ever since,” said Patrick Curry, CEO of FarBridge. “I’m thrilled that we’ve been able to bring Kevin onboard, and he’s already making big contributions to our team and business.”
At both Unity and GameSparks, Robertson developed a reputation for being able to form solid partnerships with well-known industry brands, including Warner Bros, Blizzard, Riot Games and Valve, being one of the first people outside of Valve to see some of the early VR demonstrations, and becoming an advocate of VR technologies as a result.
“Joining FarBridge feels like I’m coming back home to the studio side of the industry. There is such a great breadth and variety of challenges in the world of gaming, virtual reality, and augmented reality.” said Robertson, “I’m inspired by the creativity and soul of the FarBridge team and I’m stoked on the limitless opportunities that lie ahead.”
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