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April 4, 2024April 23, 2024

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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March 28, 2024

Embracer Group finally sells Gearbox Software, but keeps Gearbox Publishing

Embracer Group may have sold Gearbox Software and Borderlands, but it retains control of Remnant II by keeping Gearbox Publishing San Francisco.

June 24, 2022

To embody Wonderlands’ Tiny Tina, motion capture actor had to become a gremlin

To bring the titular hero of Tiny Tina's Wonderlands to life, her motion capture artists had to embrace her inner gremlin.

March 23, 2022

Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands review: We’re not on Pandora anymore

Tiny Tina's Wonderlands is a delightful Borderlands spinoff that paves a path toward more new expansions.

January 6, 2022April 16, 2024

Homeworld 3: release date window, trailer, pre-order, and more

Homeworld 3 is on track to take us back to the stars. Some areas are still covered in the fog of war, but here's everything we know so far about this RTS title.

October 7, 2021

Randy Pitchford is no longer the president of Gearbox Software

Randy Pitchford announced that former Chief Technical Officer Steve Jones will take over as the new President.

September 13, 2020

Gearbox to roll out free Borderlands 3 next-gen upgrade, 4-player split screen

Gearbox will roll out a free next-gen upgrade for Borderlands 3, which will allow players to continue their progress on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X.

April 5, 2020

Gearbox employees reportedly denied promised Borderlands 3 royalty bonuses

CEO Randy Pitchford said that the game was expensive to make

November 24, 2019

The VR Job Hub: Anshar Studios, Gearbox Software & Improbable

Do you work up to 80 soul-crushing hours a week? Wonder what your wife/husband, kids, friends, family, even the dog looks like? Well, it doesn’t have to be like that, jobs can be enjoyable and fun when you find the right one. That’s why every Sunday VRFocus publishes its weekly VR Job Hub to help you on that journey.

Location	Company	Role	Link
Katowice, Poland	Anshar Studios	Animator	Click Here to Apply
Katowice, Poland	Anshar Studios	Lighting Artist	Click Here to Apply
Katowice, Poland	Anshar Studios	Environment Artist	Click Here to Apply
Katowice, Poland	Anshar Studios	Gameplay Programmer	Click Here to Apply
Katowice, Poland	Anshar Studios	Level Designer	Click Here to Apply
Frisco, Texas	Gearbox Software	Character Artist	Click Here to Apply
Frisco, Texas	Gearbox Software	Level Artist	Click Here to Apply
Frisco, Texas	Gearbox Software	Senior Sound Designer	Click Here to Apply
Frisco, Texas	Gearbox Software	Game Designer	Click Here to Apply
Frisco, Texas	Gearbox Software	Writer	Click Here to Apply
London, UK	Improbable	Software Engineer, Unreal	Click Here to Apply
Cambridge, UK	Improbable	Senior Gameplay Programmer	Click Here to Apply
London, UK	Improbable	Product Marketing Manager	Click Here to Apply
London, UK	Improbable	Senior Content Strategist	Click Here to Apply
London, UK	Improbable	Product Analyst	Click Here to Apply

Don’t forget, if there wasn’t anything that took your fancy this week there’s always last week’s listings on The VR Job Hub to check as well.

If you are an employer looking for someone to fill an immersive technology related role – regardless of the industry – don’t forget you can send us the lowdown on the position and we’ll be sure to feature it in that following week’s feature. Details should be sent to Peter Graham (pgraham@vrfocus.com).

We’ll see you next week on VRFocus at the usual time of 3PM (UK) for another selection of jobs from around the world.

October 22, 2019

Borderlands 2 VR Is Now Available For PC

After confirmation last month that the game would be coming to the platform, Borderlands 2 VR is now available on PC. The PC release comes almost a full year after the initial release on PlayStation VR in December last year.

The game is available on the Steam store and lists support for Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and the Valve Index – the latter of which is a nice addition, since it was not listed when the PC VR version’s release date was announced last month. Unfortunately, while the app launches on an Index it displays Vive Wands in place of the Index controllers and that causes instant confusion. We’ve reached out to Gearbox for comment about the inclusion of Index support on the Steam page and will update this post if we hear back.

Of course, the game was not initially designed for VR – it’s a port of the original Borderlands 2 game on PC and consoles. This means that, a bit like Skyrim VR and other ports, the game isn’t built from the ground up for VR. Despite this, David was still a fan of the game in his review of the PSVR version, and any complaints came from a place of love for the Borderlands franchise.

However, perhaps David’s biggest gripe with the PSVR version was the lack of any form of co-op multiplayer, which the original version of the games leaned so heavily on. “Borderlands 2 VR is a good port of a great game that could have been better,” he wrote. “The small gameplay tweaks aren’t enough to rewrite a game that was designed around four-player co-op, but the core of the experience is so strong, rewarding, and entertaining that it serves as a feature-rich and exciting VR shooter in its own right despite its flaws.”

The PC VR version doesn’t support multiplayer either, however, it does include all the DLC content that was missing from the PSVR version (which was recently added to that platform as well).

If you’re a Borderlands newcomer looking to get started today, be sure to check out our 6 tips to help you survive the wasteland of Pandora or check out our list of 10 things we couldn’t wait to do before jumping into the game for the first time.

Post updated with additional details after publication after trying the game out with a Valve Index headset.

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