Wednesday, April 3rd 2024

Homeworld Franchise Comes to Virtual Reality for the First Time With 'Homeworld: Vast Reaches', a New Game Arriving in 2024

FarBridge, Inc., a leading game development studio, in partnership with Gearbox Entertainment, is excited to announce Homeworld: Vast Reaches, a bold new story in the beloved Homeworld saga that reimagines strategic space battles for Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality. This new game in the Homeworld universe is launching on the Meta Quest 2 and Meta Quest 3 headsets later this year. Players can now wishlist the game at HomeworldVastReaches.com.

In the award-winning Homeworld games for PC, you play as Fleet Command, a human commander who controls a fleet of spaceships. Players will take on the same role in Homeworld: Vast Reaches in vicious combat against a mysterious new foe.
"We've taken care to make a new experience that both Homeworld and strategy game fans will enjoy," said Richard Rouse III, Studio Creative Director at FarBridge. "It's been an honor to take the amazing space battles and unique characters of Homeworld and let people play in an entirely new way with virtual and mixed reality."

Famous for completely three-dimensional combat encounters and environments in deep space, the Homeworld makes for the perfect setting for a VR/MR game, letting players view the action from any angle and drag-and-drop their ships into formations for combat. Homeworld: Vast Reaches also takes it one step further with immersive 3D battles the size of a player's room or instantly scaled-down to fit on a tabletop.

"Our studio is thrilled to add a new chapter to the Homeworld storyline. Our partners at Gearbox have been an absolute pleasure to work with - their passion for games and especially for Homeworld has been an inspiration to us," said Patrick Curry, CEO of FarBridge.

FarBridge was founded in 2017 by veteran game and film industry executives with a mission to bring people into one-of-a-kind virtual worlds. Homeworld: Vast Reaches represents a unique collaboration, where FarBridge has partnered with Gearbox Entertainment to bring this beloved universe to players in an all-new way. FarBridge will handle development and publishing responsibilities and collaborate closely with Gearbox Entertainment, who are focused closely on ensuring the game's story, characters and lore remain true to the beloved franchise.

"We can't wait for the community to get their hands on Homeworld: Vast Reaches and finally feel what it's like to become Fleet Command," said Erica Hollinshead Stead, Sr. Director of Licensing and Business Development at Gearbox Entertainment. "VR brings a new dimension to the strategy gameplay of Homeworld, and I am excited for the community to be literally immersed in the vast universe it offers."

Homeworld: Vast Reaches is now available for wishlisting on the Meta Store.

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Source: FarBridge, Inc.
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4 Comments on Homeworld Franchise Comes to Virtual Reality for the First Time With 'Homeworld: Vast Reaches', a New Game Arriving in 2024

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Vayra86
Wow. Looks decidely low poly and mobile gamey.
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HOkay
This sounds like a nightmare to make, but I'm excited to see what they come up with!
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Awwwyeahhhbaby
I'm actually quite excited for this, I love the Homeworld franchise.
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Scircura
Vayra86Wow. Looks decidely low poly and mobile gamey.
The Quest is a essentially a mobile phone rendering games at up to 5K 90Hz so graphics need to be simple. Personally I'd rather play with untextured cubes at high res than detailed objects that look blurry and unevenly animated.

This has the potential to be a great use of VR because navigating or even judging distances in Homeworld can be difficult on a flat display. Not sure my Quest 2 is high enough res to make out a ship at distance, though. I want the "big empty space" sensation, not another tabletop sized play space.
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