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Has rights but cagey on plans.

THQ has confirmed to Eurogamer that it now has the rights to the Homeworld brand, although it's cagey over what exactly it is doing with it.

"THQ currently owns Relic, which in turn means that we now have the rights to the Homeworld brand," a spokesperson for THQ told us, echoing a statement made to Next Generation.

"However, at this time we have no comment on any future games from THQ based on Homeworld."

Yesterday keen-eyed Internet detectives dredged-up legal papers showing that THQ was now calling the Homeworld shots rather than Vivendi.

THQ acquired developer Relic Entertainment back in 2004, and has since released the critically acclaimed Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War and Company of Heroes series of games.

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dirigiblebill #1 4 years ago

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Get it made, you bastards. And swiftly. I crave new ship formations.
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LiquidViolence #2 4 years ago

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I agree, more please.
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Goffee #3 4 years ago

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Online... massively... and don't bring a scout to a corvette fight!
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lambtron #4 4 years ago

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They'll turn it into a substandard FPS or 3rd person action adventure - just you see

Actually I think its more likely they might try and do an Eve...

Edited by 1 at 06/11/07 @ 13:02
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dirigiblebill #5 4 years ago

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We don't need another EVE. Just tinker with the Cataclysm setup, throw in some funky new ship designs, maybe a Total-War-esque strategic map feature. More complex damage models wouldn't go amiss, either.

I wanna LIVE, THQ. Won't you please let me LIVE?
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mattjohnston #6 4 years ago

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Goddamn you Eurogamer for your ambiguous grammar in the title of this story...I read it as meaning "THQ does its own Homeworld".
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DodgyPast #7 4 years ago

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Well since they let Relic do Company of Heroes and now they've given them back the Homeworld brand.

One of the best pieces of news this year.
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Eraysor #8 4 years ago

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Please make it for the love of god. Best RTS ever.
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legendmir #9 4 years ago

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following someone mentioning nexus in the previous HW news i bougt it off amazon for �5, bargains! hope its good! and yeah more homeworld come on wooo!!.. i might even be able to afford to upgrade my pc by the time it comes round too!
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old_skool #10 4 years ago

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I have Homeworld 1+2 and both are excellent. Definitely my favourite RTS.
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JavaJawaUK #11 4 years ago

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Go on! You know you want to!

/dons red cape, goatee and trident
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Saladin #12 4 years ago

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They should mix up the Homeworld level of strategic brilliance with the tactical nature of Galactic Civilisations II and I'd die a happy (if somewhat lonely) man.
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Orange #13 4 years ago

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Relic are great devs.
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