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Trademark filing points finger.

THQ appears to have signed the the trademark rights to the Homeworld series of games.

Eagle-eyed forumites on Relic News spotted the August filing (in turn spotted by Shacknews), which shows the Homeworld name pass from Vivendi to THQ and get lots of new attorneys to represent it in the process.

No mention is made of IP ownership, however, but it seems bonkers to believe one would go without the other.

Homeworld is a real-time strategy game developed by Relic Entertainment. It takes place in space and lets you command an enormous fleet in a 3D plane, a bit like holding a spaceship toy in your hand amid a hanging mobile of planets and pretending it is real and you aren't moving it with your arms.

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

Neither THQ nor Vivendi was available to comment at time of writing, but it would seem logical to conclude - if the licence has changed hands - that a new Homeworld game is in the pipeline.

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Hunam #1 4 years ago

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Can't think of a better place for it to live really
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dirigiblebill #2 4 years ago

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/digs out old Star Trek model collection
/lies in wait
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Wolfman #3 4 years ago

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I thought Homeworld was great. Then I played Nexus: The Jupiter Incident and realised that Homeworld wasn't all that great. Though Nexus had its own problems it didn't matter as the gameplay was brilliant.

I want Nexus 2, not Homeworld 3!

-wolfman
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Rirekon #4 4 years ago

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Please god let them give it to Relic to make Homeworld 3!
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haowan #5 4 years ago

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A 3D plane, eh? Nice
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Schiraman #6 4 years ago

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Good news, I'd love to see a new Homeworld game.

Although to be honest neither Homeworld nor Homeworld 2 really lived up to the potential of the idea, and Homeworld: Cataclysm (which was developed by Barking Dog rather than Relic) was far and away the best title in the series IMO.
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UncleLou #7 4 years ago

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Please god let them give it to Relic to make Homeworld 3!

I'd be very surprised if they didn't - THQ own Relic.

edit:

Um, as the article says, too.

Edited by 1 at 05/11/07 @ 15:52
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Slamhound #8 4 years ago

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Yes.

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, oh yes, sweet merciful yes.

There's no excuse for no more Homeworld now.
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Rirekon #9 4 years ago

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@ UncleLou; They also own a whole host of other studios, I'd just rather they got Relic to do it
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Eraysor #10 4 years ago

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Finally looks like my favourite RTS will return ^_^
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mattjohnston #11 4 years ago

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I think, alongside Grim Fandango and Bioshock, the original game had probably the best story I've ever seen in a game. Memorable for many years afterwards, and very similar to the new Battlestar Galactica.
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TriggerHippie #12 4 years ago

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Very similar to the old Battlestar Galactica for that matter. Nice to see something happening with Homeworld though, fantastic games.
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karstux #13 4 years ago

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Now that's good news. The HW franchise has been lying fallow for too long... in terms of atmosphere it's just the best space rts ever.

Actually, I preferred it over Nexus. While the level of micro-control in Nexus is truly unparalleled, I found it very hard to accurately navigate the ships in 3d space. Going from landmark to landmark (or should it be "spacemark" in this context? ^_^)in Nexus is easy, but not free navigation.

Concerning storytelling, both the Homeworlds and Nexus are excellent. Wouldn't mind a Nexus 2, either...
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Pablo2k5 #14 4 years ago

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w00t
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Kostabi #15 4 years ago

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Never got around to playing Homeworld 2 but the original game is still one of my all time favourites.

Hopefully THQ are already whipping Relic into making HW3.
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shamblemonkee #16 4 years ago

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OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!!
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legendmir #17 4 years ago

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awesome news yeeessss!!!! HW was one of my fave games, little ships flying out of big ships yess!!! the story was cool and the cut scenes were amazing, the hw2 concept art dribbles aceness yes! /wails on rock guitar woo!
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asharkman #18 4 years ago

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Can somebody please tell me what IP stands for. It started to get used about 3 or 4 months ago+i must have missed the explaination or something.
Thanks guys.
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haowan #19 4 years ago

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Intellectual Property.
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asharkman #20 4 years ago

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cheers dude.
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