FarBridge Inc introduced in the present day that it’s partnering with Gearbox Leisure to make Homeworld: Huge Reaches, the primary digital reality-based entry within the Homeworld sequence. Huge Reaches reimagines Homeworld’s strategic area battles in full VR environments, with gamers taking up the function of a brand new Fleet Command, Tyrra Soban. It launches on Meta Quest 2 and three someday later this yr.
Huge Reaches is about between the tales of Homeworld and Homeworld 2. In keeping with FarBridge, Huge Reaches retains the mainline titles’ strategic strategy to fight, with Fleet Commanders having the ability to reposition and transfer their ships from any angle. Tyrra companions with Karan S’jet, the Fleet Command from each unique titles, to tackle a mysterious new foe referred to as the Radaa.
Richard Rouse III, FarBridge’s studio inventive director, mentioned in a press release, “We’ve taken care to make a new experience that both Homeworld and strategy game fans will enjoy. 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.”
This isn’t the one Homeworld sport that’s as a consequence of launch this yr: Blackbird Interactive is growing Homeworld 3, the most recent mainline entry within the sequence. This shall be a extra conventional technique sport, set to launch on PC. It was initially crowdfunded by way of Fig earlier than writer Gearbox Leisure was acquired by Embracer Group. Gearbox was just lately bought to Take-Two Interactive. After a number of delays, Homeworld 3 now slated to launch on Could 13.