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Gearbox got Homeworld

April 22, 2013 3:35:11 PM from Elemental ForumsElemental Forums

http://www.gearboxsoftware.com/community/articles/1029/homeworld-acquisition-and-plans/

 

thing is. It just does not make any sense, with gearbox has zero experience with rts games. Or are they going to make fps homeworld?

still I hope for best outcome.

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Reply #1 April 22, 2013 3:43:46 PM
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Duke Nukem Forever....

Alien: Colonial Marines...

Yeah... well s***.

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Reply #2 April 22, 2013 4:04:45 PM
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lol, funny thread on GB forum

Worst gaming news in ages

http://forums.gearboxsoftware.com/showthread.php?t=273099

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Reply #3 April 22, 2013 4:07:02 PM
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I love how one of the first threads is "Don't **** this up!"

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Reply #4 April 22, 2013 4:12:11 PM
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Gearbox having their first Homeworld development meeting:

The specs aren't on the gray market, the black market or any other market. And all I keep hearing is there's never been a system like this. Now, I found out where they designed it, but I can't even get in the building! I've blown all my buy money, my bribe money, four of my best ID's and I am nowhere! Not only am I nowhere, I'm pretty sure I'm being followed.

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Reply #5 April 22, 2013 4:16:07 PM
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I really hope they don't mess it up, or I hope they mess it up so bad they sell it to Stardock  .

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Reply #6 April 22, 2013 4:20:35 PM
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I want Gearbox to succeed but their creditbility has shot down to pretty much nothing after Duke Nukem and ACM.

I am scared that Homeworld will be run down into a hole it can't climb back out.

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Reply #7 April 22, 2013 4:32:48 PM
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Is it possible they don't want to actually make a game with but hold on it to see if the increased visibility of the sale will drive the value up so that they can then resell it?  And if the visibility does not pan out they can then attempt to make something with it to recoup losses and then sell the IP again?

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Reply #8 April 22, 2013 4:35:49 PM
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If they wanted to do that, you'd never have heard about them buying it. Why sully the brand Gearbox by doing something like that?

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Reply #9 April 22, 2013 4:43:45 PM
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Money, it does strange things to businesses as well as people, they could just be greedy.  My opinion here is that more likely someone who is higher up in the game studios really liked the Homeworld series and wants to make something with it to call their own.

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Reply #10 April 22, 2013 5:04:30 PM
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Wow, talking about being way off the target...

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Reply #11 April 22, 2013 5:09:30 PM
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Why?

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Reply #12 April 22, 2013 5:13:16 PM
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He was referring to his unvoiced assumption on who owned the IP.

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Reply #13 April 22, 2013 5:15:32 PM
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What's sad is a company that doesn't do RTS outbid Stardock. Had they not stretched we'd be seeing what Stardock could do with the IP

 

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Reply #14 April 22, 2013 5:16:55 PM
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Quoting psychoak,
reply 12
He was referring to his unvoiced assumption on who owned the IP

Thanks Psychoak. Exactly...

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Reply #15 April 22, 2013 5:21:22 PM
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Quoting ZombiesRus5,
reply 13
What's sad is a company that doesn't do RTS outbid Stardock.

I know right!!! If Star dock and Paradox, known for space based RTS games and came short in the number 2 and 3 respectively in their bidding. Just how much (plus the kitchen sink), did they drop on Homeworld..?

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Reply #16 April 22, 2013 5:23:49 PM
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"Wow, this is way better than Paradox or Stardock getting it!" - Said no one ever.

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Reply #17 April 22, 2013 5:29:43 PM
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Lame. Hopefully they don't screw it up, but their track record is less than awesome and they have no experience in the genre.

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Reply #18 April 22, 2013 5:31:28 PM
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My apologies for jumping to a potentially embarrassing conclusion G_Bison.

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Reply #19 April 22, 2013 5:32:48 PM
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Was really hoping for Sega.  Yeah they're on the box of Colonial Marines, but their track record has been pretty good lately.

 

Stardock doesn't need the license to make something good though, and it sounds like they've got plans until 2015 anyways.

 

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Reply #20 April 22, 2013 5:42:40 PM
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Quoting halmal242,
reply 18
My apologies for jumping to a potentially embarrassing conclusion G_Bison.

No sweat dude, I'm cool. I can see how it looked after your comment, but at another thread, I was teasing on who may have won and I was way off. I thought the winner was Jon Shafer who had a hand at Civilization V, which would have been better than Gearbox...

Edit: Here's a tweet from the editor from Joystiq.com, Too funny...

 

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Reply #21 April 22, 2013 9:40:39 PM
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They bid >3X what we had bid so they seriously wanted it. That's a serious commitment to the franchise. I think it'll be fine.

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Reply #22 April 23, 2013 1:41:14 AM
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they'll outsource it for a few years and then panic

 

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and... jon shafer?? that's one strange guess. doesn't he have enough on his plate as it is?

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Reply #23 April 23, 2013 7:02:39 AM
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Quoting Tridus,
reply 17

Lame. Hopefully they don't screw it up, but their track record is less than awesome and they have no experience in the genre.

I find it hilarious how people forget Gearbox created Counter Strike which is probably most played MP FPS ever, not to mention as far as team based FPS goes still the best. 

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Reply #24 April 23, 2013 12:06:47 PM
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No, Gearbox created Opposing Force, not Counter Strike.

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Reply #25 April 23, 2013 12:21:52 PM
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Ming Le and Jess Cliffe were the original creators of counter strike (mod for Half Life). 

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