<s>
Homeworld	B-Application
is	O
a	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Relic	O
Entertainment	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Sierra	O
Studios	O
on	O
September	O
28	O
,	O
1999	O
,	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Set	O
in	O
space	O
,	O
the	O
science	O
fiction	O
game	O
follows	O
the	O
Kushan	O
exiles	O
of	O
the	O
planet	O
Kharak	O
after	O
their	O
home	O
planet	O
is	O
destroyed	O
by	O
the	O
Taiidan	O
Empire	O
in	O
retaliation	O
for	O
developing	O
hyperspace	B-Application
jump	I-Application
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
survivors	O
journey	O
with	O
their	O
spacecraft-constructing	O
mothership	O
to	O
reclaim	O
their	O
ancient	O
homeworld	B-Application
of	O
Hiigara	O
from	O
the	O
Taiidan	O
,	O
encountering	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
pirates	O
,	O
mercenaries	O
,	O
traders	O
,	O
and	O
rebels	O
along	O
the	O
way	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Homeworld	B-Application
was	O
created	O
over	O
two	O
years	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Relic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
music	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
written	O
by	O
composer	O
Paul	O
Ruskay	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
title	O
from	O
his	O
Studio	O
X	O
Labs	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
exceptions	O
of	O
Samuel	O
Barber	O
's	O
1936	O
Adagio	O
for	O
Strings	O
,	O
considered	O
the	O
defining	O
theme	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
licensed	O
track	O
from	O
English	O
rock	O
band	O
Yes	O
,	O
"	O
Homeworld	B-Application
(	O
The	O
Ladder	O
)	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Homeworld	B-Application
is	O
listed	O
by	O
review	O
aggregator	O
Metacritic	O
as	O
the	O
highest	O
rated	O
computer	O
game	O
of	O
1999	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
fourth-highest	O
on	O
any	O
platform	O
for	O
the	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
source	O
code	O
in	O
2003	O
sparked	O
unofficial	O
ports	O
to	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
and	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
and	O
three	O
more	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
Homeworld	B-Application
series	O
have	O
been	O
produced	O
:	O
Homeworld	B-Application
:	I-Application
Cataclysm	I-Application
(	O
2000	O
)	O
,	O
Homeworld	B-Application
2	I-Application
(	O
2003	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Homeworld	B-Application
:	I-Application
Deserts	I-Application
of	I-Application
Kharak	I-Application
(	O
2016	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gearbox	O
Software	O
purchased	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
the	O
series	O
from	O
then-owners	O
THQ	O
in	O
2013	O
,	O
and	O
released	O
a	O
remastered	O
collection	O
of	O
Homeworld	B-Application
and	O
Homeworld	B-Application
2	I-Application
in	O
2015	O
for	O
Windows	O
and	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
which	O
was	O
also	O
highly	O
regarded	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2019	O
,	O
Gearbox	O
announced	O
the	O
fifth	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
Homeworld	B-Application
3	I-Application
;	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
being	O
developed	O
by	O
Blackbird	O
Interactive	O
,	O
was	O
partially	O
crowdfunded	O
through	O
Fig	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
slated	O
for	O
a	O
2023	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Homeworld	B-Application
is	O
a	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
game	O
set	O
in	O
space	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
all	O
mission	O
objectives	O
are	O
completed	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
given	O
the	O
option	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
hyperspace	B-Application
jump	I-Application
to	O
end	O
the	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
hyperspace	B-Application
jump	I-Application
is	O
initiated	O
,	O
all	O
fighters	O
and	O
corvettes	O
return	O
to	O
the	O
mothership	O
while	O
larger	O
ships	O
line	O
up	O
next	O
to	O
it	O
,	O
and	O
blue	O
rectangles	O
,	O
or	O
hyperspace	B-Application
gates	O
,	O
pass	O
over	O
the	O
ships	O
,	O
and	O
all	O
ships	O
are	O
brought	O
to	O
the	O
next	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
century	O
prior	O
to	O
the	O
start	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
Kushan	O
,	O
humanoid	O
inhabitants	O
of	O
the	O
desert	O
planet	O
Kharak	O
,	O
discovered	B-Application
a	I-Application
spaceship	I-Application
buried	O
in	O
the	O
sands	O
,	O
which	O
holds	O
a	O
stone	O
map	O
marking	O
Kharak	O
and	O
another	O
planet	O
across	O
the	O
galaxy	O
labelled	O
"	O
Hiigara	O
"	O
,	O
meaning	O
"	O
home	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
opens	O
with	O
the	O
maiden	O
voyage	O
of	O
the	O
mothership	O
,	O
testing	O
the	O
hyperspace	B-Application
drive	O
which	O
brings	O
the	O
fleet	O
to	O
a	O
new	O
destination	O
by	O
faster	O
than	O
light	O
travel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
captured	O
enemy	O
captain	O
claims	O
that	O
the	O
Kharak	O
genocide	O
was	O
the	O
consequence	O
of	O
their	O
violation	O
of	O
a	O
4,000	O
-year-old	O
treaty	O
between	O
the	O
interstellar	O
Taiidan	O
Empire	O
and	O
the	O
Kushan	O
,	O
which	O
forbade	O
the	O
latter	O
from	O
developing	O
hyperspace	B-Application
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
destroying	O
the	O
remnants	O
of	O
both	O
alien	O
fleets	O
,	O
the	O
nascent	O
Kushan	O
fleet	O
sets	O
out	O
for	O
Hiigara	O
,	O
intent	O
on	O
reclaiming	O
their	O
ancient	O
homeworld	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Relic	O
Entertainment	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
Vancouver	O
,	O
Canada	O
,	O
on	O
June	O
1	O
,	O
1997	O
,	O
and	O
began	O
work	O
on	O
Homeworld	B-Application
as	O
their	O
first	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
film	O
trilogy	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
primary	O
inspirations	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
1970s	O
television	O
series	O
Battlestar	O
Galactica	O
:	O
in	O
a	O
1998	O
interview	O
with	O
PC	O
Zone	O
,	O
Garden	O
stated	O
that	O
his	O
original	O
concept	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
"	O
a	O
3D	O
game	O
that	O
looked	O
like	O
you	O
were	O
watching	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
but	O
had	O
a	O
storyline	O
like	O
Battlestar	O
Galactica	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
drew	O
further	O
inspiration	O
from	O
correcting	O
what	O
he	O
felt	O
were	O
the	O
limitations	O
of	O
the	O
first-person	O
space	O
flight	O
game	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
:	O
X-Wing	O
vs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
art	O
director	O
Rob	O
Cunningham	O
,	O
the	O
visual	O
design	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
sci-fi	O
art	O
by	O
Peter	O
Elson	O
,	O
Chris	O
Foss	O
,	O
and	O
John	O
Harris	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
by	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
movies	O
and	O
Masamune	O
Shirow	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
felt	O
that	O
the	O
advanced	O
unit-level	O
maneuvers	O
in	O
the	O
context	O
of	O
large	O
fleet-wide	O
battles	O
would	O
increase	O
immersion	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
players	O
,	O
and	O
create	O
a	O
"	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
feeling	O
"	O
to	O
the	O
battles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
sound	O
design	O
,	O
audio	O
production	O
,	O
and	O
music	O
composition	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
contracted	O
to	O
composer	O
Paul	O
Ruskay	O
and	O
Studio	O
X	O
Labs	O
,	O
which	O
he	O
founded	O
in	O
February	O
1999	O
after	O
starting	O
on	O
Homeworld	B-Application
in	O
October	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
closing	O
song	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
"	O
Homeworld	B-Application
(	O
The	O
Ladder	O
)	O
"	O
,	O
was	O
composed	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
by	O
English	O
rock	O
band	O
Yes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yes	O
were	O
in	O
Vancouver	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
recording	O
The	O
Ladder	O
,	O
and	O
learned	O
of	O
the	O
in-development	O
Homeworld	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
soundtrack	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
a	O
13-track	O
album	O
that	O
was	O
bundled	O
with	O
the	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
Edition	O
of	O
Homeworld	B-Application
in	O
May	O
2000	O
,	O
and	O
again	O
in	O
a	O
37-track	O
Homeworld	B-Application
Remastered	O
Original	O
Soundtrack	O
digital	O
album	O
alongside	O
the	O
Homeworld	B-Application
Remastered	O
Collection	O
in	O
March	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Homeworld	B-Application
was	O
highly	O
regarded	O
by	O
critics	O
upon	O
release	O
and	O
is	O
listed	O
by	O
review	O
aggregator	O
Metacritic	O
as	O
the	O
highest	O
rated	O
computer	O
game	O
of	O
1999	O
and	O
the	O
fourth-highest	O
on	O
any	O
platform	O
for	O
the	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Levine	O
,	O
Ryan	O
,	O
Keefer	O
,	O
and	O
Lopez	O
all	O
noted	O
the	O
connected	O
mission	O
structure	O
as	O
an	O
innovation	O
in	O
the	O
genre	O
:	O
by	O
limiting	O
the	O
resources	O
to	O
build	O
ships	O
and	O
pulling	O
the	O
same	O
fleet	O
through	O
the	O
missions	O
,	O
Homeworld	B-Application
converted	O
what	O
would	O
usually	O
be	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
disconnected	O
missions	O
into	O
"	O
chapters	O
"	O
of	O
a	O
continuous	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Homeworlds	B-Application
single-player	O
plot	O
received	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
;	O
Lopez	O
claimed	O
it	O
would	O
keep	O
players	O
"	O
rapt	O
with	O
attention	O
"	O
,	O
Samuel	O
summarized	O
it	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
superb	O
story	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
Levine	O
said	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
"	O
the	O
first	O
computer	O
game	O
to	O
capture	O
the	O
grandeur	O
and	O
epic	O
feel	O
of	O
the	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
movies	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
multiplayer	O
gameplay	O
was	O
praised	O
,	O
especially	O
against	O
human	O
opponents	O
:	O
Levine	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
multiplayer	O
in	O
Homeworld	B-Application
is	O
a	O
joy	O
"	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
Eurogamer	O
review	O
called	O
it	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
strongest	O
part	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Homeworld	B-Application
was	O
released	O
to	O
strong	O
sales	O
and	O
won	O
multiple	O
awards	O
;	O
it	O
sold	O
more	O
than	O
250,000	O
copies	O
in	O
its	O
initial	O
weeks	O
,	O
and	O
over	O
500,000	O
in	O
its	O
first	O
six	O
months	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Homeworld	B-Application
also	O
received	O
a	O
"	O
Silver	O
"	O
sales	O
award	O
from	O
the	O
Entertainment	O
and	O
Leisure	O
Software	O
Publishers	O
Association	O
(	O
ELSPA	O
)	O
,	O
indicating	O
sales	O
of	O
at	O
least	O
100,000	O
copies	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Homeworld	B-Application
won	O
Best	O
Strategy	O
Game	O
at	O
the	O
1999	O
Game	O
Critics	O
Awards	O
prior	O
to	O
release	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
nominated	O
for	O
Computer	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
and	O
Computer	O
Strategy	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
at	O
the	O
2000	O
Academy	O
of	O
Interactive	O
Arts	O
&	O
Sciences	O
Interactive	O
Achievement	O
Awards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Maximum	O
PC	O
claimed	O
in	O
2003	O
that	O
Homeworld	B-Application
"	O
did	O
what	O
no	O
game	O
had	O
successfully	O
done	O
before	O
:	O
create	O
a	O
truly	O
three-dimensional	O
space-combat	O
strategy	O
game	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Homeworld	B-Application
inspired	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
universe	O
,	O
beginning	O
in	O
September	O
2000	O
when	O
Sierra	O
Studios	O
released	O
a	O
stand-alone	O
expansion	O
by	O
Barking	O
Dog	O
Studios	O
,	O
Homeworld	B-Application
:	I-Application
Cataclysm	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Taking	O
place	O
15	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Homeworld	B-Application
,	O
the	O
story	O
centers	O
on	O
Kiith	O
Somtaaw	O
—	O
a	O
Hiigaran	O
clan	O
—	O
and	O
its	O
struggles	O
to	O
protect	O
Hiigara	O
from	O
a	O
parasitic	O
entity	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Beast	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
full	O
sequel	O
,	O
Homeworld	B-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Relic	O
Entertainment	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Sierra	O
in	O
late	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
,	O
set	O
a	O
century	O
after	O
the	O
original	O
Homeworld	B-Application
,	O
pits	O
the	O
Hiigarans	O
against	O
a	O
powerful	O
,	O
nomadic	O
raider	O
race	O
called	O
the	O
Vaygr	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
fourth	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
Homeworld	B-Application
:	I-Application
Deserts	I-Application
of	I-Application
Kharak	I-Application
,	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Blackbird	O
Interactive	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Gearbox	O
Software	O
in	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
prequel	O
to	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
set	O
on	O
the	O
planet	O
of	O
Kharak	O
instead	O
of	O
in	O
space	O
,	O
and	O
features	O
a	O
war	O
between	O
Kushan	O
clans	O
during	O
the	O
discovery	O
of	O
the	O
buried	O
spaceship	O
from	O
Homeworld	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gearbox	O
announced	O
the	O
fifth	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
Homeworld	B-Application
3	I-Application
,	O
on	O
August	O
30	O
,	O
2019	O
;	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
developed	O
by	O
Blackbird	O
,	O
was	O
partially	O
crowdfunded	O
through	O
Fig	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
slated	O
for	O
a	O
2023	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
in	O
2003	O
Relic	O
released	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
for	O
Homeworld	B-Application
under	O
license	O
to	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
Relic	O
Developer	O
Network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
source	O
code	O
became	O
the	O
base	O
of	O
several	O
source	O
ports	O
to	O
alternative	O
platforms	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
spinoff	O
games	O
have	O
additionally	O
been	O
created	O
in	O
the	O
Homeworld	B-Application
series	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
pinball	O
table	O
DLC	O
for	O
Pinball	O
FX	O
by	O
Zen	O
Studios	O
in	O
August	O
2022	O
,	O
a	O
tabletop	O
role-playing	O
game	O
named	O
Homeworld	B-Application
Revelations	O
by	O
Modiphus	O
Games	O
in	O
September	O
2022	O
,	O
and	O
Homeworld	B-Application
Mobile	O
,	O
a	O
free-to-play	O
massively	B-Protocol
multiplayer	I-Protocol
online	I-Protocol
real-time	I-Protocol
strategy	I-Protocol
game	I-Protocol
for	O
iOS	O
and	O
Android	O
by	O
Stratosphere	O
Games	O
in	O
October	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
19	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
Gearbox	O
announced	O
the	O
production	O
of	O
remakes	O
of	O
Homeworld	B-Application
and	O
Homeworld	B-Application
2	I-Application
as	O
Homeworld	B-Application
HD	O
,	O
later	O
renamed	O
Homeworld	B-Application
Remastered	O
Collection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
noted	O
that	O
neither	O
game	O
had	O
code	O
in	O
a	O
releasable	O
or	O
playable	O
state	O
when	O
purchased	O
,	O
and	O
they	O
ended	O
up	O
recreating	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
development	O
tools	O
with	O
the	O
assistance	O
of	O
the	O
Homeworld	B-Application
mod	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
stand-alone	O
expansion	O
Homeworld	B-Application
:	I-Application
Cataclysm	I-Application
was	O
not	O
announced	O
for	O
a	O
remake	O
,	O
despite	O
the	O
outspoken	O
interest	O
of	O
Gearbox	O
,	O
as	O
they	O
were	O
unable	O
to	O
find	O
the	O
original	O
source	O
code	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
digitally	O
on	O
February	O
25	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
computers	I-Application
by	O
Gearbox	O
and	O
on	O
August	O
6	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
for	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
by	O
Aspyr	O
Media	O
,	O
the	O
collection	O
includes	O
the	O
original	O
and	O
remastered	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
two	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
compatibility	O
fixes	O
for	O
modern	O
computers	O
,	O
the	O
"	O
classic	O
"	O
version	O
of	O
Homeworld	B-Application
removes	O
local	O
multiplayer	O
and	O
the	O
licensed	O
Yes	O
song	O
;	O
the	O
"	O
remastered	O
"	O
version	O
adds	O
a	O
new	O
game	O
engine	O
for	O
the	O
two	O
games	O
,	O
and	O
upgraded	O
visuals	O
,	O
graphical	O
effects	O
,	O
models	O
,	O
and	O
sound	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
initially	O
removed	O
some	O
functionality	O
not	O
present	O
in	O
Homeworld	B-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
fuel	O
system	O
,	O
ballistic	O
projectile	O
modeling	O
,	O
and	O
tactical	O
ship	O
formations	O
;	O
some	O
of	O
these	O
were	O
restored	O
in	O
a	O
2016	O
patch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
February	O
2017	O
,	O
Steam	B-Application
Spy	O
estimates	O
that	O
over	O
700,000	O
copies	O
of	O
the	O
Homeworld	B-Application
Remastered	O
Collection	O
have	O
been	O
sold	O
on	O
the	O
Steam	B-Application
distribution	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Overall	O
,	O
the	O
updated	O
game	O
was	O
highly	O
praised	O
,	O
with	O
Senior	O
concluding	O
that	O
"	O
Homeworld	B-Application
is	O
simply	O
incredible	O
and	O
everyone	O
should	O
play	O
it.	O
"	O
</s>
