


After Gearbox acquired the IP, they contacted Blackbird to assist in the making of Homeworld Remastered. In 2010 they began work on Hardware: Shipbreakers, a brand new strategy game set in a new universe. In the meantime, many of the key personnel involved in making the original games had left Relic and set up Blackbird Interactive. In 2013 THQ collapsed and the Homeworld IP was purchased by Gearbox. In a surprise move, THQ purchased the Homeworld IP rights from Sierra in 2007, but did not develop a new game. Relic Entertainment, who created the franchise, were acquired by THQ in 2004, making further Homeworld games unlikely. The Homeworld IP was originally owned by Sierra Entertainment, a subsidiary of Vivendi Games, who published Homeworld, Homeworld: Cataclysm and Homeworld 2.
