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It's been known for some time that the rights to the Homeworld space-based RTS series were purchased by THQ from Vivendi Games (before they merged with Activision to form Activision Blizzard). THQ owns the game's original creator and developer Relic and while they have lots of announced projects in the works a new Homeworld game could be under development as well.

Relic released the first Homeworld in 1999 with a sequel in 2003 before they were purchased by THQ. Eurogamer reports that Relic designer Jonny Ebbert stated, "We're really happy the IP has made its way home, and yeah, we're definitely looking at it. We'll see what happens in the future." Relic is pretty busy with three upcoming projects. Two are due out in the first quarter of 2009; Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II and Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor. They are also working on a free-to-play multiplayer game, Company of Heroes Online, that will be released exclusively for Asian game markets.