Homeworld 3 was first introduced again in 2019. Loads has occurred since then, least of all to this recreation’s improvement—like its bizarre fan investor scheme being lauded then cancelled—however now, in August 2023, now we have received our first actual take a look at the sport in motion.

Nearly a yr to the date from our first temporary look, builders Blackbird Interactive have put collectively a prolonged gameplay demonstration for GamesCom, and it’s precisely the sort of factor I wish to be seeing from video games which might be nonetheless in improvement.

That is precise gameplay! There’s a cursor and a person interface on the display screen. It lets us see how the sport truly performs. Certain, it will not be remaining, hands-on gameplay footage that we’re seeing broadcast in real-time from somebody taking part in the sport, however for a serious present presentation, it’s fairly neat.

It’s the sort of factor Homeworld followers are most fascinated about, too. We knew the ships appeared cool, however how the sport performed—and the way we’d be capable to make use of ways in deep house—is what I wish to be seeing, and this video delivers, highlighting stuff like unit formations, using cowl and even little callbacks to the unique video games like the power to steal enemy models and the fuzzy little blue lights of the Useful resource Collectors.

Plus, you already know, the entire simply appears very nice. Precisely what you’d need a Homeworld recreation to appear like in fashionable occasions. Every little thing that made the originals such a slick visible expertise is there, its now simply at larger resolutions and with fancier results.

Homeworld 3 can be out on PC someday subsequent yr, with publishers Gearbox giving a timeframe of “first half 2023″.