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Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak
A ground-based RTS prequel to the classic Homeworld games. Assemble your fleet and lead them to victory on the shifting sands of Kharak in this compelling strategy game for PC from Blackbird Interactive.
User reviews: Very Positive (1,630 reviews) - 80% of the 1,630 user reviews for this game are positive.
Release Date: 20 Jan, 2016
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Title: Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak
Genre: Strategy
Developer: Blackbird Interactive
Publisher: Gearbox Software
Release Date: 20 Jan, 2016

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29 March

Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak Update Rolling Out March 29th, 2016

An update (1.1.1.) is rolling out today for Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak. This update features various bug fixes.


Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue that caused save game files to be invalid
  • Fixed an issue that could cause infinite load times
  • Fixed an issue that resulted in Easy AI being harder than Normal AI
  • Fixed a number of issues that could cause instability in player’s connection to game lobbies

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22 March

Soban Fleet Pack DLC Out Now!

The new Soban Fleet Pack DLC is available now!

This fleet pack will add the new playable fleet, Kiith Soban, to multiplayer and skirmish modes in Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak. The Soban Fleet includes a new CARRIER, RAILGUN, BASERUNNER and BATTLECRUISER.

Additional Features

  • New Soban Carrier Captain Voice
  • New Soban voice processing
  • Unique Soban Textures for all units in the fleet

Soban Carrier:
  • Microwave Emitter - a new top tier weapon that will deploy deadly microwave radiation to a targeted area, damaging any enemy units while they’re in the AOE field.
  • Armed Logistics Modules - Soban armed logistics modules have a short-range defense system that slows and damages nearby enemies. Additionally, the Soban Carrier can redirect power to increase launch distance, rate-of-fire, and damage capability of these modules.
  • Defensive Railguns - The Soban Carrier does not use smaller calibre point-defense cannons. Instead, they have railguns for defense.

Soban Battlecruiser:
  • Multi-Phase Railgun Turrets - Soban Battlecruisers have been outfitted with dual railgun turrets in place of standard cannons.

Soban Baserunner:
  • Targeting Jammer - A new ability that allows Soban baserunners to disable weapons in a target area.

Soban Railgun:
  • Mark Target Ability - Soban Railguns can paint a target within range, helping friendly units to do more damage while the mark is active.

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About This Game

HOMEWORLD: DESERTS OF KHARAK

A ground-based RTS prequel to the classic Homeworld games. Assemble your fleet and lead them to victory on the shifting sands of Kharak in this compelling strategy game. Crafted by Blackbird Interactive, a studio founded by veterans of Homeworld and Company of Heroes, Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak takes players to the deserts of Kharak where danger lurks over every dune.

EXPERIENCE AN ORIGIN STORY
In Deserts of Kharak’s campaign, an anomaly is discovered deep in the southern desert. An expedition is sent, but the story is not that simple. Discover the story of Rachel S'jet as she leads her people on a quest to find their destiny in an exciting campaign.

HEAVY DUTY HARDWARE
Take control of fleets of land and air vehicles – from nimble light attack vehicles to massive heavyweight cruisers – built to conquer the desert.

MASSIVE ENVIRONMENTS
Fight your way across massive dune seas, deep craters, and hostile canyons in sprawling maps – all in unprecedented fidelity and scale.

TACTICAL COMBAT
Position your fleet to take advantage of the high ground or create ambushes across dune lines in terrestrial combat. Attack your enemies’ resource operations, or assault their military head-on.

STRATEGIC DECISIONS
Meaningful choices in resource management, fleet composition, and technology research directly impact your chances of survival.

ONLINE MULTIPLAYER
Compete online solo or with friends in a variety of game modes, including ranked play, to rise through the ranks and become the most powerful Fleet Captain on Kharak.


Before you can find your Homeworld, you must first unlock the secrets of the desert.

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • OS: Windows 7/8/10
    • Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 (3.1 GHz) / AMD A10 5800k (3.8 GHz)
    • Memory: 3 GB RAM
    • Graphics: GeForce GT 440 (1024 MB) / Radeon HD 4890 (1024 MB)
    • Storage: 8 GB available space
    Recommended:
    • OS: Windows 7/8/10 (64-bit)
    • Processor: Intel Core i7-950 (3.0 GHz) / AMD FX-4300 (3.8 GHz)
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: GeForce GTX 770 (2048 MB) / Radeon HD 7770 (1024 MB)
    • Storage: 12 GB available space
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Crash
435 products in account
1 review
Not Recommended
12.7 hrs on record
Posted: 22 March
Just picked up the soban DLC(you'd need GIANT gonads to call that DLC+have the gall to charge for it) Dont clone a race and charge for skins/MINOR changes to the race you cloned to make "soban"

I'm still not quite sure what I paid for. Game dev 101: dont release a $50 game with minimal maps, races, and content in general and proceed to reskin a race with miniscule modification to actual gameplay and expect a direhard homeworld fan to purchase for $6.99
Price doesnt even come into play here - DONT try to sell me skins.

~a disappointed homeworld fan

PS - I've always loved homeworld(played since inception) and have all homeworld titles available on steam. This is a massive step in the wrong direction. Do not attempt to milk money from the fanbase you've inherited.
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|TM| RɅGNɅRǑK
16 products in account
1 review
Recommended
232.3 hrs on record
Posted: 16 March
The best RTS Ive played in a long time, hands down.

The campaign is an absolute masterpiece. Great atmosphere, immersion, visual style and music. SUPERB mission design. Every mission is very different without being gimmicky, and offers a wide variety of strategic play. The game favors strategy and tactical control over twitch micro, much like previous Homeworld games. 10/10

While somewhat slim on multiplayer features at release, DoK has already had 3 major patches, with a fourth coming this month. The developers continue to support this game with new maps, multiplayer features and balance changes, and DLC. The MP community is rather small, but very friendly and welcoming to new players.

If I had to find fault with the game, its the occasional bugs in the Public Lobby for custom games. Sometimes there are issues with p2p connectivity, but you can generally resolve them with a restart.

If you like RTS, Homeworld, or Sci-Fi, buy this game.
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Andy77L
76 products in account
2 reviews
Not Recommended
22.6 hrs on record
Posted: 19 March
Not sure why this gets such high recommendations. The single player game is pretty awful. Enemy AI seems to be non-existent instead relying on pure scripting. The enemy doesn’t even need to harvest resources. New units just appear at regular intervals. The campaign only lasted for 20 hours. Far too short for the price.

I am a big fan of the original Homeworld game and RTS games in general. Replying the original Dune or CnC would be better than playing Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak.
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BEEF SUPREME
162 products in account
4 reviews
Not Recommended
14.9 hrs on record
Posted: 22 March
There's just not enough content to justify the full asking price of £30 for this game. If you want homeworld, get the remastered edition. Wait until there's a gold edition and maybe there will be some good content. Campaign is short, and linear. Is this 1999? I expect more depth from my strategy games these days. It's shallow, but beautiful. Listen to the soundtrack on youtube.

Skirmish is a let down, when it was released there were five maps, all taken from the campaign, and off the top of my head, there's less than a dozen units for the coalition, a similar amount for the gaalsian.

If you like RTS and you've heard of homeworld, don't get this one. It's not finished. It feels like a demo. I completed it after a few days and thought "was that it? I could have got more enjoyment out of £30 of booze."
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MartialDoctor
122 products in account
7 reviews
Not Recommended
5.6 hrs on record
Posted: 22 March
I write this review mostly due to the lack of a viable MP, at least for me. I didn't play it long as I wasn't able to play MP due to some strange regionally issues that doesn't allow me to see games in other regions. Few people were on in my region and, thus, I rarely saw any MP games.

The graphics are nice and gameplay is good but, with an easy campaign (even on the highest level) and this strange separation of MP by region, which seems to have destroyed the MP community, I'd say beware of it.

If the regions are removed and MP is viable, then this may very well be a fun game.
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