Gearbox Software could be ready to announce a new Homeworld title, judging by a recent tweet. The developer invited fans to celebrate 20 years of the space strategy series on August 30th during its Main Theater Show at PAX West. It noted that there would be a “special announcement” at 1:30 PM PT.

Homeworld 3 or some such sequel wouldn’t be the strangest thing. The developer acquired the IP in 2013 and released remasters of Homeworld 1 and 2. It then released Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak, a prequel that brought the action down to ground level for the first time. Of course, it’s also possible that the company decides to update Homeworld: Cataclysm, an expansion which wasn’t remastered with the rest.

PAX West will take place from August 30th to September 2nd. Gearbox will also be showcasing more information on Borderlands 3 prior to release. We’ll also learn more about the release of Risk of Rain 2 for the Nintendo Switch so stay tuned.

Celebrate 20 years of Homeworld with a special announcement on August 30th during the Gearbox Main Theater Show at 1:30pm PT from PAX West! pic.twitter.com/S8xgi5uxoI

— Homeworld (@HomeworldGame) August 20, 2019

4K might be the big thing that all PC gamers and technophiles are hanging over the heads of console gamers, whose machines struggle to consistently attain a resolution of 1080p, but looks like we are far moving beyond even 4K now- Rock Paper Shotgun has posted a brand new video that shows the Homeworld Collection running at a resolution of 5120×2880- this is far beyond the mythical, famed 4K resolutions that we have been hearing so much of.

The video, which you can see above, in all its millions of pixels of glory, is a bit jumpy – and Rock Paper Shotgun admit as much – but still, to get the game even running at resolutions as absurdly high as this, and for the game to actually support resolutions that high, is mighty impressive (even when, yes, this is technically just a remaster of an older set of games).

Homeworld: Remastered Collection launches soon on Steam. Stay tuned to GamingBolt for more coverage.

Gearbox Software now owns the Homeworld IP and it will be bringing out graphical updates to the original games with the Homeworld Remastered Collection. It will include the original games along with the remastered titles, which will have high-res textures and support for up to 4K resolution.

Posting on its official blog, Gearbox stated that, “Previously, we’d been referring to this effort as Homeworld HD but as work progressed it became clear that title didn’t properly communicate the scope of the work,” Gearbox wrote on its blog.

“This is more than a simple re-release or up-res — given the input we’ve received from fans, mod makers and series veterans, the result is full-fledged remastering of nearly all aspects alongside the archival Classic versions.”

Interestingly, the cinematics have been remade but the multiplayer for both games has been combined into one mode. at least the original versions are compatible with today’s OSes. Pre-orders will commence soon though no fixed release date has been confirmed.