Web developer launches Indiegogo campaign to buy the Homeworld IP from THQ

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Web and app developer teamPixel has turned to crowdfunding site Indiegogo in an effort to purchase THQ's cult classic space strategy series Homeworld following the publisher's recent bankruptcy.
While Sega purchased Homeworld developer Relic yesterday in an auction for $26.6 million, the acquisition only included the Company of Heroes and UFO series, leaving Homeworld lost in space. "The THQ bankruptcy has given all of us a massive opportunity to put Homeworld back in the hands of gamers," said teamPixel's lead developer Robert Santos on the Indiegogo page.
If the teamPixel acquires the Homeworld rights, it would like to bring the original RTS game to Steam and GoG, develop Homeworld Touch - an iOS port of the game - and most excitingly of all, create a fully-fledged new sequel, Homeworld 3.
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