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Oh, And Homeworld: Shipbreakers Is No Longer F2P


Something that was F2P becoming a straightforward commercial release certainly isn't something you hear too often these days, but that's what's happening to Blackbird's game now that Gearbox - who loaned Blackbird the Homeworld IP - got involved. A tweet from Mr Pitchford revealed: "With our investment, Homeworld Shipbreakers can be a proper commercial release. No need for F2P."

So that's interesting. I was kind of interested to see how they'd handle the free part, personally. But this is probably for the best.

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