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| - The Homeworld video game series consists of four real-time strategy games as well as a re-release of two of those games. These games are:
* Homeworld (1999): the first game in the series, detailing the flight of the Kushan exiles from their destroyed adopted world of Kharak and their attempt to resettle their original homeworld, Hiigara, overcoming the forces of the hostile Taiidan Empire along the way. Homeworld was developed by Relic Entertainment.
* Homeworld: Cataclysm (2000): a stand-alone title set 15 years after the original game. This game chronicles a furious battle between Kiith Somtaaw and several allied forces against the Beast, an ancient cybernetic organism, before it can overrun the Galaxy. Cataclysm was developed by Barking Dog Studios.
* Homeworld 2 (2003): a direct sequel to the first game, set 100 years after the events of Cataclysm and focusing on the battle between the Hiigarans and the Vaygr for control of three powerful ancient artifacts (the Hyperspace Cores) which hold the key to the future of the galaxy. This game was also developed by Relic Entertainment.
* Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak (2016): a direct prequel to Homeworld, set on Kharak before the events of that game and focusing on land-based battles for control of the planet's dwindling resources. This game was being developed by Blackbird Interactive, consisting of many veteran developers of the original games. It was published by Gearbox Software.. In addition to the above, Homeworld and Homeworld 2 were re-released as Homeworld Remastered in February 2015, updated to work on modern computers with numerous graphical improvements and some gameplay changes. The remastered edition also included a new multiplayer mode combining all four playable factions and "classic" versions of the original games, only tweaked so they can work on modern operating systems.
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