Gearbox aquired the homeworld franchise. I'm at a complete loss here

Gaming
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http://www.gearboxsoftware.com/community/articles/1029/homeworld-acquisition-and-plans/

Gearbox only makes shooters, why the hell would they buy this?!?

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a storm be a brewin

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I direct you to this here post titled Homeworld Acquisition and Plans explaining their initial plans.