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Command multiple 360-degree 3-D views as you manage ship production and deployment in a gorgeous outer-space environment, leading your fleet against a powerful alien menace. Cataclysm boasts 18 all-new ships, 25 new technologies, 17 single-player missions and fantastic multiplay, while improving on the interface and technology that earned Homeworld 1999's highest accolades.

Homeworld 2 Announced —03/21/01
Homeworld 2, the sequel to PC Gamer's 1999 Game of the Year, is currently under development and is scheduled for a 2002 release. To register for more information, visit Homeworld2.com.

Wargamer Posts "Best of Year" Awards —02/20/01
The Wargamer's editorial staff have settled on their choices for the top games of 2000. Included in "The Wargamer Best of the Year Awards" are three Sierra titles, Ground Control (Real-time Tactical Game of the Year), SWAT 3: Elite Edition (Runner-up Action Game of the Year), and Homeworld: Cataclysm (Runner-up Real Time Strategy Game of the Year).

New Wallpapers Added —01/23/01
We've added two brand new Homeworld: Cataclysm wallpapers to the goodies section! All wallpapers are available in both 800X600 and 1024X768 resolutions.

IGN PC Invites You to Cast Your Vote —01/22/01
Three of Sierra's strategy titles, Ground Control, Homeworld: Cataclysm, and Zeus: Master of Olympus have been nominated in IGN PC's Best of 2000 Awards: The Readers' Vote. Check out the other nominess and cast your vote at IGN PC.

Rave in The Den —01/10/01
No, not an ecstasy-fueled dance marathon in the den at your parent's house, it's another rave review (4.5/5) for Cataclysm at the Game Den. You can read the whole review or the bottom line: "…I was blown away by HC and highly recommend it to anyone interested in real time strategy games. Simple controls, plentiful options, rich background information and excellent 3D graphics all combine for some exceptional gaming time."

Gamespot UK Nominates Cataclysm for Strategy Game of the Year —01/02/01
The editors at Gamespot UK placed Cataclysm amongst 2000's best strategy games for the PC. "Cataclysm followed the rules for all the best sequels, by adding to and enhancing the original gameplay experience without destroying the game mechanic," writes Gamespot UK. "It offered the same beautiful graphics, outstanding 3D space engine and involving gameplay as the original, but added in new ships, new weapons, a new first-person mode and a huge variety of multiplayer options."

Sharky Extreme Places Cataclysm in Top 10 —01/02/01
Pete Closs places Homeworld: Cataclysm amongst the top 10 games released in 2000 in Sharky's annual roundup. "The basic foundation and overall game balance and execution are so solid that other developers should be ringing up Barking Dog to find out how sequels are supposed to be designed," says Sharky. "Don't miss this one."

Cataclysm enters the Vortex Top 10 —12/19/00
Gamevortex has put Cataclysm on its year-end list as one of the top ten Strategy/Simulation Games of 2000.

Look over The Outer Edge at an another Editor's Choice Award! —12/13/00
The Outer Edge online mag rates Cataclysm at 92% and has pegged it with their Editor's Choice logo. Read the review!

Another top gaming site guides you to Cataclysm —12/11/00
The discriminating editors at IGNPC have named Cataclysm among their strategy-game gift picks for this season. Rumor has it that even the Jolly Red Guy has become a fan. If you've been good this year, you get Cataclysm; otherwise, kiss your butt goodbye, 'cause a one-horse open sleigh with the Beast Infection Beam upgrade has your name on it!

Cataclysm gets a positive entry in the Chronicle —12/8/00
Homeworld opened up a new frontier for GamingChronicle.com reviewer Stephen Murgen, competing strongly with his first gaming love, flight sims, for his affection. Cataclysm took things one step further, as he attests in the conclusion to his review:

Homeworld was widely acclaimed as a great game, but Barking Dog have improved on a winning formula. My advice to you is to check out the demo, and if you like what you see, Buy it! I will be playing this game for a long time to come.

Tune in to the SCI-FI Channel's Cataclysm review —12/8/00
Over at the SCI-FI Channel's official Website, SCIFI.COM, they've been playing space strategy games, and Cataclysm makes their A-list. Here's how reviewer Eric Baker ended his review:

Considering it is a sequel, I am amazed at how much fun Homeworld: Cataclysm is to play. During later scenarios, with the use of capital ships, the battles become truly cinematic.

Yet more critics join the fray —11/30/00
PCGamer UK , The Game Critic and PC Monkey fire off a salvo of praise for Cataclysm. We're now up to 48 major industry reviews that we know of, and not a bad one in the bunch!

Cataclysm enters finals for Codie Award —11/28/00
The engagement is brutal. Out of 750 combatants, only four or five emerge for the final showdown. Are we talking about an all-out fleet battle against the Beast? Nope, the Codie Awards. And Cataclysm has survived the vicious cuts to go into final-round judging for 2000's Best Strategy & Simulation Game! Winners will be announced in San Diego March 12, 2001, during the Annual Conference of the Software and Information Industry Association.

Terran-based mods just launched —11/28/00
Submitted by Andrew
A new fan-created Homeworld mod page just launched, and this one features ship mods based on the Terran Trade Authority Handbooks. There are only a few ships completed, but more are on the way. There are mods from cult sci-fi movies under construction, too.

Try snagging a Sidewinder! —11/20/00
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Shake up the holiday with Cataclysm —11/17/00
Gamespot has featured Cataclysm in their holiday gift guide. If you've got a gamer to shop for this Christmas, keep Cataclysm in mind. The folks at Gamespot have staked their reputations on it.

Alternate universes intersect at the new Homeworld Mod section —11/15/00
Though Homeworld has no mod support, many very talented mod experts have been inspired to change its game play and to refit it with other popular science fiction universes, including Freespace, Wing Commander, Star Trek and Babylon 5. We've opened a new section of the site to promote the very best Homeworld mods out there. Cross over into an all new universe of three-dimensional real-time space-fleet strategy.

The Borg have assimilated the Beast! —11/10/00
The Star Trek: Homeworld team of cyber-organic game hybridizers has embarked on a mod project to turn the Beast into the Borg and Kiith Somtaaw into a resistance force. On one side, you'll have the Borg Cube, Tactical Cube, Sphere Probe and Diamond; and on the Somtaaw, Kushan and Turanic teams, a motley collection of ships that includes the Dominion Super Battleship captured during the Dominion War and an assortment of Federation, Klingon, Romulan and Cardassian craft, in addition to vessels from Star Wars and Babylon 5. How's that for space opera?

IGN strategy guide now online and operational —11/9/00
IGN has just posted a comprehensive new strategy guide for Cataclysm, offering general tips, upgrade trees and mission walkthroughs with screenshots. It's all free online. Hurry, the race is on to assimilate these tips and turn them against the competition! (If you're not yet registered with IGN.com, you'll have to sign up before accessing the guide.)

We swam with the sharks … and won! —11/1/00
The players at SharkyGames gave Homeworld: Cataclysm a rave review (like we're surprised?). Here's a bite of Brett Todd's review: "…believe me, when you play games for a living, you don't often cry 'More!' when you finish one. The basic foundation and overall game balance and execution are so solid that other developers should be ringing up Barking Dog to find out how sequels are supposed to be designed. Don't miss this one."

Even better, Cataclysm was the winner of Sharky's RTS Shootout 2000! Games editor Peter Closs writes: "Cataclysm was a cross between a sequel and an add-on, and it succeeded as both. It added more to the original game than your average add-on, while being long and polished enough to qualify as a stand alone product, and a top quality one at that."

Extreme raves for Cataclysm —11/1/00
Voodoo Extreme's Manveer "Eidolon" Heir calls Homeworld: Cataclysm "…a sure fire winner for any RTS gamer, and an excellent addition to the Homeworld universe." Read Eidolon's review.

Another pair of aces —11/1/00
The Frag Limit and Gamespot AU deal out more kudos for Cataclysm. We're blushing…really.

A fleet of fine reviews —11/1/00
Over the past few weeks, Homeworld: Cataclysm has received enough glowing reviews to fill the cargo bay of a mother ship. Here's a partial list: 3DNews, 3D Gaming Daily, Gamesmania, Game Rankings, Gamepen, GA Strategy, Latest Updates, The Mushroom, Strategy Gaming Online, and True Gamer Network. Happy reading.

Another fine review for Cataclysm —10/31/00
This time it's IGN PC checking in with a glowing review of Homeworld: Cataclysm. "So after all is said and done, the game delivers a very enjoyable experience that I highly recommend to everyone that likes strategy games, and even those that have never played one."

Planet GPU on Cataclysm: "Excellence" —10/27/00
Planet GPU bestowed its Award of Excellence on Homeworld: Cataclysm. There's a dozen splendid screenshots along with the review: "…Cataclysm is the only game that actually REQUIRES strategy … Cataclysm is an excellent game packed with great graphics, sounds, and best of all, great gameplay."

Ready, aim, Firing Squad: Editor's Choice —10/27/00
Homeworld: Cataclysm is the target of another fine review. The gang at Firing Squad found the game so on target, they gave it their Editor's Choice Award. "The gameplay of the Homeworld series is now cemented as revolutionary. Games in the future will either draw upon this series as influence, or out and out steal its ideas. Homeworld and its sequel, Cataclysm, have done more for RTS than all others save perhaps Herzog Zwei and the PC Classic Dune 2000. The multiplayer of Cataclysm is unrivaled, offering up even more options than the original."

Five stars and Editor's Choice — the Beast assimilates CGW! —10/20/00
Computer Gaming World has just published a five-star review stamped with the only Editor's Choice Award logo in their entire current issue. Here's the summary:

The designers at Relic did well in entrusting their code to Barking Dog Studios, who have produced a game that improves upon almost every aspect of the original.... Call it what you will: sequel, add-on, new episode. Cataclysm is Homeworld and then some.

More Cataclysm ships enter scanner range —10/17/00
We've posted pictures of five new ships: the Somtaaw "Shaman"-Class Carrier; the Turanic Raider "Lord"-Class Attack Carrier; and the Imperialist "Skaal-Tel"-Class Destroyer , "Skaal-Fa"-Class Missile Destroyer and "Saarkin-Cho"-Class Carrier. Admire them now; blow them up later.

Free Gamespot strategy guide —10/10/00
Gamespot has put together a detailed strategy guide that includes resource-gathering tips, unit tactics and stats, and a comprehensive walkthrough. Read it on their site or download the Adobe Acrobat version.

Cataclysm jumps into critical hyperspace! —10/10/00
The great reviews and awards keep materializing left and right. Here are just a few of the sites raising the volume on Cataclysm praise: ActionTrip, Antagonist Games Network, Avault (Reviewer's Choice Award), Da Game Boyz, Digital Extremists, Electric Playground, Game Raiders, Gamers Pulse (Platinum Heart Award), Gamestats, Game Vortex, Happy Puppy, Honest3D (Elite Product Award), MPOG, Neoseeker and Review Vortex. Go to the reviews page to find the full link list.

Cataclysm scores PC Gamer's Editor's Choice award! —10/3/00
The November issue of PC Gamer gives Cataclysm a 91% rating in a review emblazoned with the prestigious Editor's Choice award. Here's the upshot:

[Homeworld: Cataclysm is] everything that Homeworld was, but more refined, which is saying something. Every detail has been well considered, from the story and gameplay mechanics right down to the 144-page manual. It deserves some long-term space on every strategy gamer's hard drive. –Steve Klett

Games Domain "highly recommends" Cataclysm —9/29/00
Only a small percentage of the titles reviewed by Games Domain receive the stamp "Highly Recommended." The accompanying review praises Cataclysm's graphics, interface and game play, among other elements, and sums up by saying, "Fans of the original and RTS gamers that want to play a 3D game that highlights the good things about the 3D environment will want to check out Homeworld: Cataclysm."

A cascade of Cataclysmic reviews —9/27/00
Hard to believe how many rave reviews Homeworld: Cataclysm continues to spawn. Game Vortex writer Phil Bordelon rates Cataclysm a 9 (out of 10): "No games have ever portrayed the epic space opera as well as Homeworld: Cataclysm and the original." Game Over's Rebellion says: "The improvements to the game are just phenomenal." Gameatosis rates Cataclysm at 93, MPOG gives it 4 (out of 5) stars, and Happy Puppy's Avital Fryman raves: "Cataclysm is so far above and beyond the majority of real-time strategy games out there, it's tough to find any shortcomings at all." Remember to check our Reviews page for links to the latest reviews.

Cataclysm scores FGN's Grand Game award —9/22/00
Here's the pullquote from the Future Games Network: "RTS titles, they often come and go rather quickly. Rest assured, fellow gamers, Cataclysm shall remain on your hard drive for a long, long time, for the title is THAT good!" The site gives Cataclysm its Grand Game Award, with an A+ rating. Read their detailed review.

Cataclysm demo now available for download! —9/20/00
Explore the tutorial, play the first single-player mission and skirmish against the computer in multiplayer mode. The demo will equip you with the basics, but it's just the prelude. You'll need to upgrade to the retail version to meet the Beast.

Waves of raves have been deployed —9/15/00
Here are some quotes from the latest blast of Cataclysm reviews:

• "...it's a textbook example of what real-time strategy should be all about. . . ." — Gamecenter (declared an Editor's Choice pick)
• "...fans of Homeworld should certainly try Cataclysm, since it provides all-new experiences and noticeable gameplay improvements." —Gamespot
• "...an extremely solid title that easily stands up to any real-time strategy game released this year. I am impressed." — Gaming Age
• "The great balance, slightly grittier feel, awesomely slick and smooth visuals, and food-for-imagination story combine to form one of the greatest games I've ever had the joy of playing." — Entertainment Depot

Cataclysm scores more critical hits! —9/15/00
Stomped and IGN both gave Cataclysm a 92% rating! And over at Amazon.com, seven customer reviews to date have given the game an average of five out of five stars. Among the praise you'll find the following succinct observation: "This is perhaps the most incredible game I've ever played. "

Another stellar review —9/13/00
Game Zone Online heaps praise on Cataclysm: "Homeworld Cataclysm is sheer joy — a delight to look at, a treat for the ears and a challenge for the mind."

We've added a shipload of ships —9/12/00
Ten more ship graphics have docked. Now you can do more than read about these ships, you can now see the Beast Ion Array Frigate, Beast Cruise Missile, Beast Attack Bomber, Beast Heavy Cruiser, Beast Carrier, Beast Defense Field Frigate, Beast Mothership, Somtaaw Explorer Mining Vessel, Somtaaw Worker Resource Collector, and Taiidan Triikor Heavy Interceptor.

Game Watchdog alerts gamers to a new classic —9/12/00
The Game Watchdog review site howls its approval in a recent review, giving Cataclysm an A+ (Classic) overall rating. Some highlights:

Cataclysm melds all the best traits of Homeworld, then adds new traits that refine the game into a new classic. Sierra truly has had a banner year for RTS games and Cataclysm stands to be the pinnacle. . . . This game surpasses all expectations and preconceptions I held for it. It is truly one of the best, most enjoyable RTS games I have ever played. The added features, expansion upon the original tale, the new fleet and terrifying new opponent all make for an incredible game. If I were to ever recommend a single RTS game that everyone should play, this is it.

H2H finds Cataclysm tasty —9/11/00
Sephiroth of Head2Head gives cataclysm an 87% score, summing it up as "Homeworld with a cherry on top," with "lots of jaw-dropping environments," single-player missions that become "real interesting," and "powerful new ships that would put the Death Star to shame." Check out the entire review.

Firing Squad sets their sights on Cataclysm —9/11/00
Thresh's Firing Squad shared their initial impressions of Cataclysm in a recent article: "From what we have played, Cataclysm should be every bit as good as its predecessor, Homeworld." They promise a full review is soon to come.

Gamespy interview with Barking Dog's Chris Stewart —9/11/00
Cataclysm designer Chris Stewart recently gave an interview to Gamespy, discussing his team's working relationship with Relic Studios (the developers of Homeworld) and the highlights of this great sequel.

New Cataclysmic screenshots —9/6/00
We just got word that the Sierra Store is fully stocked with copies of Cataclysm. It's hitting store shelves this week, too. Want to see what you get before you buy? We've got 12 exclusive, never before seen screenshots that will blow your socks off. Hey, if you're not wearing socks, don't blame us for what happens.

Now deploying Homeworld: Cataclysm! —8/29/00
Thanks to the efforts of Kiith Barking Dog, research has been completed on Homeworld: Cataclysm. The Sierra Mothership is cranking out the new units now, and the game will ship this Friday, September 1. Expect it to arrive in stores across the US & Canada by September 15th.

Soundly exclusive MP3s here now —8/16/00
Here's something you won't find anyplace else — two MP3s of Cataclysmic music. The Turanic Battle is the result of Greg Sabitz putting a fresh twist on Paul Ruskay's original Turanic music from Homeworld. Greg was joined by fellow Studio X Labs musician Todd Shillington in putting together the "house-flavored" End Credits. Hey, you'll need an MP3 player (duh!). So download, and then listen up.

More ships sighted —8/16/00
We've added three new ship graphics. Now you can see what the Turanic Raider Lord class attack carrier, Kiith Somtaaw Avenger class corvette, and Kiith Somtaaw Leech class breaching pod look like. Set a course for the Cataclysm ships page to see the complete list of ships in the game.

Welcome to our new Cataclysm! —8/16/00
The Homeworld and Homeworld: Cataclysm pages have a new look and new, exclusive content like the Cataclysm Getting Started and Player Guide pages and interviews with the creators, leading off with Barking Dog designer Martin Cirulis. We'll have an exclusive Cataclysm screenshot every week and goodies galore from Homeworld and Cataclysm. Take a look around. You'll find your old Homeworld favorites and some new material for Cataclysm. Keep your Recon units in range of the official site for news about the games (we'll let you know when Cataclysm goes gold) and lots of exclusives! The new Homeworld and Homeworld: Cataclysm pages — Powered by Flipside.

Ships page updated —8/14/00
Data on three more Cataclysm ships: the "Hive" Class Advanced Drone Frigate, "Martyr" Class (MCV) Infiltration Corvette and "Assassin" Class Ion Array Frigate have been added to the ships page today.

New entries on ships page —8/14/00
Barking Dog has released the specifications for the "Mimic" Class Infiltration Ship, "Dervish" Class Multi-Beam Frigate and Kiith Somtaaw "Sentinel" Class Defense Pod. For the full story, visit the Cataclysm ships page.

Cataclysm build played by Beta Bites —8/14/00
"After playing the beta for a while, I am convinced this game has what it takes to win more awards," says reviewer Tass, after spending time with a pre-release version of Homeworld: Cataclysm. This one page preview includes a brief game summary and eight new screenshots.

Chris Stewart on Stomped —8/14/00
John Callaham asks Chris Stewart of Barking Dog about the ships, features and mod-making possibilities in Homeworld: Cataclysm.

Chris Stewart on Speedy 3D —8/14/00
Ryan Wissman and Mark Jackson ask Chris Stewart about the major changes and additions to Homeworld: Cataclysm.

A terror beyond known reality awaits in the full version. Prepare yourself with the interactive in-game tutorial, the first single-player mission and a multiplayer skirmish against computer AI.

Our Getting Started section will launch you into the game … and make you a winner.

Looking for those little extras? Check out our Cataclysmic backgrounds, screen savers and other cool stuff.

Questions? Make our Cataclysm FAQ your first stop for general questions about the game.

Brain-busting questions? Try our Tech FAQ to relieve your brain cramps.