A Kickstarter funded bid to buy the Homeworld IP has failed in its attempt to buy the license. In the wake of THQ's bankruptcy, Homeworld was one of the assets that didn't immediately find a home, and a campaign was started to raise money to buy the rights to the franchise. In an update on the Kickstarter campaign page it was explained that the $70,000 fund raised by the crowd (it was on Indiegogo too) wasn't enough to secure the deal, so pledgers will be refunded their money. The winners of the auction have yet to reveal themselves.