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Background

Relic Entertainment is a Canadian strategy game developer founded in Vancouver in 1997, famous for their successful Warhammer 40,000 series (based off Games Workshop's tabletop wargame of the same name). Relic was bought by THQ on April 27, 2004 and sold to Sega on January 22, 2013 as part of THQ's bankruptcy.

1st Logo (September 28, 1999-March 11, 2010)

Logo: We rise up by a chain holding an ancient underwater mine. The Relic banner (a yellow revolver-styled "r" in a black rectangle, next to "relic entertainment" in a yellow rectangle) is placed on a metal plate on its side. The camera then zooms out to show the mine itself floating in the deep. It then fades to the banner on a black background.

Variants:

On the demo version of Homeworld, only the still banner appears.
In 2003, the logo was redone with more details. The water also looks greenish, and the logo fades out after the zoom-out.
In 2006, the animation was slightly altered; it misses the first few seconds, is sped-up and overall looks more similar to the original version.

Technique: CGI animation.

Music/Sounds: A somber underwater soundtrack with radio signal cracks at the end.

Music/Sounds Variant: The 2006 version has a shorter underwater soundtrack with different sound effects.

Availability: The original version is only seen on Homeworld. The 2003 version appears on Impossible Creatures, Homeworld 2 and Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War, while the later variant is seen on Company of Heroes and Dawn of War II (along with its expansion, Chaos Rising).

2nd Logo (September 6, 2011-)

Logo: The Relic logo banner appears over hot rocks, emitting fire sparks as we pan over.

Technique: CGI animation.

Music/Sounds: Fire and blasting sounds.

Availability: Seen on Warhammer 40.000: Space Marine, Company of Heroes 2 and Dawn of War III.

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 '''Relic Entertainment''' is a Canadian strategy game developer founded in Vancouver in 1997, famous for their successful ''Warhammer 40,000'' series (based off Games Workshop's tabletop wargame of the same name). Relic was bought by [[THQ]] on April 27, 2004 and sold to [[Sega]] on January 22, 2013 as part of THQ's bankruptcy.
-===1st Logo (September 28, 1999)===
+===1st Logo (September 28, 1999-March 11, 2010)===
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+{{YouTube|id=eH3NVv2m7Rw|id2=cJETtISp2LQ|id3=lAJFnoSOggI}}
-'''Logo:''' We rise up by a chain holding an ancient underwater mine. The logo is placed on a metal plate on its side. Then it zooms out to show the mine itself floating in the deep.
+'''Logo:''' We rise up by a chain holding an ancient underwater mine. The Relic banner (a {{color|gold|yellow}} revolver-styled "r" in a black rectangle, next to "'''relic''' entertainment" in a {{color|yellow}} rectangle) is placed on a metal plate on its side. The camera then zooms out to show the mine itself floating in the deep. It then fades to the banner on a black background.
+'''Variants:'''
-'''Variant:''' On the demo version of ''Homeworld'', just the still banner appears.
+*On the demo version of ''Homeworld'', only the still banner appears.
+*In 2003, the logo was redone with more details. The water also looks {{color|green|greenish}}, and the logo fades out after the zoom-out.
+*In 2006, the animation was slightly altered; it misses the first few seconds, is sped-up and overall looks more similar to the original version.
-'''Technique:''' The animation in the logo, which looks amateur.
+'''Technique:''' CGI animation.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' A somber underwater soundtrack.
+'''Music/Sounds:''' A somber underwater soundtrack with radio signal cracks at the end.
+'''Music/Sounds Variant:''' The 2006 version has a shorter underwater soundtrack with different sound effects.
-'''Availability:''' Seen on ''Homeworld''.
+'''Availability:''' The original version is only seen on ''Homeworld''. The 2003 version appears on ''Impossible Creatures'', ''Homeworld 2'' and ''Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War'', while the later variant is seen on ''Company of Heroes'' and ''Dawn of War II'' (along with its expansion, ''Chaos Rising'').
+===2nd Logo (September 6, 2011-)===
-===2nd Logo (January 7, 2003-March 11, 2010)===
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-'''Logo:''' Same as before, but accurately redone with more details. The water also looks {{color|green|greenish}}.
-'''Variant:''' In 2006, the animation was slightly altered; it misses the first few seconds, is sped-up and overall looks more similar to the 1st logo.
-'''Technique:''' Much better animation than before.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' Same as before.
-'''Availability:''' Seen on ''Impossible Creatures'', ''Homeworld 2'' and ''Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War''. The later variant is seen on ''Company of Heroes'' and ''Dawn of War II'' (along with its expansion, ''Chaos Rising'').
-===3rd Logo (September 6, 2011-)===
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 '''Logo:''' The Relic logo banner appears over hot rocks, emitting fire sparks as we pan over.
-'''Technique:''' The whole animation in the logo.
+'''Technique:''' CGI animation.
 '''Music/Sounds:''' Fire and blasting sounds.
 '''Availability:''' Seen on ''Warhammer 40.000: Space Marine'', ''Company of Heroes 2'' and ''Dawn of War III''.
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