Our latest coverage of Dune: Awakening.
Get your stillsuits ready because you’ll soon be heading off to the spice-rich planet of Arrakis with your buddies as Funcom gears up for Dune Awakening’s first beta test. “[…] We’re approaching a stage where the game can benefit a lot from player feedback,” Funcom announced on Discord. “As such, we will soon begin holding early closed Beta tests, initially [...]
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In the Dune novels and films, the planet Arrakis has claimed the title as the most dangerous planet in the universe not only because of its unforgiving desert environments but more so because of the massive sandworms that roam beneath the shifting sands, ready to devour anything in its path. Like in the books and movies, the colossal creatures will [...]
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In the Dune novels, Arrakis is an extremely inhospitable desert planet that the Empire probably wouldn’t have bothered to colonize if it weren’t filled with the most precious resource in the universe. The same is true for Dune Awakening’s virtual version of the Spice-filled planet. Funcom has dropped a pair of new “Shigawire Reels” trailers that highlights some of the [...]
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Funcom has dropped a fresh batch of concept art and in-engine screenshots of its upcoming Dune-inspired open-world survival MMO, Dune: Awakening. Aside from the customary shot of a sandworm, the studio also offers previews of the different environments and underground facilities that players will get to visit on the Spice-filled planet of Arrakis, ornithopters in action, and a heighliner. The [...]
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Funcom and Level Infinite have dropped the first in-engine trailer for their upcoming Dune-inspired open-world survival MMO Dune: Awakening. The new trailer showcases footage from the game’s pre-alpha build and offers fans their first look at the some of the locations that players will visit as they explore the spice-laden deserts of the planet Arrakis. “In Dune: Awakening you strive [...]
Read moreDune: Awakening is an open world survival MMO where players must struggle for survival on the arid world of Arrakis. Combining elements of survival games with a persistent shared world, Dune Awakening takes the genre to a new level. [singlepic id=80529 w=428 h=240 float=none] Publisher: Funcom Playerbase: High Type: Open World Survival MMO Release Date: June 10, 2025 Pros: +Combines [...]
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Funcom has announced a new open world survival MMO titled Dune: Awakening during the first day of this year's Gamescom event. Dune: Awakening sounds like an ambitious project, combining survival game elements from their previous title Conan Exiles with a massive world shared by thousands of players. Set in the barely habitable desert planet of Arrakis, players will find survival [...]
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