Dune: Awakening is Funcom’s long-awaited open-world survival MMO and a game whose release date has likely been on fans’ radar long before its name was officially revealed in 2022. Despite its vastness, Frank Herbert’s sci-fi universe hasn’t been translated all that much into video game form in recent years.
The Funcom-published Dune: Spice Wars put an end to a two-decade drought, and with Dune: Awakening on the horizon, it does look like the spice will continue to flow in the future. Here is everything we know about Dune: Awakening, including details about its release date, story, gameplay, and more.
Dune: Awakening Release Date
Dune: Awakening will be released on PC on May 20th, with Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5 versions coming later in 2025.
Dune: Awakening Gameplay
Dune: Awakening’s gameplay sounds fairly promising, “combining the grittiness and creativity of survival games with the social interactivity of large-scale, persistent multiplayer games,” seeing “thousands of players” sharing “a vast and seamless Arrakis,” as its developer explains.
We’ll have to maintain our stillsuits as we brave the planet’s harsh conditions, avoid massive sandworms, build shelters to protect against sandstorms, as well as “master the old ways to walk even the deepest deserts.”
Although Arrakis has plenty of desert to offer, we’ll also explore biological testing stations, scavenge wreckage from fallen spaceships, and walk through abandoned sietches.
Unmapped sectors house “secrets and riches” waiting to be uncovered before coriolis storms “once again shift the sands and alter the landscape.”
Spice will be involved, and we’ll have to seek it out, deploying and protecting harvesters from raiders and opposing factions.
Interestingly, Dune: Awakening’s gameplay will include “massive battles [that] shift seamlessly from foot to vehicles and from ground to ornithopters in the sky.” PVP, although present, is “always optional.”
According to the game’s store page, there is even a certain amount of politicking, which allows us to influence the Landsraad through direct and indirect means.
Harvesting spice, trading, subterfuge, and open conflict are all viable paths to build a strong faction, and, as expected, we’ll be able to customize our character.
Spice consumption unlocks powerful abilities and we will also get to showcase our creative chops by building our very own fortress.
Where can I buy Dune: Awakening and how much does it cost?
Dune: Awakening will be available on PC, via Steam, alongside Xbox Series X/S and PS5, via their respective storefronts. The PC version is priced at $49.99/€49.99 or your regional equivalent.
Dune: Awakening Trailer
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