Coming May 20th, Dune: Awakening is looking fantastic. Today, Funcom showed off the world, and while you might think you remember what Arrakis looks like from Dune 1 and 2, just wait until you dive into the video below, with additional blog details here. One thing is for sure; watch out for the sandworms. Check out our Summer Game Fest preview as well below!
Dune Awakening at Summer Games Fest 2024 — “Survival is the ability to swim in strange water”
When I sat down with the Funcom team at Summer Games Fest 2024 to see Dune Awakening they asked if I’ve “read the books”. We then had a spirited discussion about what I meant when I said “Yes, I’ve read ALL of the books”. Regardless of whether or
Ron Burke
Oslo, Norway – March 13, 2025 – On May 20, Dune: Awakening, the first-ever open-world, multiplayer survival game set on Arrakis, will launch. In today’s new video, Funcom is proud to show the scale and scope of the desert planet, which is inspired by Frank Herbert’s legendary sci-fi novel and Legendary Entertainment’s award-winning films. Discover what lies beyond the horizon in Exploring Arrakis – Secrets of the Desert.
Although a desert planet, Arrakis is surprisingly diverse, as showcased in the recent Beauty of Arrakis video. Reveal the resources of your immediate surroundings through your personal scanner and modules attached to your vehicles, or climb the highest peaks to launch a survey probe that fills in a large area of your map, including important points of interest, like shipwrecks or ecology labs.
The huge, ever-changing end-game area, the Deep Desert, beckons with one hand and threatens with the other, as spice blows and Coriolis storms fill the sky. These fatal planetary storms sweep across the map regularly, changing the map every time, revealing new resources and locations while burying the old. When the dust settles, players can scout the fresh land, making maps to sell on the Exchange to other players.
Exploration is essential in Dune: Awakening, but only part of the whole. Keep an eye out for the next video, which will address Dune: Awakening’s sandbox combat.
Dune: Awakening arrives on May 20. Players can download the Character Creator & Benchmark Mode right now on Steam to fully prepare their character ahead of launch and receive the exclusive Frameblade Knife skin.
Stay tuned to GamingTrend for more Dune: Awakening news and info!
