Our latest coverage of Dune: Awakening. 392z5
As promised, Funcom has released the first official trailer for Dune: Awakening during its 30-minute-long showcase yesterday. The trailer sums up everything that we know about Arrakis from the parade of YouTube shorts and TikTok videos that the studio has been rolling out over the past few months and then some, conveniently packaged into a stunning cinematic experience. “Rise from [...]
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After a seemingly endless parade of Dune: Awakening teasers, Funcom is finally looking to step up its marketing game with actual full-length trailers for the highly anticipated survival MMO. The studio is set to get the hype train well and truly rolling as the next Dune movie looms on the horizon. To kick things off, Funcom will be hosting the [...]
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Funcom is back with a new Dune: Awakening preview reel narrated by yet another member of the dev team. This time around, Chief Creative Officer Joel Bylos talks up solo and group gameplay in the open world survival MMO. “When playing alone, you’ll be able to explore the world and find unique locations marked by the Fremen and left [...]
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Funcom is back with another Dune: Awakening teaser reel starring yet another member of its dev team. This time around, lead game designer Leo Welter shares a preview of the open world survival MMO’s building system. As in the real world, building a shelter is one of the keys to surviving the harsh climate of Arrakis, particularly its nasty sandstorms. [...]
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Funcom’s series of Dune: Awakening teaser reels as the team offers some tips on how to survive the harsh desert environments of Arrakis. This time around, game director Viljar Sommerbakk takes center stage to paint a picture of what you can expect expect as you make your way through the desolate, spice-filled planet which he describes as “one of the [...]
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Dune: Awakening teaser reels continue to roll in a year-and-a-half since the Dune-inspired open world survival MMO was announced back in August 2022. The latest one offers a brief introduction to the game to mark the opening of the game’s official TikTok page. In the new reel, Funcom chief creative officer Joel Bylos shines the spotlight on the setting [...]
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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 ,” 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 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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