Dune Awakening is a New Open World Survival MMO

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For nearly 60 years, the Dune series has drawn countless fans to its grand sagas of spacefaring factions and their fights for control of the desert planet Arrakis, the only known source of a precious spice. It’s a world many have wanted to explore more deeply than just reading the books, something Funcom looks set to provide in a big way with Dune Awakening, a massive survival MMO set in the universe of Frank Herbert’s novels.

During Gamescom’s Opening Night Live event, the developer finally lifted the veil off the project, officially announcing the game’s title as well as the platforms it will be available. The announcement was made via a cinematic trailer featuring a man in the desert watching as a large spice harvester is swallowed up by one of Arrakis’ colossal sandworms. The man then leaps at the worm, armed with hooks used for riding the giant creatures, and all of this is accompanied by a voiceover reciting Dune’s iconic “Fear is the mind-killer” monologue.

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Set to be released for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S, Dune Awakening is the latest survival game from Funcom, which has also developed Conan Exiles, and it sounds like it will be on a much larger scale than that game. The developer’s press release states that Awakening will mix the “grittiness and creativity of survival games” with the social aspect of large-scale MMOs to create a multiplayer experience it calls “unique and ambitious.”

Taking inspiration from both Herbert’s novels and Denis Villeneuve’s film adaptation of Dune, the game will let thousands of players roam around a “vast and seamless” version of Arrakis. There, players will be free to explore unmapped