Open World Survival MMO Dune: Awakening Gets a New Video Detailing Film Influence and More

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The Dune: Awakening team has opened up its TikTok account and given a few nuggets of info about the upcoming survival MMO. The video, which was also shared via Funcom on other social platforms, gives a few details against some clips.

Funcom’s Joel Bylos, Dune: Awakening ’s Chief Creative Officer starts the short clip with the question “What is Dune: Awakening?” and dives in. It is an open world MMO game set on Arrakis, the vast, dry, desert planet that is central to the story told in Dune and its universe. 

He says that Funcom and Legendary have been working together on the game and making sure to stay true to the IP. Legendary, also known as Legendary Pictures, is the US-based production company behind the recent Dune film adaptations from director Denis Villeneuve. The teams’ partnership will help “build out the visuals from the movie into a massive game world”. Previously, it seemed as if they might go the way of Funcom and Shiro Games' Dune: Spice Wars and do their own visual take, but it looks like the films will be a big influence.

While we can expect some influence from the films on the setting and visuals, Funcom is also emphasizing the strategies of a survival MMO under the visuals. In this video, Bylos  emphasizes a primary focus on creating a survival game within this harsh world. Since Arrakis is such a dry planet, and there are so many different factions, political machinations, and of course values like spice and water, there are a lot of ways to survive and also to suffer.

Searching for water is going to be an ongoing important part of your experience. Yet, true to survival games, you’ll also need to search for anc build shelter. And in this game, you'll have to make sure that you don't disturb the sand