Fans saw Paul Atreides embrace his fear in Denis Villeneuve’s Dune last year, but now they have their own chance to brave the sands of Arrakis with this new survival MMCO from Funcom.
Just in, we have an announcement trailer for Dune Awakening, and it promises an open-world Arrakis for multiple players to share. Watch this:
The official description for the game reads:
Rise from survival to dominance in Dune: Awakening, an Open World Survival MMO set on a vast and seamless Arrakis shared by thousands of players.
We don’t have any details beyond that, but I can already imagine that players will be given the option to choose which houses they’ll be a part of—whether it be for the Atreides, or the Harkonnens. Of course, there are several other factions in Dune like the Fremen and the Empire, but I guess that the Atreides/Harkonnen conflict has always been at the center of the story, so they would likely get the spotlight. That being said, I’m always open for more options.
With Dune promising a huge world to explore, we should also expect a variety of transport options in the game. While I’m sure riding a sandworm in on the table, I think the dragonfly-esque ornithopters are also cool. I wouldn’t mind driving one of those sandcrawler/spice miners either.
No release date has been set for Dune Awakening yet, but it’s set to come out for new-gen consoles the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, as well as PC. Dune: Part Two comes to cinemas on Nov. 17, 2023.
