Dune: Awakening News

Dune Awakening has GTA style radio stations full of propaganda

Survival games are all the rage right now, and there aren't many IP more popular than Dune at present. Naturally, a Dune survival game sounds like a pretty good bet. Dune Awakening is the benefactor of that killer combo, and it's recently unveiled loads of new gameplay footage and details at Gamescom. Down on the show floor, we caught up with the game's creative director Joel Bylos to learn more about a small but intriguing feature that briefly appeared in its new gameplay trailer - GTA style radio stations.

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Find Out When and Where to Watch Dune: Awakening Direct #3!

Greetings Sleepers,

We’re excited to announce that our next Dune: Awakening Direct will air on August 29, bringing you behind the scenes at Gamescom, where you will see highlights from the event, an interview with Creative Director Joel Bylos and Host Soe Gschwind which elaborates on the recent gameplay reveals, and more!

Gamescom is in full swing, and we have unleashed our Gameplay Reveal trailer and extended 30-minute gameplay presentation.

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Dune: Awakening Direct Episode 3 will be of particular interest to everyone who isn’t at Gamescom, as this episode is being filmed on location at the event!

Our hosts Joel and Soe will be diving deep into the new extended gameplay with a lot of new insights on various aspects of the game. Learn about the hydration system and desert survival, spice harvesting and the effects of spice consumption, and more!

The round-trip to Arrakis will depart on August 29 at 6PM CEST / 12PM ET from our Twitch and YouTube channels. If you miss it, worry not - the footage will be available as a VOD after.

Dune Awakening will burst out of the early access sands in "early 2025"

Lo, a ripple in the release date sands. Stand still a moment while we study this phenomenon. Yes, yes, it is the unmistakable rumble of a large survival MMO pondering its release date. Dune: Awakening is having a think and has decided "early 2025" is a good non-specific time period to come out in early access. That could mean January or February. Or March, I guess. April? Now don't be silly, that's spring. Not April, surely. This beast seems hungry. It will eat before then. I have foreseen it. Mostly by watching the trailer that dropped at Gamescom.

Arrakis, dune, desert planet. It's a lovely place, filled with Fremen, sandworms, spice, and war. It's the home to some of the best sci-fi films and novels ever created, and soon you'll have the chance to touch down on it in Dune Awakening. During Gamescom 2024 developer Funcom showed off a little of how it'll play - and narrowed down when you'll get to play it.

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Dune Awakening spices up Gamescom Opening Night Live with a 2025 release date

Great news, Dune fans. Dune Awakening had a reveal at Gamescom Opening Night Live, which featured release window for early 2025 on PC, with PlayStation and Xbox release dates still TBA. This means you - yes, you at home - can finally get access to one of the most anticipated MMOs without having to rely on closed beta invites. Well, so long as you have a PC that can run it, anyway.

This announcement came alongside an extended trailer, which showed off the game's character creator, alongside what you'll be doing during your early hours in Arrakis (desperately trying not to die despite the searing heat and lack of water). There's also an overview of the ways you'll be able to form co-operative working relationships (or not) with other players for base-building, combat, and other survival concerns; a whistle-stop tour of the crafting systems; and some stunning looks at the vast sandy open world.

Dune Awakening has got some interesting bits worth knowing if you've been out of the loop. For one, it's set in an alternate timeline when Paul Atredies wasn't born, and as such has plenty of room to do interesting things to the rich lore present in the Dune universe. The game looks pretty cool from a gameplay perspective too, blending base-building with battling factions and deep dungeons to explore.