Dune: Awakening News

Catch Up on Our Combat Livestream and Learn About Combat Mechanics!

[h2]Catch Up on Our Combat Livestream[/h2]

Have you been looking to learn more about how combat works in Dune: Awakening? We recently had a livestream where we go over all you need to know to survive and fight on Arrakis. Watch the full stream here, or dive into the segments which interest you most below. The combat livestream covers the following:

Combat
Servers & Guilds
Q&A

[h3]Combat[/h3]

Join Senior PR Manager, Natascha, Expert Designer, Alex S, and Senior Game Director, Viljar as they discuss how we seek to sharpen and refine the edges of combat mechanics commonly found in the survival genre. We also go over player archetypes and their gameplay differences, skill trees, and PvP and PvE.

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[h3]Servers & Guilds[/h3]

In this segment we go over Dune: Awakening’s server structure, the difference between Worlds and Servers, the Deep Desert and Guilds. We also go over how to form parties and join your friends so you don’t tackle the dunes of Arrakis alone.

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[h3]Q&A[/h3]

Our host and guests answer questions gathered from our Twitch and YouTube communities. Check this out to see if something you’ve been wondering about is answered.

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Pre-order Dune: Awakening now and play on June 10. Choose the Deluxe or Ultimate Edition for a 5-day head start and begin playing on June 5. Make sure to follow our social channels and join the official Discord to meet other Sleepers and stay up to date on everything Dune: Awakening.

Until next time, Sleepers.

Dune Awakening hit by surprise delay, but you can still play it soon

Funcom has announced a surprise delay for Dune: Awakening. The developer of the upcoming survival MMO says it needs an extra few weeks to act on feedback given by early players, which it hopes will help it to improve the overall experience. Funcom adds that this delay means the team can do a new beta ahead of launch, with more information about this event coming soon.

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Dune a delay: Just as it’s about to launch, the promising Dune Awakening gets pushed back a month following beta feedback

Dune Awakening has been delayed from its intended May 15 release date, pushed back by just under a month to June 10. This comes following feedback from its closed beta testers, who have led Funcom conclude it needs "a bit more time to cook".

It turns out you won't actually be spicing up your life next month, as Funcom have announced that Dune: Awakening is getting a delay. The survival MMO was originally supposed to be launching this coming May 20th, but a Steam post was shared today sharing that its release date has been pushed to June 10th. Those that have the deluxe or ultimate edition on order will still be able to play it a few days earlier, now June 5th.

Important Dune: Awakening Update

Dear Sleepers,

These are exciting times, we’re closing in on launch, and we’ve just initiated a major preview beta where hundreds of journalists and content creators are playing the early parts of the game and will be releasing their coverage on April 25th.

These past few weeks we’ve been steadily gearing up, releasing the Character Creator & Benchmark Mode back in February, starting pre-orders in March, and continuing to release new livestreams, videos, and details to keep you informed.

We want to thank everyone who has shared in our excitement. It’s been a joy reading all your comments across the various community channels.

Our ongoing Persistent Closed Beta is also continuing in full force, with regular updates, and the feedback we’ve been collecting from beta testers has been invaluable in making sure we can launch a quality game. We have a very active Discord going with our beta testers where our developers can interact directly with them to ensure we collaboratively make Dune: Awakening a better game.

Thanks to this process, we’ve concluded that with a bit more time to cook, we can act on a lot more of the feedback we know is important to our beta testers.

As such, we will be moving the release date of Dune: Awakening to June 10th, with head start launching on June 5th. This is not a decision we take lightly, we know everyone is very excited to get playing, but these three extra weeks will give us the time needed to make improvements that will lead to a better gameplay experience from day one.

We’re also excited about the fact that this will allow us to do a large-scale beta weekend next month where even more of you will get the opportunity to play the game and share your feedback. We will release more information about this soon.

Dune: Awakening is a beast of a game. This is multiplayer survival on a massive scale, and we’re making gameplay and technical strides not seen in the genre before. We want to make sure we stick the landing.

Also, don’t forget to tune into today’s livestream on Steam, YouTube, and Twitch, where our developers will be showing and talking more about the combat in Dune: Awakening.

With best regards from the entire Dune: Awakening team here at Funcom