Dune: Imperium News

With tomorrow’s release of Dune: Imperium Digital, we’re looking ahead towards visions of the future. Here’s some of what we’re working on in the coming months:



In 2022, Rise of Ix, the fist expansion for Dune: Imperium, won both the Golden Geek Award and Dice Tower Award for Best Board Game Expansion. With new leaders, new cards, fearsome dreadnoughts in the skies above and the technological innovations of the planet Ix reshaping the conflict on Arrakis below, Rise of Ix tests your strategic abilities like never before.

Development on Rise of Ix is already well underway, and we’re anticipating its arrival this summer.

Preview image; gameplay not final. (This is but a vision of one of many possible futures.)



We’ve heard from players with a mentat-like capacity for tracking and analyzing their games. So we’re developing player Profiles to help show how you stack up against the competition, and better track your progress as a whole.

We’re also working towards implementing Ranked play options, as well as a karma system to improve match quality for casual games by prioritizing pairing players who finish games rather than quitting.

Together, these systems will give you more control over how you play Dune: Imperium Digital, and more ways to see your growth as a player.



After two successful test events during Early Access, the core structure of the in-game events system is in a pretty good place, but there’s a lot more in store. We’re working towards expanded offerings that include new event structures and logic, qualifier & invitational events, prizes, and a broader structure of organized, competitive play.

There are a lot of moving pieces to putting together a satisfying, competitive experience, and we’re listening to players and learning from both on- and off-line events from around the world to help figure out what the road ahead here will look like.

We’ll continue to offer one-off events as the systems take shape, and will have more announcements about the future of competitive play in the coming months.

So there’s lots more in the works for Dune: Imperium Digital! For now, though, we’re looking forward to tomorrow’s release and welcoming new players into our growing community.

Thank you so much to those of you who have been with us from the beginning – you help us keep the spice flowing.

– The Dire Wolf Team

The highly-acclaimed board game adaptation Dune: Imperium Digital will release cross-platform on March 13 on Steam, Xbox, Android, and iOS!

In four months of Early Access on Steam, Dune: Imperium Digital has seen a number of improvements as we prepared for launch. Strengthened stability, refined UX, enhanced AI logic, and improved turn timers keep gameplay fast, tight, and intuitive, and our test in-game tournaments saw hundreds of global players across 12 languages battling it out in a glimpse of the competition to come!



Now, as we prepare for welcoming new players with the cross-platform launch, there’s never been a better time to begin your conquest of Arrakis!

Thank you so much to all of our players who have begun the journey with us in Steam Early Access. Join us in welcoming new players when Dune: Imperium Digital launches on March 13!

The Spice must flow!

From bug fixes to performance optimizations, we’ve tidied up behind the scenes to ensure your journey through the world of Arrakis goes smoothly (more or less, considering the danger).

In this patch, we’ve focused on addressing your event feedback and fine-tuning AI, cosmetic issues, and more.

• Challenge order has been modified for an improved difficulty progression.
  
• Added SFX to better message when you have gained priority during combat.
  
• Players can now drag a double-clicked card from their hand to a location during their agent turn, expanding the range of available interactions. This improvement aims to address concerns of frozen gameplay that arose when only tapping a location was supported in this state.
  
• Introduced a warning prompt to notify players when they end their turn with unspent persuasion.
  
• Improvements to event leaderboards have been added to make it easier to reference your own position.
  
• AI is now properly evaluating Imperium card acquire bonuses and other fixes that make them more powerful than ever.
  
• Added additional hotkey support on the skirmish landing page and results screen.
  
• Steam Deck fixes and improvements
  
• Skirmish modifier wording improvements
  

[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]

• Resolved various bugs and inconsistencies associated with controller usage, ensuring a smoother overall experience.
  
• Improved a number of cosmetic issues related to timers, action log, and card animations.
  
• The Mentat Certificate achievement will now properly be awarded after completing all tutorials.
  
• Players may no longer invite the same friend to take up multiple player slots in a single online game.
  
• 1280x1024 should now correctly display Imperium Row.
  

Happy exploring!

The second test of Dune: Imperium Digital’s Event System has come and gone, leaving behind lasting memories and valuable feedback for future events! A big congrats to the Top 25!

As always, we thank you for your continued support!

Steel yourselves for the upcoming Dune: Imperium Digital event —War Chest! This will be the second test of the game’s Event System. In addition to a few bug fixes, we’re trying a few tweaks to timing and number of games played after feedback from the first event!

As always, we can't wait to hear your feedback!

• Event Rule: War Chest- At the end of each round, the player(s) with the most Solari recruit a troop to their garrison.
  
• Leader Draft: Choose your champions wisely as you embark on an adventure with a single run of 6 games.
  

The War Chest unlocks 10 AM Friday, Jan 26th, and closes on 10 PM Sunday, Jan 28th.

The desert battlefield beckons. Are you ready?