From the creators of Conan Exiles comes Dune: Awakening, an MMO that wowed us with its first trailer

Funcom pioneers the first details of a unique and challenging open world adventure.

Despite being aware of its existence for several years, Funcom had not decided to release the first trailer for Dune: Awakening, a one-of-a-kind open world survival MMO, to the public during Gamescom 2022’s Opening Night Live stage. An ambitious place to explore Arrakis. Even no release dateIt will come to PC via Steam, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.

“Go from survival to conquest on a vast and dynamic Arrakis shared by thousands of players. Dune: Awakening combines the personal growth and creativity of survival games with the large-scale social interaction of persistent multiplayer games in a unique and challenging open world. MMO. Alive. rise from staying to dominance vast world of Arrakis shared with thousands of players.”, we can read as a cover letter.

There’s little to show at the gameplay level, but Funcom already invites us to escape the huge sandworms, build a powerful base from a small shelter, and traverse the dunes with the well-known vehicles of the Dune universe. Mastering certain elements known to any admirer of Frank Herbert’s literary work, for example stillsuit from the Fremen.

Funcom highlights discoverybut also in spice control, customization items and intrigue. Reach unknown sectors and be the first to discover secrets and riches before Coriolis storms move the sands and change the landscape. Escape giant sandworms, build your home from a small shelter to a powerful base and traverse sand dunes with familiar tools from the Dune universe. “Dust your combine to find precious spice, protect it from rival factions in deadly and swift combat, whether in armored ground vehicles or ornithopters. Plan your ascent and plot intrigues to increase your influence in the Landsraad.”

The MMO will have a beta testing phase, but no date has been discussed at this time. This won’t be the first Dune video game to hit stores anytime soon. In this sense, we recently had Dune: Spice Wars, where you can find playable impressions on 3DJuegos, which evaluates the strategy proposal.