Much like the hell-hot, hotly-contested desert planet of Arrakis, Funcom’s Dune: Awakening arrived and brought its idea of what it wanted to be, met others’ ideas of what it is, and faces another of ...

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Six years after its announcement and exactly sixty years after Dune’s publication as a book, Dune: Awakening has escaped its closed testing trenches and has now fully released into the Known Universe.

When I first heard of Dune: Awakening, I wasn’t quite clear on what it was. Is it an MMO? Is it a survival game? Is it an open world singleplayer RPG? The answer to all of those questions is yes. As ...

Set on the legendary desert world of Arrakis, Dune: Awakening is Funcom's new open‑world survival MMO with roots that dig deep into its genre and the IP it's based on. As a Bene Gesserit agent dropped ...

There is no greater feeling–of awe, despair, exhilaration–in Dune: Awakening than being eaten by Shai’Hulud. In the 60-plus hours I’ve spent with developer Funcom’s open-world survival MMORPG, I’ve ...

If there’s one thing beyond doubt after having played well over 100 hours with Dune: Awakening, it’s that Funcom has done its homework in crafting the most authentic take on the Dune-iverse imaginable ...

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Dune Awakening is a survival MMO from the creators of Conan: Exiles. It aims to adapt the iconic series of sci-fi books, giving players the challenge of surviving on Arrakis, the most dangerous planet ...

Survival MMO Dune: Awakening has made a strong impression since its launch several months ago. Drawing heavily from the long-established and complex lore of the Dune universe, it leverages its weight ...