Summary

  • Dune: Awakening, a survival title set on Arrakis, will launch on PC in early 2025 with console release TBD.
  • A new trailer reveals gameplay, including the Sword Master combat style, base building, and House allegiance.
  • Funcom's Dune: Awakening will offer third-person combat, exploration, and social interactivity in an open-world MMO.

Revealed during the Opening Night Live showcase of Gamescom 2024, Dune: Awakening will release on PC in early 2025, with a console launch to be announced. Dune: Awakening is a survival title set on Dune where players will need to harvest Spice, pledge loyalty to a House, and build a strong base to make it through the storms of Arrakis.

Dune: Awakening was originally announced at Gamescom in 2022, then remained relatively quiet until the first quarter of 2024. Since then, fans of the franchise and prospective players have learned more about the world, including what features it won't have at launch. This all culminated with the 2024 Gamescom showcase gameplay trailer.

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Open World MMO Dune: Awakening Reveals First In-Game Footage

Funcom unveils a first look at the upcoming Dune: Awakening survival MMO at The Game Awards show, featuring the breathtaking sands of Arrakis.

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During the extended gameplay reveal trailer for Dune: Awakening at the ONL Showcase, it was revealed it will launch on PC in early 2025. No specific month was mentioned in the release, but it may be safe to assume the title will launch in the first quarter of 2025. Additionally, no release date for the console versions of the game were included in the trailer, leaving Xbox and PlayStation platform launches to be announced.

PC Release for Dune: Awakening Announced, Consoles TBA

The trailer also focused on the various gameplay mechanics the game will have. Dune: Awakening is set on an alternate timeline Arrakis, where House Harkonnen remains in power. Players will create a nameless prisoner who escapes to a deserters camp, taking hold of their own life among the dunes. Whether alone or co-op, players will need to gather resources, build a base, and fight various enemies to survive.

The Sword Master combat style was highlighted, in which players head into the fray first, utilize a shield to negate damage, then take out all enemies. Players will even be able to use a Hunter Seeker to finish off foes from a distance. The only things they can't kill in Dune: Awakening are the sand worms, so extra care is needed when gathering Spice. For those interested in more battles, players can pledge allegiance to House Harkonnen for additional content.

When it comes to base building, upgrading and expanding available technology will allow players to obtain the Blood Purifier in Dune: Awakening, which processes blood into drinkable water. Bases can be saved as blueprints, allowing for easy relocation. Blueprints can also be sold to other players, giving those gifted builders another method of making money in-game and giving those that prefer combat a way to quickly obtain a functional camp.

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Dune: Awakening
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Open-World
Survival
MMO
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Systems
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Released
June 10, 2025
Developer(s)
Funcom
Publisher(s)
Funcom
Engine
Unreal Engine 5
Franchise
Dune
PC Release Date
June 10, 2025
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Platform(s)
PC
Genre(s)
Open-World, Survival, MMO