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Survival MMO Dune: Awakening suffers a last-minute, 3-week delay because it's "a beast of a game," and now it's landing right alongside Switch 2 and Summer Game Fest

"This is multiplayer survival on a massive scale, and we're making gameplay and technical strides not seen in the genre before"

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Is Dune: Awakening on Xbox Game Pass?

Dune: Awakening is one of 2025's most exciting new survival games, but will it be on Xbox Game Pass?

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Lofi beats to relax/harvest spice to? Survival MMO Dune: Awakening will have in-game radio, and some stations will play music from 1992's Dune games

There will also be Harkonnen propaganda broadcasts and a "full multi-episode radio play."

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Here's what happens to your base in Dune: Awakening if you take a long break from Arrakis

It's not the same base decay system found in Funcom's other sandy survival game, Conan Exiles.

PC Gamer

Dune Awakening launches for $50 without a stay in early access, and while the survival MMO "will not have a monthly subscription" it will have "optional" paid DLC

The game will also "receive regular free updates"

GamesRadar

Dune: Awakening will launch with full Razer Sensa HD haptics

Dune Awakening system requirements hide some good news for Razer fans.

GamesRadar

Dune: Awakening promises us a breath of fresh air, skipping early access for a full launch with no monthly subscription in May

Dune: Awakening is just two months away from launch—which won't be early access.

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Dune Awakening's latest trailer offers a glimpse of its massive coriolis storms, which reshape swathes of the map each week for 'infinite exploration'

Shifting sands.

PC Gamer

Latest Dune Awakening trailer provides a deeper look at open-world exploration on the planet Arrakis

Dune Awakening's new trailer explores the expansive deserts of Arrakis.

TechRadar

Dune: Awakening confirms air-to-air combat in ornithopters

You can mount rockets on your 'thopter which will help "when you’re dealing with other ornithopters in the sky," says Funcom.

PC Gamer

'Dune: Awakening' Release Date Confirmed, But There's a Catch When It Comes to Availability

Funcom's Dune: Awakening is coming later this year, and despite the wait, there's still more to be faced by gamers.

Player One

Dune: Awakening's sandworms will be their own masters: 'You won't be able to summon them at will'

It's their desert, not yours.

PC Gamer

Dune: Awakening: Everything we know about Funcom's survival MMO

The spice must flow in the alt-history Dune MMO.

PC Gamer

Can you play Dune: Awakening on Steam Deck, ROG Ally and other gaming handhelds?

Dune: Awakening has a new benchmark tool a couple of months before launch, so what's the state of play on handhelds like the Steam Deck?

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MMORPG Dune: Awakening finally gets release date and preorder info, but not for Xbox

Epic MMORPG Dune: Awakening finally has a confirmed release date, but it's only coming to PC via Steam at first. There's also a new character creator and benchmark tool.

PC Gamer

Survival MMO Dune: Awakening launches in May and I am way more excited about it than I thought I'd be

Kwisatz Haderach, give the dog a bone.

TechRadar

Funcom finally reveals May release date for Dune Awakening, Steam players can now download the benchmark and character creator ahead of time

Dune Awakening will officially launch on May 20, 2025, for PC via Steam.

PC Gamer

Dune: Awakening says no to David Lynch and Sting in his underwear because the Herbert Estate hates fun

Come on, the Stillsuit designs were great!

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After survival games like Conan Exiles, Funcom says it's made "a game with its own identity" out of Dune: Awakening – and I believe it

Interview | How Dune: Awakening found its feet in a world built on almost 60 years of lore and countless adaptations

PC Gamer

After 7 hours, Dune: Awakening might be the mix of survival and RPG that finally wins me over to the genre

The spicy takes must flow.

PC Gamer

Gulp! Dune: Awakening beta testers are dying of thirst nearly as often as they're dying of sandworms, and some are even drinking mouse blood to stay alive

"Close to a hundred [kangaroo mice] had their blood extracted," says Funcom. "How could you?"

PC Gamer

Every game, trailer, and announcement in the 2024 PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted

This year's showcase featured over 80 games to look forward to in the new year.

Windows Central

"I am aghast": Google Search AI said a former Conan Exiles dev's personal phone was Funcom's office number, leading to irate complaint call

Due to an erroneous Google AI search result, a game developer was contacted at their personal phone number by an angry customer trying to complain to the main office of a studio they haven't worked at for eight years.

Inverse

'Dune: Awakening' Developers Are Already Working On Fan's Biggest Criticism

"There is a lot that was not shown," the game's creative director said.

TechRadar

Dune Awakening developer says work on bringing the MMO to Xbox Series S is progressing but will be a "challenge"

Funcom has said that bringing Dune Awakening to Xbox Series S will be a "challenge".

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