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Dune: Awakening

Platforms

PC

Initial release May 20, 2025

Developers

Funcom

Genres

Action Adventure
RPG

Publishers

Funcom

Franchise Frank Herbert's Dune

Dune: Awakening Feed

Dune: Awakening trailer screenshot showing giant worm opening its multiple jaws

News

Dune: Awakening gets Steam release date, plus character creator and benchmark tool in advance

Sandemonium.

Feb. 20, 2025 Ed Nightingale

A screenshot from survival MMO Dune: Awakening showing what looks like everything that can happen in the desert there: ornithopters flying over a huge sandworm, vehicles spouting dust in their wake, and players with high tech gadgetry on.

News

Dune: Awakening's "early 2025" release date is looser than you might think

Plenty of wriggle room.

Jan. 30, 2025 Robert Purchese

A desert, and a character is on their knees looking into the oncoming maw of a gigantic sandworm. If they don't move - and it doesn't look like they're going to - they're in trouble. A screenshot from Dune: Awakening.

Feature

Dune: Awakening proves MMOs can still be interesting and try new things

Spicy.

Jan. 30, 2025 Robert Purchese

Sandy landscape scene from Dune: Awakening

Feature

Supporters | Five of the Best: Deserts

That Sandy.

Jan. 23, 2025 Robert Purchese

Collage of screenshots from Death Stranding 2, Assassin's Creed Shadows, Ghost of Yotei, and GTA 6, behind a big number 2025

Opinion

2025 will be a make-or-break year for triple-A video games as we know them

It might even be a good thing.

Jan. 6, 2025 Chris Tapsell

Sandy landscape scene from Dune: Awakening

News

Dune: Awakening on Xbox Series S will be a "challenge", developer says

"There's a lot of optimisations we need to do."

Sept. 3, 2024 Victoria Kennedy

Dune: Awakening in-engine screenshot without the UI showing two masked characters

News

Dune: Awakening out next year on PC, here's a first look at gameplay

Spice rack ready.

Aug. 20, 2024 Ed Nightingale

A photo of Opening Night Live founder Geoff Keighley on stage at Gamescom with the acronym ONL in large letters behind him.

Blog

Gamescom 2024 | The Gamescom Opening Night Live 2024 showcase

Mafia 3! Indy on PS5! Molyneux! Borderlands 4!

Aug. 20, 2024 Robert Purchese

Catch up on Dune Messiah via Kindle for 99p, ahead of Dune Awakening later this year

Deals

Jelly Deals | Catch up on Dune Messiah via Kindle for 99p, ahead of Dune Awakening later this year

My Kindle. My Arrakis. My Deal.

Aug. 5, 2024 Christian Wait

Dune: Awakening in-engine screenshot without the UI showing a character crouching and aiming a gun at the camera

News

Dune: Awakening developer seeks to reassure fans following religion concerns

"The player is not a messiah."

March 7, 2024 Tom Phillips

Dune: Awakening in-engine screenshot without the UI showing three different land vehicles and an ornithopter driving away from the camera in the desert

News

Dune: Awakening won't feature sandworm-riding at launch - and no penis-sliders either

"A lot of sandworm jokes though."

March 4, 2024 Chris Tapsell

Dune: Awakening in-engine screenshot without UI showing a couple of suited-up characters fleeing a big sandworm bursting out of the desert, with crescent moons in the blue sky behind

Interview

Dune: Awakening devs explain "alt history" approach to Conan: Exiles' vast, intricate follow-up

"I think the player's interactions with spice can be pretty f***ing interesting."

March 4, 2024 Chris Tapsell

Funcom's open-world survival MMO Dune: Awakening gets first trailer

News

Funcom's open-world survival MMO Dune: Awakening gets first trailer

Coming to PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.

Aug. 23, 2022 Matt Wales

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Games from the Frank Herbert's Dune franchise