Dune: Awakening, Funcom’s upcoming survival MMO set in an alternate model of writer Frank Herbert’s legendary sci-fi universe, will buck the pattern of many survival video games by not launching in an early-access state when it arrives for PC on Could 20. Nor will it have any form of subscription payment, as some MMOs do.
Inventive director Joel Bylos delivered the information in a current video, diving into Funcom’s post-launch plans for the sci-fi survival sport.
“The important thing issues that you have to learn about Dune: Awakening’s launch are that it’ll not launch in early entry and it’ll not have a month-to-month subscription,” Bylos mentioned. “It can obtain common free updates, together with new content material, new options, and quality-of-life enhancements.”
Bylos went on to say that the sport would additionally promote non-obligatory DLC, which can accompany every main free replace and can be capable to be purchased piecemeal. A season move that may embrace 4 post-launch DLCs will even be obtainable.
Dune: Awakening launching in 1.0 is considerably of a rarity for the survival sport style, which most of the time sees video games launch in an early-access state. Releasing in early entry lets builders collect extra participant suggestions and slowly add extra content material to the sport over time earlier than ultimately launching in full, oftentimes with a worth enhance.
That will not be the case with Dune: Awakening, which was first introduced to be within the works six years in the past and has had a number of closed beta durations over the past 12 months. Whereas Dune: Awakening will launch in an entire state for $50, these keen to pay extra will be capable to play early as a part of what Steam calls “superior entry.” Gamers who purchase the $70 or $90 editions of the sport will be capable to play Dune: Awakening beginning 5 days early on Could 15. Each of the sport’s dearer additions include the aforementioned season move, in addition to further cosmetics.
“Certain, this enables individuals to get into the sport early,” Bylos mentioned. “But it additionally helps us to verify we will steadiness the server load as individuals come into the sport via launch for the very best expertise. Gamers who need the recent begin expertise will nonetheless be capable to play on new servers that may launch when the sport launches on the twentieth of Could.”
Dune: Awakening was really designed with controllers in thoughts, however will launch on PC first. A Xbox Collection X|S and PlayStation 5 model will come at a later date, which has but to be introduced.