Though Head Starters have been visiting Arrakis since June 5, Dune: Awakening launched for all gamers yesterday, June 10. And inside hours of going dwell, Funcom’s survival MMO had clocked up over 142,000 concurrent gamers on Steam: 142,050 to be exact.
That was sufficient to make Dune: Awakening the the ninth most-played sport of the final 24-hours on Steam. The expectation is the sport’s participant numbers will develop over the course of this week as it heads into its first weekend following the launch correct, so we might see a good greater concurrent peak on Saturday or Sunday.
Forward of launch, Funcom confirmed the console model of Dune: Awakening is not anticipated now till “someday in 2026“). We have additionally reported on how Dune: Awakening gamers discovered a method to trip sandworms, regardless that it isn’t an formally supported function.
We’re nonetheless in the course of of reviewing Dune: Awakening. Whereas there is no rating but, and we’re nonetheless a bit of unimpressed by the gunplay, our reviewer wrote: “After greater than 35 hours I nonetheless really feel like I’m pretty early into my Dune: Awakening journey, and nonetheless have new zones to go to, haven’t gotten very far into the primary story, and have solely had a number of encounters with PvP. There’s a ton for me to do, so search for an replace someday this week as I work my approach via to the endgame.”
That can assist you survive on Arrakis, we have Dune: Awakening useful resource guides that’ll assist you discover iron, metal, aluminium, and extra. If you happen to’re simply getting began, take a look at all the Dune: Awakening courses you may select from, and preserve an eye fixed on our in-progress Dune: Awakening walkthrough for a step-by-step information to the story.
Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, as properly as a critic, columnist, and guide with 15+ years expertise working with some of the world’s largest gaming websites and publications. She’s additionally a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually Excessive Chaos. Discover her at BlueSky.