Funcom has introduced that its MMO survival sport, Dune: Awakening, will launch for PC on May 20. The sport can also be slated for a PS5 and Xbox Sequence X|S launch, however a launch date for these variations hasn’t been revealed but.
In this iteration of the Dune universe, the primary protagonist Paul Atreides was by no means born. Gamers assume the function of a prisoner despatched to Arrakis to uncover the thriller across the Fremen’s disappearance. Alongside the journey, gamers will rise from being a anonymous survivor to both changing into an agent of the Atreides or the Harkonnen.
The sport will value $50 and people who preorder will obtain a ornament referred to as the Terrarium of Muad’Dib that they’ll place of their bases.
Gamers also can obtain the character creator and benchmark software to obtain a particular code to redeem a Frameblade Knife at launch. Characters might be saved and imported to the complete sport, and the benchmark software lets gamers know if their {hardware} can run it. Whereas Funcom hasn’t revealed the complete specification necessities, the sport’s Steam page notes that it requires a 64-bit processor and working system at the least.
Dune: Awakening options an ever-changing open-world desert that shifts each week, and gamers can discover new places and rewards. There might be server-wide politics within the type of Landsraad decrees, the place each participant might be impacted whether or not they’re aligned with Altreidas or Harkonnen.
Whereas the sport is multiplayer, gamers can select to expertise the storyline alone, and PvP is at all times non-obligatory. Gamers also can join the beta on the sport’s official web site.
Dune: Awakening’s distinctive world may even have gamers having the ability to group up with characters who’re useless within the ebook sequence, and Funcom is “rethinking” survival sport mechanics and staples with this sport.