Dune: Awakening, the open-world MMO impressed by Frank Herbert’s novels and Denis Villeneuve’s movies, has been delayed. Developer Funcom said on Tuesday that it wants “a bit extra time to cook dinner.” Beforehand slated for May 20, the sport has a brand new launch date of June 10 on Steam.
Funcom says the three-week delay will permit it to “act on much more of the suggestions we all know is essential to our beta testers.” The sport is in a closed one now, however the developer says it would roll out a larger-scale beta take a look at in Might. Additional particulars on which can be coming “quickly.”
Though June 10 is the brand new launch date for individuals who purchase the $50 customary model, Funcom is launching a head-start incentive for individuals who plunk down $70 or $90 on the Deluxe or Final version. These variations will unlock on June 5. (Gotta love paywalling an earlier launch date.)
Though Dune: Awakening is ready within the acquainted Duniverse on Arrakis, it makes use of an alternate timeline. On this “what if?” model, the Fremen have disappeared, Paul Atreides was by no means born (sorry, Chalamaniacs) and Girl Jessica gave beginning to a woman. You begin as a prisoner taken to the planet however quickly “be taught the true which means of desert energy,” rising to change into an agent of the Atreides or the Harkonnen.
You may get a bounce on issues at this time with a character creator, launched in February, that allows you to construct your hero and take the Gom Jabbar take a look at. (For extra informal Dune followers, that is the hand-in-a-box torture take a look at.) You should utilize your character when the sport launches.
Dune: Awakening will solely be available on Steam when it arrives on June 10. You may pre-order it now. It is also coming to PS5 and Xbox Collection X/S, however these variations do not but have a launch date.
