Oslo, Norway – May 28, 2025 – With only a few days to go before Dune: Awakening’s June 5th head start begins ahead of the full launch on June 10th, developer Funcom has released a sneak peek at what players can expect beyond what was playable in the recent large-scale Beta. Inspired by Denis Villeneuve and Legendary Entertainment’s award-winning blockbuster films, Dune: Awakening realizes Arrakis in an open world game for the first time ever.
The livestream gave a glimpse of Dune: Awakening’s mid-to-endgame. Playing the game live, Funcom took viewers on a tour of the wider Hagga Basin (of which players only saw about 25% in the Beta Weekend), to emphasize the size and variety players can expect. The lush O’odham, the forbidding Hagga Rift, the tall spires and imposing rock-formations of Jabal Eifrit, to name just a few.
As players explore these huge and diverse landscapes, they will continue uncovering the mysteries of Dune: Awakening’s thrilling story, which they also got a taste of in the Beta.
Before even considering the vast dunes and dangers of the Deep Desert, players will experience a full-scale survival game. They will rise through the ranks of the Atreides or Harkonnen; build powerful strongholds; brave Imperial Testing Stations; craft advanced schematics; explore and harvest in a variety of vehicles, and much, much more.
The Landsraad feature allows anyone to contribute in the effort to impact their entire faction, whether they prefer PvE or PvP. See a full Landsraad cycle in Games of Power – The Landsraad Explained.
The Schools of the Imperium are a major source of power, offering skills from Orders like the Mentats, Bene Gesserit, or Swordmasters. Combined with the wide arsenal of weapons, armors, tech, vehicles, and Holzman shields from the Dune universe, the sandbox combat offers huge freedom. As you rise in power and unlock advanced skills from various schools, you can discover new combinations and synergies. See in action in Sandbox Combat – The Forms of Power.
The exact launch times across the world have been revealed. The head start, available with any Deluxe or Ultimate Edition purchase, begins on June 5, with full launch on June 10. Regardless of when players get access, everyone can pre-load Dune: Awakening on Steam on June 4. The spice will flow.
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Frank Herbert (1920 – 1986) created the most beloved novel in the annals of science fiction, DUNE, winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards. He was a man of many facets, of countless passageways that ran through an intricate mind. His magnum opus is a reflection of this, a classic work that stands as one of the most complex, multi-layered novels ever written in any genre. Today the novel is more popular than ever, with new readers continually discovering it and telling their friends to pick up a copy. It has sold tens of millions of copies worldwide, in more than 40 languages. Today his literary legacy is managed by his son Brian Herbert, and grandchildren Kim Herbert and Byron Merritt.