Earlier tonight, Funcom took advantage of the Game Awards to tease a new, Dune-based, MMO.
Entitled Dune: Awakening, the game is described as being a ‘survival MMO,’ in which players “strive to survive the countless dangers of Arrakis alongside thousands of other players. Explore your role and identity in this harsh environment, on an epic personal journey that will have you searching for water and building shelters against storms to controlling the flow of spice in the top echelons of this unforgiving planet.”
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Spice lies at the center of conflict, advancement, and power in Dune: Awakening. Where spice blows appear, players converge. Fights can range from quick skirmishes to large-scale battles with infantry, ground vehicles, and ornithopters each providing an essential role.
The deserts hold a multitude of choices to make and paths to discover. Jump into an ornithopter to scout the deep deserts; equip advanced armor and weaponry to become a deadly mercenary; execute an efficient spice harvesting operation; gain influence among Great Houses — do all these things and more.
Joel Bylos, Chief Creative Officer at Funcom and Creative Director of Dune: Awakening, says, “Working with a universe as rich and expansive as Dune is the perfect fit for Funcom’s drive to create compelling multiplayer open worlds. With Dune: Awakening, we’re trying to push the boundaries of what people expect in the Survival space – and I can’t wait until we can get it into the hands of our players.”
“We are thrilled to bring the Dune universe to life in such an immersive and interactive way. The depth and detail Funcom is bringing to the Dune: Awakening PC and console experience is astonishing and we can’t wait for fans of Dune and survival games to join us on Arrakis and try their hand at surviving the most dangerous planet in the universe,” adds Sam Rappaport, VP, Interactive Media at Legendary Entertainment.
Dune: Awakening is coming to next gen consoles and PC, but we don’t know when. The press release says it’ll be released in the months that follow tonight’s announcement.