Dune: Awakening

Dune: Awakening is a new staple for the survival genre and a new standard for all MMO-like games. It features one of the most intricate and addictive gameplay loops while bringing top-notch exploration to one of gaming's most atmospheric journeys.

Dune: Awakening has impressed me at every turn. Stunning cinematics showcase an immersive story inspired by Dune's award-winning lore and set the scene for a thrilling adventure, focused on exploration, survival, base-building, and politics. In a time full of unfinished, bug-ridden game launches, Dune: Awakening is setting the bar higher for what the release of video games should be. My experience...

Daring to reshape the desert into a sandbox of power, peril, and player-driven destiny, but not without a few cracks in the armor.

As an extension of a firmly established IP, Dune: Awakening has more elements it needs to nail that a traditional survival game simply wouldn't. While it is indeed important that it offers a solid survival MMO experience, any shortcomings when it comes to how it presents the world of Dune are likely to be even more noticeable, especially considering the dedicated following the IP has built over th...

Dune is actually one of my favorite literature franchises of all time, and I couldn’t have been happier with the fact the damn thing has finally become mainstream and socially acceptable after having been considered the utmost nerdiest crap for the past sixty years. I am eternally grateful to Dennis Villeneuve and his amazing movies for changing the franchise’s perspective amongst the general popu...

Dune: Awakening was dealt a difficult hand when it came to adapting Dune's combat for a video game. Shields in Dune prevent most projectiles from penetrating them, forcing people to resort to fighting with melee weapons like swords. However, sticking to this faithfully could have proven difficult for balancing encounters. It's much more difficult to face multiple opponents wielding melee weapons t...

After several closed tests and delays, Dune: Awakening is finally welcoming fortune-seekers to Arrakis to kick of the 2025 summer season; a fitting release for the long-in-development MMO based on Frank Herbert’s sci-fi universe. Is there an online journey that you should embark on buried beneath the sands and spice?