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February 2, 2025 - Literally 0 meaningful changes can be made as a result of this in time for release so it's not a beta ... Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear.

It captures Dune pretty well: From making you manually disable your shield before running on sand to not get eaten, to seeing the sand shift as the sandworms move around.

April 25, 2025 - The crafting system itself isn't particularly interesting as an activity: except for a few items you can craft personally (crude blades, bandages, etc.) it's all done with machinery in your base, and most of what I did in the beta involved ingots made from harvesting minerals like granite, copper, and iron, plus certain gizmos that can be bought at trading posts or scavenged from camps and caves. There were no elaborate recipes, and apart from watching the 3D printer assemble your chosen schematic, it felt pretty standard for a survival game. ... 'The unimaginable has happened'—Dune: Awakening's player count drops below Funcom's other survival game released eight years ago, as engagement with Arrakis dries up

4 weeks ago - UNITE or compete with other survivors – or choose to play alone. Dune: Awakening features a highly immersive and persistent online world shared with thousands of other characters and several hundred people playing concurrently.

2 days ago - Fine we can have some trash armors for like scavengers, but in a universe as big as the Dune one I'd like to see feminine outfits--appealing outfits. Only one armor skin looks feminine and tasteful...the Bene class armor. The civilians in the cities dress better than I do.

April 24, 2025 - After 20 hours in Dune: Awakening's closed beta, we're confident developer Funcom has the foundations of an absolutely stellar survival MMO that makes fantastic use of one of the greatest science fiction worlds ever created – if it can squash ...

April 25, 2025 - The new playtest for the open-world game is kicking off on Friday May 9, and is designed to show off the MMO's early hours and the start of the midgame, as well as "most of act one" of Dune Awakening's main story.

March 8, 2025 - Dune: Awakening has been out for a couple days and played by hundreds of thousands of people.

June 30, 2025 - Greetings Sleepers, As the team continues to make great progress on Dune: Awakening, we’re approaching a stage where the game can benefit a lot from player feedback. As such, we will soon begin holding early closed Beta tests, initially with small pools of players.

April 26, 2025 - Funcom plans to organize a LAN party broadcast on May 10, giving away tens of thousands of beta keys for player access. Dune: Awakening is set to conduct "large-scale" beta tests, scheduled from May 9 to May 12, ahead of its release on PC on June 10.

April 25, 2025 - Access the Dune: Awakening beta on May 9 to survive in the scorching desert.

June 9, 2025 - Funcom’s highly anticipated survival MMO, Dune Awakening, has cracked open the doors to its closed Steam beta, offering a last taste of spice before the full launch in early June.

May 9, 2025 - For those excited on the release of Dune: Awakening, there's a chance to experience Arrakis early. Funcom has announced a large-scale beta weekend that begins May 9 and ends May 12.

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November 24, 2025 - Chapter 3 is shaped by thousands of conversations, suggestions, and bits of feedback from across the Dune: Awakening community. One of the clearest messages we heard was the desire for more meaningful progression and choice – including PvE players - after reaching tier 6.

From Dune: Awakening Community Wiki · Jump to navigation Jump to search · The Closed Beta (CB) tests ran from December 2023 up to June 2025, under strict Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)[1]. Since 2022, players had the option to sign up for beta testing on the official website[2] and on 14th ...

April 18, 2024 - The game blends survival, exploration, and combat, with players encountering sandworms and iconic characters from the Dune universe. ... Players can craft their identities and acquire skills, and they must manage survival aspects like finding ...

May 13, 2025 - The Beta gave me a much better handle on how this alternative history would pan out in practice, and it successfully immerses the player in the world of Dune almost immediately, crash-landing on Arrakis as a Bene Gesserit prisoner in search of the lost Fremen people. Awakening's story and exploration elements are compelling, but it's severely lacking in other key areas.

May 6, 2025 - Today, an AMA by Dune: Awakening developers at Funcom took place on the official subreddit. Given this weekend will be the game’s largest beta yet, for this session, interested players got a little more into the weeds about the launch’s details, with Executive Producer Scott Junior, Creative Director Joel Bylos and Senior Game Director Viljar Sommerbakk answering questions over several hours.