Dune: Awakening Delayed by Three Weeks to Implement Changes Discovered During Its Beta

Dune: Awakening, the upcoming unfastened satellite endurance MMO inspired by Frank Herbert's beloved sci-fi novels and Denis Villeneuve's films, has been delayed to June 10, 2025.

Funcom shared the quality portion besides confirming that those who privation to get a caput commencement volition beryllium capable to leap into the crippled connected June 5 if they acquisition either the Deluxe Edition oregon Ultimate Edition.

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As for wherefore the crippled was delayed, Funcom said, pursuing feedback from its ongoing Persistent Closed Beta, the determination was made truthful the squad has "a spot much clip to cook." This volition besides fto them instrumentality immoderate of the changes they've discovered and that person been requested during this beta phase.

Furthermore, Funcom said the hold volition let for a "large-scale beta play adjacent period wherever adjacent much of you volition get the accidental to play the crippled and stock your feedback."

While this whitethorn beryllium disappointing for immoderate who privation to leap into Dune: Awakening arsenic soon arsenic possible, Funcom is hosting a combat livestream aboriginal contiguous astatine 12pm ET/9am PT, which volition uncover much astir PvP and PvE mechanics, archetypes, and skills.

We present astatine IGN are excited astir Dune: Awakening, arsenic we said successful our hands-on preview that, "It's casual to beryllium sceptical astir an MMO endurance crippled acceptable successful the Duniverse, but aft a fewer bouts of dehydration and sunstroke, the time I spent successful Arrakis convinced maine that Dune: Awakening is 1 to watch."

For more, cheque retired details connected the MMO's concern exemplary and post-launch plans and the in-depth gameplay trailer that was revealed astatine Gamescom ONL past year.

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