Dune: Awakening's biggest beta yet sets a date, though I expect most of you won't have time to play all of it

Earlier this period Funcom did thing unthinkable, wholly unpredictable with Dune: Awakening… they delayed it. Alright, fine, mostly the other is existent for large games these days, but it did travel down to the ligament successful the greater strategy of things arsenic it was owed retired this coming May 20th. Now the MMO is slated to beryllium released connected June 10th (or June 5th for those with aboriginal access), conscionable 3 weeks extra. That "meh" quality did travel with immoderate "oh that's cool" quality though, arsenic a large-scale beta was promised. Now, pursuing a snazzy caller communicative trailer, a day for said beta has been set!

According to said trailer, the beta is taking spot this coming May 9th to 12th, with a property merchandise claiming it'll beryllium the biggest 1 yet. That doesn't mean you're guaranteed entree though, you'll person to petition to instrumentality portion connected the game's Steam page. Alternatively connected May 10th a livestream is being held which volition beryllium giving retired tens of thousands of beta keys, truthful your chances mostly dependable beauteous good. Said livestream volition beryllium held connected Funcom's Twitch channel.

The beta sounds similar it'll beryllium a beauteous beefy 1 too, the property merchandise notes that it'll see the archetypal 20 hours of the crippled and "most of Act 1 of the story." Unlike erstwhile betas, determination won't beryllium an NDA this time, truthful you'll beryllium escaped to station astir getting eaten by a sandworm oregon immoderate to your heart's content.

That caller communicative trailer besides precise overmuch seems to beryllium mounting up a chosen one-esque storyline which isn't thing caller to the MMO genre, though I bash deliberation it's a spot bushed by now. Ah well, I'm definite a spot of spice volition acceptable things right.