Games in the same genre, like Dune: Awakeningand Starfield, often include similar elements, so it isn’t too surprising to see that the former will be using a feature from the latter. Although Dune: Awakening may be borrowing an element from Starfield, it will likely be a very different overall experience. Dune is more of an open-world survival game that allows for large numbers of players to play online together. This is a pretty big departure from Starfield’s single-player experience. 1lj3c

A full look at Dune: Awakening has been shown at the 2024 Gamescom Opening Night Live. Funcom's title - which the studio made in collaboration with the Herbert Estate and Legendary to set a visual tone that matches that of the recent movies - was revealed at Gamescom back in 2022, showing an alternate take on the story and world fans are familiar with as they explore Arrakis 8 years after what would be the events of Dune in the Open World Survival MMO title.

A single moment that changes everything. An Arrakis torn by a War of Assassins. The Fremen missing. And yet the spice must flow. This is your Arrakis.

Visually, Dune: Awakening looks like it's set in the world of Denis Villeneuve's Dune movie adaptations, with the studio behind these films, Legendary, having shared assets with the development team at Funcom, as well as inviting them on set. Despite this, the game's story has made at least one massive change from the book and the movies that could have major consequences going forward.

A new trailer for Dune: Awakening has been revealed by Funcom, alongside a featurette on how the studio has adapted Arrakis for its Open World Survival MMO title. Dune: Awakening was revealed back in 2022 as part of Gamescom Opening Night Live, but since then, there hasn't been much information surrounding the title.

A once-canceled game based on Frank Herbert's Dune has resurfaced on Steam under a new IP. Dune fans have had plenty to look forward to recently with the impending sequel to 2021's highly acclaimed movie, a spin-off HBO Max series, and several official games including Real Time Strategy game Dune: Spice Wars, and an open-world MMO game, Dune: Awakening, the latter of which was announced at Gamescom Opening Night Live 2022.A highly ambitious Game Boy Advance title, Dune: Ornithopter Assault was being developed by Hungarian studio Soft Brigade in 2001, and although the game was nearly finished it was ultimately canceled in 2002 by Cryo Interactive due to the publisher's bankruptcy that year. The title would have been a 3D shooter seen from the cockpit of the ornithopter and would have been the first adaptation of the Dune universe on handheld consoles. Despite Dune primarily following the story of Paul Atreides, a young noble whose father becomes the ruler of a hostile planet called Arrakis, Dune: Ornithopter Assault would have placed players in the shoes of an ornithopter pilot trained under the guise of Gurney Alleck. Although its core gameplay focused on protecting spice harvesters from the Harkonnen, Ornithopter Assault would still have adapted major moments from the Dune novel, such as the fall of the House of Atreides, and Paul and the Fremen's fight for Arrakis, albeit from a different perspective. Despite its cancellation, a ROM of Dune: Ornithopter Assault was since leaked online and preserved, and could be played on GBA emulators.Related: Unreleased Dune Game For GBA Returning After 20 YearsThe Spaceshipper (via. GameSpot) took to Twitter to point out that the Dune-based title had finally received an official release on Steam with the new title Elland: The Crystal Warsââââââ. The title was brought to PC by game preservation specialists Retro Room Games following a successful Kickstarter campaign that raised $21,222, and boasts 23 levels. Retro Room Games also gave the title some modern quality-of-life features during its redevelopment and move from Game Boy Advance to PC, such as the ability to save anywhere, and the addition of controller and control remapping, cloud saves, image scaling, and smoothing options.

Gamescom 2022 revealed a trailer for Dune: Awakening, a new game set in the world of Frank Herbert's Dune novels. Since this is the first look players have gotten, there isn't much information about the game yet. However, making Dune: Awakening an MMO might not be the right choice to do justice to the source material.

The open-world survival MMO Dune: Awakening by Funcom looks set to repeat the same mistake as Marvel's Avengers and many other film tie-in games. Dune: Awakening will have many similarities to the film it's based on, the most recent Dune film. However, many of the game's design decisions may hamper its success and make it less popular with fans. Dune: Awakening will be a live service game that will be continually updated over time. It also does not feature the likenesses of actors from the 2021 Dune film, which was headlined by Timothee Chalamet and Zendaya. These and other choices for Dune: Awakening are reminiscent of the controversial Marvel's Avengers game by Crystal Dynamics, which borrowed aspects from the Marvel Cinematic Universe without using any of the franchise's actors.

The latest Gamescom event Opening Night Live was one of the most anticipated gaming events of the summer. Many have compared the event to the importance of other hallmark video gaming events like E3, perhaps becoming even more relevant than the Electronic Entertainment Expo in recent years. Fans each had their own big expectations for the Geoff Keighley-led event, with many highly-anticipated announcements rumored to be on the docket.

An open-world Arrakis survival MMO titled Dune: Awakeningwas recently revealed during Gamescom Opening Night Live 2022. Frank Herbert's beloved novel Dune was first published in 1965, and the sci-fi epic has spawned a number of sequels and adaptations over the last 50 years. The franchise has also received a number of video game adaptions, like the Dune: Spice Wars RTS game, and now an open-world MMO will immerse players in the unforgiving deserts of Arrakis.