Dune: Awakening 2025

About

Dune: Awakening is an open-world survival MMO set on the desert planet Arrakis. Players create a custom character and must manage thirst, maintain stillsuits, and contend with environmental hazards like sandstorms, extreme heat, and roaming sandworms. The game involves scavenging resources, crafting equipment, building shelters, and competing with other players to harvest and transport spice. As players progress, they advance through phases from basic survival to leading a guild, eventually participating in faction warfare between House Atreides and House Harkonnen. The game features both PvE and PvP zones, with a Deep Desert area that reshapes weekly through Coriolis storms.

Story

In an alternate timeline where Paul Atreides was never born, Lady Jessica obeys the Bene Gesserit and bears a daughter named Ariste instead of a son. Her loyalty earns her training as a Truthsayer, and she uncovers the betrayal of Dr. Wellington Yueh before it can unfold. House Atreides survives under Duke Leto's leadership but becomes locked in a prolonged War of Assassins against House Harkonnen on the desert planet Arrakis. Meanwhile, the Fremen have vanished following a brutal purge by the Emperor's Sardaukar forces. Into this fractured world, a lone agent working undercover for the Bene Gesserit arrives on Arrakis with a singular mission: find the missing Fremen and awaken the Sleeper. The desert holds its secrets tightly, and the political machinations of the Great Houses threaten anyone caught between them.

What is happening now

Dune: Awakening is an open-world survival RPG set on Arrakis, launching on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC in June 2025. The game has steadily expanded since its initial release, with developer Funcom pushing toward its console versions, which have now gone gold ahead of their fall launch. Recent updates signal substantial shifts in the game's design philosophy. A single-player mode is now available for testing on the public test server, representing a significant departure from the game's multiplayer survival roots and allowing players to experience Arrakis without other players. Alongside this addition, Funcom has overhauled the character experience and made various gameplay tweaks. The studio has also confirmed cross-play support will arrive sometime after the console release, and announced a collaboration with Denis Villeneuve's Dune films through a Filmic Archive DLC. Console versions were playable at Gamescom 2026, giving players a first look at how the survival experience translates to PlayStation and Xbox hardware.