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Dune: Awakening review: "Both extremely compelling and extraordinarily boring, sometimes at the same time – yet still a true Dune love letter"

GamesRadar

Dune Awakening review – An exhilarating adventure in a deadly yet beautiful desert

It's a spicy world.

Destructoid

Dune: Awakening's dungeons are so atrocious that I'd rather get slowly digested by a sandworm than fight through another one

The rest of the game is pretty rad, though.

PC Gamer

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The sandworm in Dune: Awakening mysteriously vanished from the MMO and nobody knows why, but I have good news: it's back

Shai-Hulud disappeared from Dune: Awakening for a moment, but Funcom has restored order to Arrakis

GamesRadar

Dune: Awakening isn't even officially out yet and it already has almost 100,000 players

Arrakis is filling up fast during the advanced access "head start" period.

PC Gamer

In 'Dune: Awakening', Fighting Will Be Optional

'Dune: Awakening's vast PvP area will offer PvE endgame options for players more interested in the game's less confrontational mechanics and player progression.

Inverse

'Don't leave trash on Arrakis'—Dune: Awakening creative director implores players to 'clean up your old bases'

Don't desert your work.

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After 7 hours, Dune: Awakening might be the mix of survival and RPG that finally wins me over to the genre

The spicy takes must flow.

PC Gamer

Dune: Part Two is already available to stream at home – here’s how

Dive into the sandy world of Arrakis from the comfort of your own home

The Independent UK

Desert planets like those in 'Dune' and 'Star Wars' unlikely to host life, NASA says

"Even if a planet is in the habitable zone, if it has too small a water inventory, it transitions to an uninhabitable state."

Space

Gulp! Dune: Awakening beta testers are dying of thirst nearly as often as they're dying of sandworms, and some are even drinking mouse blood to stay alive

"Close to a hundred [kangaroo mice] had their blood extracted," says Funcom. "How could you?"

PC Gamer

How to read all 23 Dune books in chronological order

From the seminal Frank Herbert saga to the prequels and sequels to follow

The Independent UK

Everything we know about Dune: Messiah

Denis Villeneuve isn't finished with Arrakis and Paul Atreides yet. Keep your stillsuit on and get ready for Dune: Messiah.

Space

'Dune: Awakening' Developers Are Already Working On Fan's Biggest Criticism

"There is a lot that was not shown," the game's creative director said.

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Inverse

'Dune: Awakening' Gets a Frustrating Release Date Update

The sleeper will awaken...soon. But what is the actual release date for 'Dune: Awakening'? And what can players actually expect from the gameplay

Inverse

'Dune: Awakening' Recreates The Best Part Of The Books

Frank Herbert’s Dune saga is transported into the game Dune: Awakening from developer Funcom. The upcoming action MMO will let players replicate the human and factional drama at the center of these seminal books, creating endless possibilities for new stories on Arrakis.

Inverse

HBO's New 'Dune' Show Expands Franchise Canon With One Surprising Omission

The second teaser-trailer for the HBO series 'Dune: Prophecy' has arrived and it looks amazing. But will this 'Dune' series actually depict the planet Arrakis?

PC Gamer

Dune: Awakening is threatening to turn me into a survival MMO guy after a lifetime as a devoted videogame hermit

The spice must flow.

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Inverse

'Dune: Awakening' Is the Massively Ambitious Game the Sci-Fi Saga Needs

Dune: Awakening is a massively ambitious survival MMO that wants to painstakingly recreate the dangers of Arrakis, and it might just pull it off.

Space

Sandworms rise from the sands of Arrakis in exclusive sneak peek at 'Dune: The Graphic Novel, Book 3'

An exclusive look at "Dune: The Graphic Novel, Book 3: The Prophet," which comes out on July 16.

Windows Central

I previewed an upcoming Xbox survival-MMO, and it may actually make me a fan of the genre AND the Dune franchise

Dune: Awakening is an upcoming survival-MMORPG set in the Dune franchise, and my early preview actually made me excited about the full game.

GamesRadar

Departing from the books, Dune MMO confirms religions, but "Leading people on a holy war is not why you arrive on Arrakis"

"The player is not a messiah"

TechRadar

Dune Awakening will let you choose between the Harkonnen and Arrakis factions, plus a third that will arrive after launch

Developer Funcom has confirmed that Dune Awakening will let you join guilds under two factions, plus a third that is yet to be revealed.

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Denis Villeneuve's 'Dune' Trilogy Plans Revealed In Recent Interviews

Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of 'Dune' into a film trilogy explores Paul Atreides' journey on the desert planet Arrakis with intricate sci-fi elements.

PC Gamer

You can claim land for your base on Arrakis in survival MMO Dune: Awakening, but you'll have to pay the Emperor for it

Here's our first look at Dune: Awakening base-building... but there's no escape from paying taxes, even in space.

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