Dune: Awakening Dev Says Its Release Date Is 'The Full Launch,' and While There's No Subscription, There Will Be 'Optional' DLCs

Dune: Awakening developer Funcom has issued an update connected the game’s concern exemplary and post-launch plans, confirming the May 20 merchandise day is the “full launch” alternatively than Early Access.

The multiplayer endurance crippled inspired by Frank Herbert’s legendary sci-fi caller and the movie adaptations volition not person a subscription, contempt being billed arsenic an MMO.

Instead, Funcom volition proceed to grow the crippled done escaped updates with contented and features, and “follow a classical concern model” of optional DLCs.

Funcom pointed to the enactment it provides its existing and long-running MMOs specified arsenic Anarchy Online and Conan Exiles, which inactive person escaped updates, DLCs, and expansions years aft launch. “Dune: Awakening volition beryllium nary exception, and it volition proceed to grow with escaped updates bringing caller content, features, and enhancements,” Funcom said.

Dune: Awakening’s modular variation is priced astatine $49.99, with the Deluxe Edition ($69.99) and Ultimate Edition ($89.99) some offering players a five-day caput commencement and respective unsocial items. Available arsenic portion of the Deluxe Edition and Ultimate Edition, Dune: Awakening’s Season Pass unlocks 4 DLCs implicit time, with the archetypal unlocking astatine launch.

In the Deluxe Edition, you besides get the armor of the Sardaukar, the elite subject unit that players find themselves hunted by successful the game. The Ultimate Edition adds everything above, positive Paul Atreides’ iconic stillsuit from the 2021 film, a integer artbook, a integer soundtrack, unsocial colour patterns, and the Caladan Palace Set featuring gathering pieces, placeables, and decorations.

Pre-ordering immoderate of the editions awards players with a cosmopolitan colour signifier that tin beryllium applied to vehicles, weapons, and armor, arsenic good arsenic the Terrarium of Muad’Dib, an in-base decoration which houses the iconic godforsaken mouse.

The Dune: Awakening Ultimate Edition. Image credit: Funcom.

Funcom besides confirmed Dune: Awakening’s PC features and strategy requirements. It's worthy noting Dune: Awakening supports Nvidia’s DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation, AMD’s FSR, and Intel’s XeSS 2 technologies.

Dune: Awakening PC strategy requirements:

Minimum:

• OS: Windows 10 64-bit (or newer)
• Processor: Intel Core i5-7400, AMD Ryzen 3 1200
• Memory: 16 GB RAM
• Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (6GB), AMD Radeon 5600XT (6GB)
• Storage: 60 GB disposable space

Recommended:

• OS: Windows 10 64-bit (or newer)
• Processor: Intel Core i7-10700K, AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
• Memory: 16 GB RAM
• Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (8GB), AMD Radeon 6700XT (12GB)
• Storage: 75 GB disposable space

Check retired IGN’s last preview of Dune: Awakening to find retired much astir the game.

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