Dune: Awakening trailer and release date

Funcom studio has finally clarified the fate of the ambitious MMORPG Dune: Awakening based on Frank Herbert's "Dune". The developers have published a video with demonstration of the main mechanics and virtual world, allowed to pre-load the character editor and performance test from Steam, as well as announced the price and release date of the game. It will be available for all PC users on May 20. We tell you about all the latest changes in detail.

The trailer shows us available in "Dune" modes of transportation, antigravity devices, combat using knives and force fields, as well as the construction and dangers of a desert planet, where the hero can be eaten by a giant worm or sucked by quicksand. Naturally, you will have to survive in multiplayer, but it is not available yet - people will get acquainted with this part of gameplay on May 20. In the meantime, you can add the project to the desired or pre-order. The cost of the base version will be $49.99 US dollars or euros. As for regional prices, they will be announced later. Those who still decide to pay for the novelty in advance will be rewarded with a terrarium with a kangaroo mouse inside - to decorate their personal base.

Right now from the Dune: Awakening page in Steam you can install the editor, where your character will pass the test of the poisoned needle Gom Jabbar and determine his future - this is, in fact, the very beginning of the story. Here, you can choose your appearance, home planet, and mentor (i.e. determine your class). The developers say that in the future, the hero created in this way will be able to import into the release version. At the same time, the public is given a chance to check in advance whether their computers will pull the graphical beauty of Arrakis. Those who download the demo right now will get a Frameblade knife as a gift.