Survival title Dune: Awakening delayed to implement beta feedback, Funcom confirms

by Danny Craig  · 
Survival title Dune: Awakening delayed to implement beta feedback, Funcom confirms
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Funcom has announced that its upcoming multiplayer survival game Dune: Awakening will be delayed by a month to address feedback from its beta stage.

The details:

  • Originally scheduled to release on May 20 for PC, Funcom has now confirmed that the game will be available nearly a month later on June 10 or June 5 for those who pre-order for early access.

  • In the statement, the developer explained that it made the decision to delay the game after receiving player feedback during its beta and felt the need to "make improvements that will lead to a better gameplay experience from day one." “We have a very active Discord going with our beta testers where our developers can interact directly with them to ensure we collaboratively make Dune: Awakening a better game,” Funcom explained. “Thanks to this process, we’ve concluded that with a bit more time to cook, we can act on a lot more of the feedback we know is important to our beta testers… This is not a decision we take lightly, we know everyone is very excited to get playing, but these three extra weeks will give us the time needed to make improvements that will lead to a better gameplay experience from day one.”

  • Funcom also confirmed that, due to the delay, it will now hold a "large-scale" beta weekend in May, with more information to follow soon. "Dune: Awakening is a beast of a game," the statement reads. "This is multiplayer survival on a massive scale, and we're making gameplay and technical strides not seen in the genre before. We want to make sure we stick the landing."

  • Dune: Awakening was announced last year and is directly based on Frank Herbert's universe, which inspired the two-part film series directed by Denis Villeneuve. Set on the planet Arrakis in an alternate timeline where Paul Atreides never existed, players must explore and survive the desert in search of the Fremen amid a civil war between House Atreides and House Harkonnen.

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