During a special Dune: Awakening focused livestream, Funcom revealed the first look at the MMOs mid-to-endgame content and what players can expect.
Dune: Awakening is (blessedly) almost upon us, with the early “head start” kicking off just next week. To get fans/players even more ready to head to Arrakis, developers Funcom hosted a livestream where they showed off some never before seen content from the back half of the game. You can rewatch the full stream here, but they’ve also posted some relevant videos highlighting specific things:
The livestream gave a glimpse of Dune: Awakening’s mid-to-endgame. Playing the game live, Funcom took viewers on a tour of the wider Hagga Basin (of which players only saw about 25% in the Beta Weekend), to emphasize the size and variety players can expect. The lush O’odham, the forbidding Hagga Rift, the tall spires and imposing rock-formations of Jabal Eifrit, to name just a few.
As players explore these huge and diverse landscapes, they will continue uncovering the mysteries of Dune: Awakening’s thrilling story, which they also got a taste of in the Beta.
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Before even considering the vast dunes and dangers of the Deep Desert, players will experience a full-scale survival game. They will rise through the ranks of the Atreides or Harkonnen; build powerful strongholds; brave Imperial Testing Stations; craft advanced schematics; explore and harvest in a variety of vehicles, and much, much more.
The Landsraad feature allows anyone to contribute in the effort to impact their entire faction, whether they prefer PvE or PvP. See a full Landsraad cycle in Games of Power – The Landsraad Explained.
The Schools of the Imperium are a major source of power, offering skills from Orders like the Mentats, Bene Gesserit, or Swordmasters. Combined with the wide arsenal of weapons, armors, tech, vehicles, and Holzman shields from the Dune universe, the sandbox combat offers huge freedom. As you rise in power and unlock advanced skills from various schools, you can discover new combinations and synergies. See in action in Sandbox Combat – The Forms of Power.
Dune: Awakening launches on June 10th (June 5th for players who pre-ordered the Deluxe or Ultimate Editions) on Steam.
