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Dune Awakening is Funcom’s fastest-selling game ever as new MMO crushes the studio’s previous records

In a post to fans, Funcom thanked players for giving the new MMO a shot. After decades of MMORPGs like Age of Conan, Anarchy Online and more, the studio has been known for its medium-to-small player ...
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Dune: Awakening is a bit more “like a Dune survival RPG” than a full MMO, with multiplayer driving "that feeling of the universe being alive”

Diablo Ex-Diablo 2 leads have "conflicted feelings" about going up against the iconic ARPG with their new indie competitor World of Warcraft WoW Midnight's Prey system is a "don't AFK mode" on its ...
MMORPG

Dune Awakening is the First MMORPG to Grab me Like This and I'm Stressed

I’ve tried a fair few MMOs in my gaming career. Each of them I’ve bounced off in different ways, with very few keeping me as a player to this day (and the ones that have are MMO-lites such as Warframe ...
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Dune Awakening gives franchise fans and MMO skeptics a chance to try it for free with a generous new trial

There have been a few decent Dune videogames over the years, but they've often been strategy-focused and limited in terms of fully immersing fans in Arrakis. Dune Awakening, however, is different from ...
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Dune: Awakening players' wishes have been granted as the MMO's Deep Desert PvP endgame is now almost half PvE thanks to a new test patch

Dune: Awakening has a new test patch which increases the PvE area in the Deep Desert, and players can hop in now via a separate client on Steam. PvE now covers map ...
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Dune: Awakening player manages a sandworm escape so jaw-dropping even the MMO's devs are impressed: "Yes, I pissed my pants, yes, my stillsuit saved the piss"

Survival Games Dune: Awakening Chapter 2 goes live, making the survival MMO's desert a little more welcoming by making sandworms less erratic, reducing quicksand, and introducing "a multitude of bug ...
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Dune: Awakening review: Conquer the desert

When I first heard of Dune: Awakening, I wasn’t quite clear on what it was. Is it an MMO? Is it a survival game? Is it an open world singleplayer RPG? The answer to all of those questions is yes. As ...
MMORPG

Dune: Awakening Begins Deep Desert PvE Changes and Gets a Public Test Client

Funcom announced, after questions and criticism over Dune: Awakening’s PvP-only Deep Desert, that they would make some changes to add partial PvE areas and access to resources. Those changes begin ...
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Dune: Awakening Is Losing One of Its Best Steam Features (For Now)

Survival MMO Dune: Awakening has made a strong impression since its launch several months ago. Drawing heavily from the long-established and complex lore of the Dune universe, it leverages its weight ...
TweakTown

Dune: Awakening sales hit 1 million after hitting 189,000 concurrent player peak

TL;DR: Dune: Awakening, Funcom's MMO survival crafting RPG launched in June, has sold over 1 million copies, becoming the company's fastest-selling game. It achieved a peak of 189,000 concurrent ...
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Dune Awakening lead says his “heart goes out” for Elder Scrolls Online devs after Microsoft lay-offs scrap their next MMO as cancelled projects make devs “feel like you ...

Microsoft has laid off over 9,000 employees, causing the cancellation of numerous projects including Everwild, Perfect Dark, and the next MMORPG from the team behind Elder Scrolls Online. After seven ...