We’ve learned that Dune: Awakening will be set in an alternate version of the known universe from the books and movies. This will allow players, among other things, to meet characters who died in the literary original several years before the start of the game.
Funcom is gradually revealing more details about Dune: Awakening, an online survival game set in the popular sci-fi universe. It turns out the game will feature an alternate story to what we know from the books..
- This fact was revealed by creative director Joel Bylos in an interview with PCGamer.
- revealed that Dune: wake up it will be set in the year 10199 AG, roughly eight years after the events of the original novel and the 2021 film. In the game, however, many events from the past will take a different turn..
- The game’s developers, along with the family of Frank Herbert (the series’ late author) and Legendary Pictures, found a point in the series’ history where one change led to a flood of others, reshaping strongly the entire universe.
- Funcom is not yet ready to reveal which rock triggered this avalanche.
- Thanks to this change, the game universe will be more suited to the background of an online survival game and above all. will allow players to meet many well-known characters who were long dead in the original 10199 AG..
- As an example, it was mentioned that in Dune: Awakening we will meet Duke Leto Atreides, who was killed in the original timeline.
- In addition, players will have great freedom to choose which faction they will support in the fight for control of the planet Arrakis. Winning the favor of one of them will be a procedure that will allow you to meet Leto and ally with him.
Let’s remember that Dune: Awakening is heading to PC, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S and PlayStation 5, and at the moment we don’t know when the title will debut on the market. On the official website, registrations for beta tests are taking place, but it has not yet been revealed when they will take place.
- Dune Awakening – official site