Dune Awakening Release Date, $49.99 Price, and Pre-Order Details Revealed

Enter the Arrakeen sands as you have never before. Funcom has officially announced that Dune: Awakening—a massive open-world survival MMO in the famed Dune universe—will be released very soon. The game is set to be released on Steam on May 20th, at an open price of $49.99/€49.99. Dune: Awakening would go a long way in presenting the urgency and might of the desert to any experienced Frank Herbert saga buffs or survival game protagonists.

Dune Awakening Release Date Early Access: Character Creator & Benchmark Mode

To assist players in preparing, Funcom has unveiled a Character Creation & Benchmark Mode. This independent function enables players to craft their in-game characters before launch. These characters can be stored and directly imported into the full game on launch day.

As a perk, players who utilise this feature will be awarded a complimentary Frameblade knife skin, an incentive that can be recovered in-game on release. 

Customise Your Dune Experience

Before you set foot on the dunes of Arrakis, you'll be tested with the Gom Jabbar and subjected to a profound process of customisation. Players will be able to choose their:

• Home planet.

• Social caste.

• Mentor – Swordmaster, Bene Gesserit, Mentat, or Trooper.

Each will determine your initial abilities and gaming experience. Along the way, you'll be able to access all four Schools, and through this, change and switch between playstyles freely.

Stunning Visuals & Performance Testing

The Benchmark Mode also allows you to test how your system performs the game, while displaying stunning in-game scenes such as:

• Flying an ornithopter over the dunes.

• Confronting a giant sandworm.

This is your opportunity to see the world of Dune in action before launch.

Dune Awakening Release Date Pre-Order Bonus and Price

Pre-orders of Dune: Awakening will include the Terrarium of Muad'Dib, a cosmetic in-game item that shows off the wise desert mouse. It's a quiet nod to Dune lore"Watch him carefully," the devs taunt, "for he is wise in the ways of the desert." Based on Frank Herbert's book and Legendary Entertainment's movies, Dune: Awakening is Funcom's most ambitious game to date, combining rich survival mechanics with one of science fiction's greatest worlds.

Get the Character Creator & Benchmark Mode now and prepare to go from survivor to monarch when Dune: Awakening releases on May 20.

Written By- Kazi Mohasin Zaman, Intern, India Today Gaming.