Dune: Awakening was never going to be a good survival game unless you could build enormous structures to call your home. Carving out a little slice of life on Arrakis might seem like a pretty ludicrous idea to anyone who has read the books - it's a hostile desert planet infested with giant sandworms - but the developers at Funcom have given us all the tools to build some seriously impressive buildings by the looks of things.
Looks like it's going to be a Dune June.
As you'd expect from such a hostile world, the bases in Dune: Awakening are huge fortresses built to withstand both sand and worms, looping over natural rock formations or butting up against the dunes. It's probably not going to be cosy, but it's the best chance you have on Arrakis.
Listen to the narrator say: "For your walls must stand against the unfathomable forces of Arrakis, your Arrakis," at the end of the trailer, by the way. It's either fantastic or gives big Toast Of London vibes.
Due to the massive sandstorms that regularly sweep across the dunes of Arrakis, your base in Dune: Awakening actually serves more than an aesthetic purpose. You can...
