Dune Awakening boasted some impressive numbers during its final beta this weekend, amassing close to 40,000 concurrent players. This is good news for the game, which releases later this June, with Dune Awakening having the potential to shake things up considerably for the survival genre. The upcoming MMO has been the talk of the town for those into the genre as well as the world of Dune itself, with Dune Awakening shaping up to be a big release in a year already filled with heavy hitters.
Announced back in 2022, years before fans would get to watch the story of Paul Atreides continue on the silver screen with Dune: Part Two, Dune Awakening could not have come at a better time, as it feels like pop culture has been given a healthy dose of Dune fever. This is due in large part to the directorial work of Denis Villeneuve, the man behind the first two modern Dune films starring Timothée Chalamet. While Frank Herbert's original novel has been a bestseller for decades, Dune has seen a resurgence in popularity, with no modern games for fans to sink their teeth into. This changes in 2025 with Dune Awakening, which seems to...
