Dune: Awakening

Funcom's open-world survival game set on Arrakis, combining exploration, building, crafting, RPG progression, PvE and multiplayer interaction within the Dune universe.

• 

  News News

  Dune: Awakening Developer Funcom Announces More Layoffs and a New CEO

  Funcom is entering another difficult period. On October 14, 2026, the studio behind Dune: Awakening and Conan Exiles confirmed a restructuring involving layoffs and a change in leadership. The announcement, covered by PC Gamer on October 17, comes only weeks after Dune: Awakening launched on consoles. Funcom says it remains committed to developing both survival games, but acknowledges that it can no longer maintain the organization required during its largest project's peak production phase.

  Hugat 19/10/26

• 

  News News

  Dune: Awakening 1.5.3.2 fixes the landing; now Funcom has to deliver its frozen Arrakis

  The newest Dune: Awakening patch does not add a region or a spectacular weapon. Hotfix 1.5.3.2, released September 21, fixes three issues. That modest scope is revealing: after the enormous 1.5 overhaul, Funcom is now cleaning up the new version of the game before moving toward the Polar Cap.

  Maëlle 22/09/26

• 

  News News

  Dune: Awakening is leaving the desert for a huge frozen survival map where cold becomes the enemy

  Dune: Awakening has spent more than a year teaching players to fear heat, sunlight and an empty water meter. The Polar Cap is built around a different failure state. Funcom's next major survival map sends players into extreme cold, and the studio says surviving there will require new mechanics and preparation rather than simply applying Hagga Basin's desert routine to a white landscape.

  Hugat 02/09/26

• 

  News News

  Dune: Awakening is coming to consoles with a full solo mode and a year's worth of changes

  Console players are not simply receiving the June 2025 PC build with controller support attached. Funcom is treating Dune: Awakening's PS5 and Xbox launch as another major version of the game, complete with its full solo experience, the end of Book One and more than a year of accumulated revisions.

  Maëlle 28/08/26

• 

  News News

  Dune: Awakening is finally letting players build like the Sardaukar

  Dune: Awakening already shares plenty of visual DNA with the recent films. Filmic Archive removes any remaining ambiguity by directly turning costumes and production design from Denis Villeneuve's two Dune movies into player cosmetics and building parts.

  Kader 28/08/26