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All the latest Dune: Awakening news for 2026: updates, patches, DLC, discounts and events. Fresh game news every day on VGTimes.
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Funcom has released a major update for Dune: Awakening, fundamentally reshaping the game’s open-world design. According to the developers, more than 80% of players focused exclusively on PvE content throughout the game’s lifetime — and that became the key reason for reworking the conflict system.
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April 11, 2026

Funcom has revealed details of the third chapter of Dune: Awakening, which is set to significantly overhaul the endgame and make it easier for players to return after long breaks. The update is intended to address one of the community’s main complaints since launch — the late-game experience was considered overly punishing, especially for solo players. The developers emphasize that the changes are based not only on player feedback, but also on in-depth analysis of in-game data.
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January 29, 2026

Funcom has released update 1.2.40.0 for Dune: Awakening, introducing long-awaited character transfers between servers without the need to create a new character. This feature has been one of the most requested by players since launch.
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January 22, 2026

Valve has decided to unveil the most profitable games released in 2025 on Steam. The complete list, featuring 100 titles, can be found here.
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December 30, 2025

Shooter ARC Raiders has retained 86% of its audience since the peak online release of the game. This is a phenomenon for online projects that are rapidly losing a significant portion of active gamers.
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December 29, 2025

The Steam Store has launched its massive Winter Sale, which will run until January 5th. Thousands of games and add-ons are featured in the event.
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December 19, 2025

Funcom has unveiled a significant free update, Chapter 3, and a paid expansion, Raiders of the Broken Lands, for their open-world survival game, Dune: Awakening.
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December 18, 2025

Revenue from the sale of video games worldwide in 2025 will amount to $197 billion. This is 7.5% more than a year earlier, according to Video Games Chronicle, citing analysts from Newzoo.
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December 18, 2025

As a token of appreciation for their ongoing support, Funcom has reward all owners of the survival game Dune: Awakening with the Gifts of the Sands bundle. Players can claim this free gift on Steam.
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December 17, 2025

Valve has dropped the official trailer for the upcoming Steam Winter Sale. The massive seasonal event is set to kick off on December 18th and will run all the way through January 5th, featuring thousands of discounted games and expansions.
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December 16, 2025

Sony has released a new video highlighting some of the most anticipated games coming to PlayStation 5 in 2026. The showcase features projects from a variety of genres, though some notable titles are missing for unknown reasons. For example, GTA 6—which is currently slated for release on November 19, 2026 (unless it gets delayed again)—didn’t make the cut.
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December 10, 2025

Funcom has announced the return of the free trial version of Dune: Awakening. For one week — until November 27 — players can spend up to 10 hours on Arrakis at no cost, checking out all content added since launch, including the Chapter 2 storyline and the Lost Harvest expansion.
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November 21, 2025

The Golden Joystick Awards 2025 ceremony has wrapped, with players—not a jury—selecting the best games of the year across multiple categories. This year’s show was hosted by Maggie Robertson, best known for voicing Lady Dimitrescu in Resident Evil Village.
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November 21, 2025

Steam's got a new free weekend bonanza kicking off. You can dive into Dune: Awakening, Surviving Mars, Squad, and Ship Graveyard Simulator completely free until September 15th.
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September 12, 2025

Valve has released their list of top new releases for June 2025, based on revenue generated. The top free-to-play titles of the month include Shadowverse: Worlds Beyond and Persona 5: The Phantom X.
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July 16, 2025

Valve has released the latest list of best-selling games on Steam for the week of June 24 to July 1, ranked by revenue.
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July 1, 2025

The full release of Dune: Awakening, an MMO survival game from Conan Exiles developer Funcom, took place on June 10. That same evening, the game reached a peak of 142,000 concurrent players on Steam.
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June 11, 2025

Funcom has unveiled the launch trailer for the MMO survival game Dune: Awakening, which has already received very positive reviews on Steam. For now, the game is only available to owners of the special Deluxe and Ultimate Editions.
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June 7, 2025

Dune: Awakening launched in early access on Steam on June 5th, becoming available to owners of the Deluxe and Ultimate editions. Gamers jumped in to experience the new title and have been sharing their initial impressions.
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June 6, 2025

Organizers of Summer Game Fest 2025, scheduled for June 6, have released a trailer for the upcoming event. The show is expected to last around two hours.
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June 2, 2025

Thanks to SteamDB, the most wished-for PC games of June on Steamhave been revealed. The top 10 titles have been announced, with the open-world survival game Dune: Awakening taking the number one spot.
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May 26, 2025

The upcoming survival MMO Dune: Awakening is generating buzz, but how will it run on older hardware? YouTube channel GAMING BENCH decided to find out, putting the game through its paces on five classic GPUs. The test rig featured an Intel Core i5-12400F processor and 32GB of RAM.
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May 11, 2025

Funcom has officially launched the beta test for its upcoming survival game Dune: Awakening, and players can now access it for free via Steam. Testing will last until May 12.
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May 10, 2025

Funcom, the developers behind Conan Exiles, have announced a large-scale beta test of Dune: Awakening. Players will be able to try out the open-world survival game for free in just a couple of weeks.
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April 26, 2025

YouTube channel 54 FPS got early access to a preview build of the open-world survival MMO Dune: Awakening and put it through its paces on an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 OC (8GB). The YouTuber's rig also included an AMD Ryzen 5 7600 CPU, 32GB of DDR5 RAM, and an NVMe SSD.
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April 26, 2025

Funcom Studio has opened pre-orders for Dune: Awakening, a multiplayer survival game set in the Frank Herbert Dune universe. The game will be released on PC on May 20 on Steam.
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March 24, 2025

A new leader has appeared in the list of the most anticipated games on Steam. This time, the list was headed by the South Korean life simulator inZOI, ahead of several projects at once.
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March 24, 2025

Dune: Awakening developers have scrapped plans for Early Access and will be launching directly into full release. Pre-orders are coming soon, with the game priced at $50.
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March 22, 2025

Developers from Fumcom have released a new trailer for Dune: Awakening, a multiplayer survival simulator based in the Dune universe by Frank Herbert. This time, they showed off the vastness of the open world of Arrakis.
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March 13, 2025

Funcom has dropped a brand new trailer and revealed the release date for their open-world survival MMO, Dune: Awakening. Mark your calendars: the game is launching May 20th on PC (Steam).
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February 21, 2025

The jury of the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted, which showcased several new trailers yesterday, has revealed its ranking of the most anticipated PC games. The panel, which included prominent developers, reviewed 100 projects and narrowed them down to the top 25.
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December 6, 2024

Developers from Funcom have shared new screenshots of the MMO survival game Dune: Awakening. You can take a closer look at the hero creation menu, user interface, skill tree, construction system and resource collection.
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May 2, 2024