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The Communinet Signal is a Dune: Awakening Community Newsletter, giving roughly monthly updates (depending on team resource/availability)[1] to celebrate milestones, answer questions, showcase fan art and more. The Signals will be posted on the official website.
The name comes from the short/medium range communications network in the Dune lore[2].
For those wanting to submit suggestions, questions or fan art for future Signals, use the #DuneAwakeningCommuninet on social media channels, or visit the #fanart or #communinet-signal channels on the Discord Server.
2026
Jan - Signal 11
- Opening Words
- Happy New Year, Sleepers!
- Developer Deep Dive
- Tour of Funcom HQ in Oslo, Norway
- Community Creations
- Tannenbaum Buildings
- Festive Fanart
- Vivid Screenshots
- Sandwalking Community Podcast - Episode 22
- Interview with Joel Bylos, Creative Director
- Q&A
- More info on new Specialization mechanics
- PvP Arena: Internal discussions ongoing
- Console Release: Going well, still planned for 2026 release
- Closing Words
2025
Dec - Signal 10
- Opening Words
- Developer Deep Dive
- The Sandworm
- Community Creations
- Q&A
- Recalling lost/stuck vehicles
- Carrier Ornithopter Cargo Container
- Endgame Plans
- Closing Words
- Chapter 3 info coming soon!
Nov - Signal 9
- Opening Words
- It has been 6 months since the last Communinet Signal
- Round-Up
- October 2025 Developer Update
- Public Test Client Patch 1.2.20.0
- October 2025 Twitch Drops
- Dune: Awakening Artbook
- Dune Man Building Set
- Community Creations
- Q&A
- The Base Backup Tool
- Server Merges
- Character Transfers
- Closing Words
May - Signal 8
- Opening Words
- Release Delay to June 10th
- Round-Up
- Livestream #2 - Combat, Servers & Guilds
- Livestream #3 - Building & Crafting, Story & Lore
- Content creator streams
- New trailers - Story and Building Arrakis
- Reddit AMA
- Community Creations
- Q&A
- Head Start Queues
- Home Hagga Basin Priority
- Story importance
- Game Roadmaps
- Map Sharing
- Streaming with Music
- Skill Set swapping
- Respawn points
- Vehicle Ownership Limits
- Closing Words
- New Release Date and Upcoming Showcases
Apr - Signal 7
- Opening Words
- Round-Up
- Pre-Order Rewards: Terrarium of Muad'Dib and Sunset Dye Global Swatch
- Exploring Arrakis - Secrets of the Desert Trailer
- New Screenshots
- The Sounds of Arrakis (Soundtrack Behind the Scenes)
- First Dune: Awakening Gameplay Live Stream
- Highlight
- Sardaukar Drop Ship concept art by Kemp Remillard [1]
- Community Creations
- Q&A
- Units of Measurement
- Character Importing
- Guild permissions
- Sub-Fief Expansion
- Gun stats
- Outfit customization
- Known Issues Board
- Closing Words
Mar - Signal 6
- Opening Words
- RELEASE DATE REVEAL TRAILER (May 20th)
- Round-Up
- Character Creator creations
- Redeemable code for Frameblade Knife Skin in the Benchmark Tool
- Pricing and Pre-Order Bonus
- Digital Postcards
- Highlight
- Carrier Ornithopter concept art
- Community Creations
- Q&A
- Ammunition
- Other Factions
- Base activities
- Vehicle rocket launchers
- Vehicle Modules
- Moving base
- Closing Words
- Release Date Excitement
Feb - Signal 5
- Opening Words
- Round-Up
- NVIDIA DLSS 4.0 and MFG showcase
- New Screenshots
- Beauty of Arrakis Trailer
- Press and Creators Hands-On Event + Articles
- Highlight
- Sandbike concept art
- Community Creations
- Q&A
- Character Customization
- Material harvesting
- PvP focus
- Emotes
- Baiting players
- Closing Words
2024
Dec - Signal 4
- Opening Words
- Round-Up
- Dreamhack Stockholm
- PirateSoftware Interview
- Closed Beta Game Statistics
- Highlight
- Inteview with Cosplayer Alejandra (Anhyra)
- Community Creations
- Q&A
- PvP Death Mechanics
- The Landsraad
- Party System
- In-game Communication - Dune: Awakening will feature proximity voice chat and text chat at launch
- Closing Words
- Thanks for the unwavering support over the past year, and looking forward to 2025 - the year of Dune: Awakening
Nov - Signal 3
- Opening Words
- Round-Up
- Highlight
- Harkonnen Scout Ornithopter concept art by Brian Wells [2]
- Community Creations
- Q&A
- How Shields work in The Deep Desert
- There is no first-person view (outside of binoculars and sniper scopes)
- Vehicles permission systems and stealing NPC vehicles
- No Sandworm riding at launch, but possibly later
- The level system, including Skill Trees and Intel points for the Technology Tree and the Great Schools wandering mentors
- Closing Words
Oct - Signal 2
- Opening Words
- Great thanks to the community in Discord for positive response and feedback received so far
- Round-Up
- Trailers shown at Gamescom
- Dune Awakening Direct Episode 3, including some behind-the-scenes tidbits and photos
- Insight into Dune: Awakening's Gamescom booth
- Highlight
- Key Art
- Community Creations
- Fans, Creators and Cosplayers at Gamescom
- The Dune Book Club
- The SpiceBlow Radio Podcast
- and, of course, the Dune Awakening Community Wiki
- Q&A
- Opting out of PvP
- Post-launch plans, such as expanding into new maps via the Overland Map
- Shared based storage
- The melee combat shown at gamescom being a first iteration of a new system, and the team continuing to work on it
- A food-related surprise...
- Closing Words
Aug - Signal 1
- Opening Words
- Round-Up
- Dune: Awakening hitting 1 million wishlists on Steam
- Alternate Timeline Cinematic video
- Dune Awakening Direct Episode 2
- Highlight
- Hannivar's Bar in Harko Village
- Community Creations
- Q&A
- The Fremen being "exterminated"
- Building hologram system
- Signing up for the Closed Beta
- Closing Words