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[https://www.gamescom.global/ Gamescom 2024] will take place between 2024-08-21 and 2024-08-25 with the [https://www.gamescom.global/en/program/onl Opening Night Live (ONL)] kicking off the event on 2024-08-20 evening | [https://www.gamescom.global/ Gamescom 2024] will take place between 2024-08-21 and 2024-08-25 with the [https://www.gamescom.global/en/program/onl Opening Night Live (ONL)] kicking off the event on 2024-08-20 evening in Cologne, Germany. | ||
Funcom will be at the event to feature a world premiere of Dune: Awakening. There will be a 5-minute gameplay trailer during ONL, a booth every day of the event where visitors can get loot bags and see a giant Sandworm display, as well as "live gameplay" which will be streamed via their partner streamers and have dev commentary | Funcom will be at the event to feature a world premiere of Dune: Awakening. There will be a 5-minute gameplay trailer during ONL, a booth every day of the event where visitors can get loot bags and see a giant Sandworm display, as well as "live gameplay" which will be streamed via their partner streamers and have dev commentary in several languages<ref>https://duneawakening.com/en/dune-awakening-world-gameplay-premiere-to-be-revealed-at-gamescom</ref> | ||
In addition to this, there will be an in-person [[Dune Book Club]] session near the event on the Saturday 2024-08-24 09:00 CEST<ref>https://awakening.wiki/Sources:Discord_Messages#130</ref> | In addition to this, there will be an in-person [[Dune Book Club]] session near the event on the Saturday 2024-08-24 09:00 CEST<ref>https://awakening.wiki/Sources:Discord_Messages#130</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 10:25, 23 October 2024
Gamescom 2024 will take place between 2024-08-21 and 2024-08-25 with the Opening Night Live (ONL) kicking off the event on 2024-08-20 evening in Cologne, Germany.
Funcom will be at the event to feature a world premiere of Dune: Awakening. There will be a 5-minute gameplay trailer during ONL, a booth every day of the event where visitors can get loot bags and see a giant Sandworm display, as well as "live gameplay" which will be streamed via their partner streamers and have dev commentary in several languages[1]
In addition to this, there will be an in-person Dune Book Club session near the event on the Saturday 2024-08-24 09:00 CEST[2]
Opening Night Live
- heat exhaustion
- ammo
- durability
- crosshair
- compass and other HUD
- "unsheltered"
- journeys not tracked
- shield "health"?
- thumper
- rocket launcher
- character creation
- vehicles
- weapon giving "emote"?
- climbing
- skills consume stamina
- shield repell all ranged attacks
- shields can be used while range shooting
- enemies can be knocked down
- hunter seeker range?
- blood extraction
- wind electricity generation
- base
- access levels?
- crafting station
- carpets
- floating lights
- blood purifier
- blueprint system
- vehicle modularity
- ornithopter ?afterburn?
- ornithopter controls and interface + status?
- a few locations
- a dead worm??
- different ornithopters
- Harko Village - community hub
- spice blow
- carryall + sandcrawler
- tank with machine gun
- suicidal guy with shields on sand
- grappling hook
- BIG ASS WORM
New Player Experience (27 minute preview)
- Character creation options
- Story premise
- Single-player tutorial/starter cave
- Fremkit
- Healkit
- Scrap Metal Knife/melee tooltip
- Glowtube (flashlight)
- Moisture sealed entries
- Freeform climbing
- Sunstroke debuff
- Harvesting (scrapping, mining)
- Spice withdrawal
- Binoculars, marking POIs
- Suspensor belt/shigawire mobility
- Maula pistol
- NPC bases
- Gunplay/melee combat
- Healing mechanics
- Trooper abilities: shigaware cable, grenade
- Swordmaster abilities: knee charge, riposte
- Mentat abilities: battlefield calculation, hunter-seeker
- Co-op gameplay
- Downed-but-not-out death state
- Exsanguination (blood-to-water transfusion)
- Drinking unpurified blood = debuff
- Blood sack
- Blood extractor
- Blood purifier
- Base building+
- Vehicle fabrication/module options (sandbikes, ornithopters)
- Shipwreck instance
- Sardaukar night patrols
- Flour sand/harvesting
- Noise meter/sandworm attraction
- Social hub activities (Harko Village)
- Social interaction menu
- 'Dungeons' (testing stations)
- Skill tree preview
- Flamethrower play
- Deep desert/spice blow end-game review
Booth
More details to come on the booth and 30-minute gameplay showcase! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J18oH_FBDYM
Dune Book Club
More details to come on the Book Club!
Gallery
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The Dune: Awakening Booth at Gamescom 2024
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The giant Sandworm statue at the booth
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FlamingMojo giving the Gom Jabbar test to Nicole (Community Manager)
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FlamingMojo giving the Gom Jabbar test to Ignasi (Community Manager)
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The queue at the booth
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FlamingMojo and Storm (Community Manager)
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The Dune: Awakening Quiz on stage near the booth
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FlamingMojo kneeling before cosplayers under the Worm
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The (really long) queue at the booth
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Some loot - The Literjon water bottle
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Some loot - The cap
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Exclusive Book Club loot - a poster, a copy of Dune, a FunkoPop figure (of the Princess Irulan) and metal pin badges
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The Gamescom Book Club attendees - from left to right: Yor, Joel (Creative Director), FlamingMojo, Asteroth, assasin189cz, Storm (Community Manager)
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The loot from the booth (Literjon, poster, cap and enamel pins)
