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Source Link Game Stage Publisher Date Published Brief Content Overview
https://www.vg247.com/what-happens-in-the-desert-stays-in-the-desert-how-dune-awakenings-factions-expand-upon-the-lore-more-than-the-dune-movies Pre-Beta VG247 2024-04-02 Interview with Joel:
  • Factions
  • Contracts
  • Guilds
  • Landsraad
https://wccftech.com/dune-awakening-qa-creative-director-clarifies-mmo-size-hints-at-beyond-arrakis/ Pre-Beta WCCFTECH 2024-03-27 Q&A with Joel:
  • Bene Gesserit & Classes
  • Maps & Playercounts
  • Deep Desert
  • PvE Content (Eco Labs)
  • Looting
  • Environmental Factors
  • Survival Gameplay
  • Vehicles
https://wccftech.com/dune-awakening-will-be-released-when-its-ready-as-funcom-wants-to-reduce-its-famous-jank/ Pre-Beta WCCFTECH 2024-03-27 GDC Presentation:
  • Beginning of the game
    • Character Creation
    • Initial Gameplay & Tutorial
  • Mobility Features (Climbing, Suspensor, Shigawire)
  • Hydration, Water & Plant Fiber
  • Gathering Mechanics
  • Combat (Mentat & Trooper)
  • Water Harvesting
  • Building
  • Blueprints
  • Technology Menu
  • Vehicle Customization
  • World Events / Sites
  • Spice
https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/dune-awakening-gdc-2024-preview Pre-Beta Windows Central 2024-03-27 GDC Preview - (warning, some inaccuracies, i.e. "Hoverbikes")
  • Overview
  • Character Creation
  • RPG Elements (Narrative)
  • Survival Gameplay & Basebuilding
  • Vehicle Customization
  • MMO & World Structure
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/mmo/dune-awakenings-survival-systems-might-do-the-impossible-make-smashing-boulders-and-collecting-water-fun/ Pre-Beta PCGamer 2024-03-27 GDC Presentation:
  • Cutteray mining
  • Sun exposure
  • Hydration
  • Stillsuits
  • Blood Harvesting
  • Water for political purposes
  • Food in-game, no hunger
  • Spice Addiction (brief)
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/mmo/dune-awakening-wants-to-pull-people-away-from-competing-and-fighting-over-bases-and-have-them-battle-over-spice-instead/ Pre-Beta PCGamer 2024-03-27 GDC Presentation:
  • Base building
  • PvP and (lack of) base raiding
  • Spice Blows
  • Base Shields
  • PvP Opt-In
https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/03/27/dune-awakening-takes-fans-to-arrakis-and-forces-them-to-survive-a-wasteland/ Pre-Beta The Mercury News 2024-03-27 GDC Presentation:
  • Character Creation
  • Skill Trees
  • Opening crash landing
  • Fremkit
  • Sun exposure
  • Climbing
  • Debris for metal
  • Stillsuits
  • Mentat skills
  • Hydration
  • Blood Harvesting
  • Vehicles
  • Weather (Sandstorms)
  • Narrative and Story
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/survival-crafting/dune-awakening-devs-had-to-get-permission-from-the-herberts-to-change-a-tiny-piece-of-dune-lore-so-players-wouldnt-nuke-each-other-constantly/ Pre-Beta PCGamer 2024-03-04 Interview with Joel:
  • Holtzman Shields
  • Permission to change lasgun-shield interaction
  • Alternate Timeline
  • Lore-friendly decisions
https://www.pcgamer.com/dune-awakening-gameplay-first-preview/ Pre-Beta PCGamer 2024-03-04 Press Releases:
  • Coriolis Storm wipes
  • Expression
  • Hydration
  • Blueprints
  • Exchange
  • Deep Desert Logistics Bases
  • Spice
  • Failed Kwisatz Haderach
  • Base combined inventory
  • Eco Labs Dungeons (blight, mutant experiments, scavengers)
  • Butlerian Jihad
  • Server Meshing tech
  • Modding vehicles and weapons
  • Permits to control crafting
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/mmo/you-can-claim-land-for-your-base-on-arrakis-in-survival-mmo-dune-awakening-but-youll-have-to-pay-the-emperor-for-it/ Pre-Beta PCGamer 2024-03-04 Press Releases:
  • Lot Size & Increasing lot size
  • Fabricators
  • Blueprints
https://www.polygon.com/24090204/dune-awakening-survival-game-2024 Pre-Beta Polygon 2024-03-04 Interview with Joel:
  • Ornithopters
  • The Voice
  • Blood Harvesting
  • Sandworms
  • Vehicles
  • Political system
  • Solo play
  • Building Blueprint Market
https://duneawakening.com/en/what-makes-dune-awakening-an-mmo Pre-Beta Funcom 2024-06-21
  • Dev Blog about server infrastructure
https://massivelyop.com/2024/06/20/sgf-2024-previewing-funcoms-dune-awakening-from-its-pvp-philosophy-to-its-survival-mmo-label/ Pre-Beta Massively Overpowered 2024-06-20 SGF Presentation:
  • Alternate Timeline
  • Factions and Politics
  • Arrakis
  • Sandworms
  • Vehicles (tread-based, not wheels)
  • Sandstorms
  • Climbing
  • Sword Master Knee Charge
  • Grappling Hook
  • Sardukar Hunting at night in patrol ships
  • Scavenging ship wreckage
  • Radiation
  • Reputation rewards: Themed Weapons, Vehicles and Bases
  • Funcom own all "private" servers
  • Graben / Hagga Rift
  • Deep Desert
  • Coriolis Storm
  • Narrative and Story
  • PvP
  • Overland Map
  • Fremen 'missing'/hiding
  • Closed beta jank
https://www.inverse.com/gaming/dune-awakening-ultimate-dune-sci-fi-fantasy Pre-Beta Inverse 2024-06-20 SGF Presentation:
  • Ornithopter getting hit by space debris
  • Gathering and Exploration
  • Arrakis
  • Overland
  • Deep Desert
  • "Jet Pack" (Suspensor)
  • Ranged weapons firing "Needles" (Darts)
  • Atreides and Harkonnen bases
  • Faction reward vehicles
  • Narrative and Story
  • Alternate Timeline